I posted a couple of weeks ago about getting laid off from my job at one of the Big 4 accounting firms, and as you can imagine the dominant theme in my life and on my blog in that time has been related to my layoff and insights gained during my job search. As I haven’t provided much of a status update on the search, I just wanted to take a moment to share progress to date.
First off, I want to thank all the readers who have left messages of support in the comments to several of my recent postings. I am very grateful that several of you have shared your own experiences to remind me that this will ultimately work out for the best and this is just one of the unfortunate realities of today’s work environment. I am honored that so many of you took the time to share so many incredibly insightful comments. This blog may not have a great quantity of readers (we might average around 100 a day), but at least in my view the quality of my readers is second to none.
As for the job search, I have had a few interviews and have quite a few other good leads, but nothing has resulted in an offer as of yet. Here is a rundown of some of the more notable ones:
- Internal Audit Manager for a publicly traded natural gas company – This was the first lead I had and one I started pursuing well before I found out I was getting axed. Unfortunately after completing what I thought was a great second interview I have heard nothing in about three weeks. I even sent an email to inquire and to confirm my interest earlier this week without reply. At this point I am writing this one off, but I guess it is still a possibility.
- Accounting Manager for a private real estate investment firm – I did a first interview last week and a second earlier this week. The interviews went great, but it looks like the answer is no. The response I got was that they loved me and thought my skills fit the job, but they thought I wouldn’t be happy with the relatively uncertain promotion track in a smaller private firm and decided not to make an offer. They were probably right since I didn’t have a strong positive feeling about the position coming out of the interviews, but it would have been nice to have the option.
- Regional controller for a publishing company – I have the first interview for this position this afternoon.
- Internal audit manager for a public manufacturing company – I did a first interview last week, and they have been working with my headhunter to arrange a second interview. It took them forever to arrange the first interview, so I’m not terribly surprised they are taking a while to schedule the second as well.
I also have several other positions that I have submitted resumes for within the last couple of weeks I am hoping to hear back on. So I guess the message at this point is that although I have no offers in hand at this point, I feel pretty good about where we are and the prospects for being able to find a good position in the not too distant future.