Ian J

Just got a call from my recruiter this afternoon. My "A" job was for a project management position with Sikorsky. I would have been responsible for getting Blackhawk helicopters to the Army. They interviewed 6 candidates from my recruiting firm and were going to hire us all. However, they just enacted a company-wide hiring freeze. No idea why.

This was a pretty big blow to me. They were my sure thing. I was completely qualified for the job, the money and benefits were unbelievable,...

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So I had my search narrowed down to Company A and Company B. Company A is who I wrote about in the last blog (the one where I blurted out my salary requirements). Both were Project Management Positions.

Company A was my top choice as it deals with the military and helicopters.

Company B is aviation related too, but their PM job was very engineering focused. I'm no engineer, and I got the feeling they were trying to fit me, a square peg, into an engineering round hole....

I'm an idiot.

So I'm in one of those all-day marathon interviews yesterday with a large company and one of them brings up the subject of salary. This is where I'm most uncomfortable. In the Army and in the Airlines the pay is set and published. No negotiations needed. Not so in the business world.

My dad gave me some great salary negotiation advice he learned as one who transitioned from the military to business, and in the moment I forgot it all.

His main...

Okay, "bad" is over dramatic. Let's call it - "so far, so nothing."

People say in a job search to be prepared for rejection, and I certainly am. What I wasn't prepared for was getting no calls, no emails, no interest whatsoever.

Correction - I did get one interview offer for a GREAT job with GREAT money and benes. I turned them down because the work was done at night. Not again.

So far I've applied to more more jobs than I can keep...