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Dear Eric,

There have been a lot of changes for me in the events leading up to the eclipse of March 29.
I was laid off from a company I had worked for over thirteen years in January. It was a small shock, but more of a relief to me. It felt like a blank slate had been granted to me & I hoped this was my chance to find a job that I could love instead of ‘just a job.’

But my expectations that I'd be one of the ones to pick up & step into a new job quickly were dwindling as the weeks passed & the interviews lessened. I began to read career books & seeking out staffing agencies, while still job searching on the Internet. I didn’t spend any of my severance on travel or home improvements, instead saving it in case I might be unemployed for longer than I expected. And I did have a dry spell where I didn’t get any callbacks or replies to my applications for over a month. It was a long month.

But then I got into a spell (likely near company’s fiscal year-end summaries) where there was a lot of interested stirred up. And for a few weeks it just seemed like every day there was a different phone call, or email of interest of some sort in me. Whether in response to an application I had already sent in, or to the company seeing my resume posted somewhere. In the weeks leading up to the eclipse, I probably had about five interviews until the day of the eclipse & maybe about four other companies who had called or emailed with interest in me! It was amazing after that dry spell!

And then after the eclipse, on March 30th, I got my first job offer, from a company I had interviewed with on the 20th & hadn’t heard from since. I didn’t have any second interview, so it was with surprise that I received the call! After some discussion with friends & family, I decided to accept their offer, debating the differences between the other interviews & companies I had had & what each had to offer me. So I accepted the job offer & I start my new job on April 10th.
 
Thanks,
Jamie