Searching....

Well it seems as though the job market has dropped to an all time low, with current unemployment being 5.5%. In Michigan the unemployment is around 9%, the worst in the country due to the collapse of the auto companies. Lesson learned in these trying times? Don't put all of your eggs in one basket, make yourself more marketable, and pursue all available options. My search has flown from consulting to insurance underwriting, to trading, to wealth management, to restaurant management, back to HR consulting, and around the corner again to insurance. Basically pursuing all possible options with not many opportunities available, which is the reason I moved down here to Chicago in the first place. Little did I know that the opportunities I was originally pursuing have slowly and surely faded away in the form of others losing their jobs. This made me think - if others are losing their jobs there, this makes room for me to come in right? Wrong, no room for anyone without years and years of experience. Well how the hell am I going to get experience without a job? Hmmm... No investments for startups. This is in the banking industry for businesses and in the job market for people. You would think that people would want to invest in people, have some trust that someone will workout. I guess not now. The thing is that GDP has actually risen in the last year, yes this is due to the depreciation of the dollar making US products cheaper around the world. But recessions should only last around 10 months max, six or seven months more to go. Let's sit back and relax until it turns around....Yeah effin right!!?! Get a job you bum. 

Latesque

As I go on and on thinking about when the next piece of information will be coming across my path to alter my direction, I need to remember the most important thing about this, being the one who looks does not find. It has always boggled my mind that you will find something without looking for it? This may only be the case for things that are very in-depth such as deep questions, passions, and that special someone we all want to meet one day. Another good topic to cover in this nights blog - the special someone we are all looking for. I was recently told by my Uncle that you will be with only a few great women in your life, this may not be known at the time, but these women will present an opportunity. Do you know this at the time? Hell no you don't!! The whole premise for the argument is to cherish what you have and know when to hold em and know when to fold em. I was recently involved in a relationship that had holes all over it. Whether they be in the foundation it was maturing in, how it was developing, and where it was going, there were massive holes all over it. This came to my attention whilst planning the next move in my life and deciding who made the list of moving materials. I have come to the conclusion over the years that not everyone makes the A Team and for good reason as well. Back to the original topic of the truly great woman.... My grandfather once told me you only meet three great women in your life, one of which is your mother. How do you know when and where the other two women will be and how to not let one of them go? Corny cliches tell us not to seek and you will find. In all actuality the great women are there for the taking, their treatment is all up to us. Don't take things in life for granted, it happens to be way too damn short. Hasta pronto 

Opening of Blog

This is my first shot at blogging. It has always soothed me to write here and there, whether it was a journal wile traveling or writing some hodge-podge randomly assigned paper. The base of my writing goes back to St. John Elementary School, where I unwillingly spent nine years of my life. The school taught me how to do a few things very well - write and speak proper English, play baseball, annoy other children, and get into trouble. Never being able to shy away from trouble, I have no problem finding it anywhere. Although the amount of trouble I have gotten into over the past ten or so years has decreased dramatically. Might have been interesting to find out what would've happened had the road frequently traveled maintained. 

What's new? Well I have recently made a move down to Chicago Illinois, where the women are gorgeous and plentiful and the people have the good-ole Mid-Western personality. Opportunities were passed up in Michigan in search of excitement, better opportunity, city life, actually something to do on a random Tuesday, and other things I don't even know about yet. The career search has not yet blossomed, being in its infancy incubator period. Phone calls have been plentiful, resumes are on every street corner, and people are losing their jobs left and right. Who would've thought this would be one of the worst years to graduate undergrad? Not I my friend, not I. Am I discouraged? Not at all, just a slight detour to find the road less traveled.

That's all for now - that's what she said.