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<blockquote data-quote="MyFriendKita" data-source="post: 710381" data-attributes="member: 4888"><p>I wanted to second what RN0441 said. A temporary agency is a great way to get your foot in the door, and there are a lot of temp-to-hire positions out there. It sounds like you are in the accounting field (so am I!), or some related field, so I would especially recommend a temporary agency that specializes in placing those kinds of workers. There is a national company that does so, but I don't know if it's okay to mention the name. You probably know of them, but I don't know if you have an office close by.</p><p></p><p>That is how I found both of my jobs in the accounting field. I was fired from the first one in circumstances somewhat similar to yours, and I, too, was very resentful. New owners came in and decided to hire an old friend for my position, with no warning to me. Additionally, they promised me a severance package they did not follow through with, so I had that resentment on top of their decision to let me go and put their friend in my position. I again went to the agency that had placed me before, and they found another position for me (although it took a few months, and I was getting very worried).</p><p></p><p>When they called to place me, in my mind, I only took the job temporarily. The company that had fired me asked me to come back (which, of course, made me feel terrific). And this new company was a small, family-owned business, and I wasn't sure it was a good fit for me. Being so small, I wasn't sure there was any way for me to advance. There were only two people in the accounting department, so to move up, my boss would have to leave. But she loved her job, and was very good at it. After five years, though, she decided to resign, and I did get her position. In August, I will have been there thirteen years, and we are all like a big family. I have been able to get my difficult child a job there, which he used as a spring board to an even better job at another company. Right now his girlfriend (also a difficult child, of course!) is also working where I work, and doing very well. And the company that was going to bring me back decided not to bring me back after all (they were going to expand, but then decided not to).</p><p></p><p>I know it is very demoralizing to keep getting rejected, but from what you said, you absolutely made the right decision. You sound like you would be a great asset to any company, and I know you will find a company that realizes that.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="MyFriendKita, post: 710381, member: 4888"] I wanted to second what RN0441 said. A temporary agency is a great way to get your foot in the door, and there are a lot of temp-to-hire positions out there. It sounds like you are in the accounting field (so am I!), or some related field, so I would especially recommend a temporary agency that specializes in placing those kinds of workers. There is a national company that does so, but I don't know if it's okay to mention the name. You probably know of them, but I don't know if you have an office close by. That is how I found both of my jobs in the accounting field. I was fired from the first one in circumstances somewhat similar to yours, and I, too, was very resentful. New owners came in and decided to hire an old friend for my position, with no warning to me. Additionally, they promised me a severance package they did not follow through with, so I had that resentment on top of their decision to let me go and put their friend in my position. I again went to the agency that had placed me before, and they found another position for me (although it took a few months, and I was getting very worried). When they called to place me, in my mind, I only took the job temporarily. The company that had fired me asked me to come back (which, of course, made me feel terrific). And this new company was a small, family-owned business, and I wasn't sure it was a good fit for me. Being so small, I wasn't sure there was any way for me to advance. There were only two people in the accounting department, so to move up, my boss would have to leave. But she loved her job, and was very good at it. After five years, though, she decided to resign, and I did get her position. In August, I will have been there thirteen years, and we are all like a big family. I have been able to get my difficult child a job there, which he used as a spring board to an even better job at another company. Right now his girlfriend (also a difficult child, of course!) is also working where I work, and doing very well. And the company that was going to bring me back decided not to bring me back after all (they were going to expand, but then decided not to). I know it is very demoralizing to keep getting rejected, but from what you said, you absolutely made the right decision. You sound like you would be a great asset to any company, and I know you will find a company that realizes that. [/QUOTE]
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