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rufus dog

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15. Congrats

Fri Mar 9, 2012, 05:25 PM

Mar 2012

Noticing the same thing. Still getting some emails with low rates for contract work but they used to be all at ridiculously low rates, now there are decent ones mixed in.

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Well, today I became a statistic. [View all] tridim Mar 2012 OP

That's awesome. ScreamingMeemie Mar 2012 #1

Congratulations! sinkingfeeling Mar 2012 #2

way to go! nt msongs Mar 2012 #3

Good for you! Politicalboi Mar 2012 #4

Good for You, tridim! MarianJack Mar 2012 #5

Karma to you! tridim Mar 2012 #6

Karma accepted... MarianJack Mar 2012 #19

Happy to hear it! Phentex Mar 2012 #7

Congratulations. TheWraith Mar 2012 #8

Great News man , so other than the great end-result , how did the 3rd interview go? n/t pkdu Mar 2012 #9

Totally informal. tridim Mar 2012 #24

Yay! Ruby the Liberal Mar 2012 #10

W00T!! HillWilliam Mar 2012 #11

Happy for you but my widowed daughter with two young girls just lost her good job. nanabugg Mar 2012 #12

Congratulations to you and I think a hopeful sign for the future.... Swede Atlanta Mar 2012 #13

Welcome news lukkadairish Mar 2012 #14

Congrats rufus dog Mar 2012 #15

Congrats malaise Mar 2012 #16

Congratulations tridim! livetohike Mar 2012 #17

Good for you!! KT2000 Mar 2012 #18

Congrats!! one_voice Mar 2012 #20

Excellent! Hiring is moving forward, little by little. MineralMan Mar 2012 #21

That is wonderful! lunatica Mar 2012 #22

So happy for you! YAY! The Wielding Truth Mar 2012 #23

Congratulations! n/t ProSense Mar 2012 #25

Excellent! yellerpup Mar 2012 #26

Congratulations! nt abelenkpe Mar 2012 #27

Give what you can to deserving charities and save the rest like there is no tomorrow. nt bluestate10 Mar 2012 #28

Awesome! handmade34 Mar 2012 #29

woo-hoo! joeybee12 Mar 2012 #30

Congrats! I'm so happy for you! sdfernando Mar 2012 #31

Good news! Old and In the Way Mar 2012 #32

Congrat-u-fucking-lations!!! WhaTHellsgoingonhere Mar 2012 #33

Congratulations!!... SidDithers Mar 2012 #34

congratulations!!! noiretextatique Mar 2012 #35

Good way to start the weekend Blue Owl Mar 2012 #36

Congrats! nt SATIRical Mar 2012 #37

Congratulations, tridim. LoisB Mar 2012 #38

Good for you. nadinbrzezinski Mar 2012 #39

Oh thank goodness! Iggo Mar 2012 #40

Sweet news! Congratulations! JBoy Mar 2012 #41

Congrats!!! K&R BumRushDaShow Mar 2012 #42

A GOOD statistic! Lifelong Protester Mar 2012 #43

Congratulations Irishonly Mar 2012 #44

Woot! Congrats!!! What state do you live in? PassingFair Mar 2012 #45

Kansas City area tridim Mar 2012 #55

Awesome news!! cate94 Mar 2012 #46

Good for you JI7 Mar 2012 #47

CONGRATULATIONS!!! DiverDave Mar 2012 #48

Congratulations, Baby. Now get out there and pay some taxes! nolabear Mar 2012 #49

congratulations! renate Mar 2012 #50

congrats tridim! flamingdem Mar 2012 #51

Congratulations! Chellee Mar 2012 #52

Me too - IT for a start-up medical technology company with benefits and options slackmaster Mar 2012 #53

Yea! Go us! tridim Mar 2012 #54

Thanks for the kind words everyone. tridim Mar 2012 #56

Hot damn!!!!!! for you. dixiegrrrrl Mar 2012 #57

Great to hear!! JoePhilly Mar 2012 #58

Congratulations! DesertRat Mar 2012 #59

That's really great,tridim. lob1 Mar 2012 #60

Great stat. mmonk Mar 2012 #61

My husband is being offered his old job back! Neoma Mar 2012 #62

Congrats! flvegan Mar 2012 #63

YAY! BRAVO! roguevalley Mar 2012 #64

Good on ya! I have been a statistic for just over 4 months. Kennah Mar 2012 #65

way to go man BootinUp Mar 2012 #66

grats backwoodsbob Mar 2012 #67

I'm so happy for you! sellitman Mar 2012 #68

Congratulations, very very happy for you! :-D secondwind Mar 2012 #69

WOOT!! Wait Wut Mar 2012 #70

Woohoo! lonestarnot Mar 2012 #71

I hope so! hootinholler Mar 2012 #72

Send short custom cover letters (emails) too.. tridim Mar 2012 #73

have someone read over that resume and cover letter. make sure it is perfect Liberal_in_LA Mar 2012 #85

Congratulations! treestar Mar 2012 #74

That's mighty fine news! Now let's hope and pray thousands of others get the same news. Auntie Bush Mar 2012 #75

WOOT! ProgressiveATL Mar 2012 #76

Too Cool, congrats! rustydog Mar 2012 #77

Naw, you're just data. TheManInTheMac Mar 2012 #78

Yep...IT is picking back up. Rex Mar 2012 #79

IT was never down as much as the job market in general - A manager at Robert Half told me... slackmaster Mar 2012 #81

RHI at one time was knocking on my door Rex Mar 2012 #83

I'm getting daily calls from recruiting firms. That's new. tridim Mar 2012 #87

That is awesome news!! Rex Mar 2012 #88

And update your resume on CareerBuilder tridim Mar 2012 #90

Ha! I will have to dust that one off! Rex Mar 2012 #91

I also got a new job at the end of January after being unemployed for a year. cascadiance Mar 2012 #80

I took a bit of a pay cut, but nothing drastic. tridim Mar 2012 #89

Congratulations!!!! I'm SO happy for you! Belly up to the bar! Cheers! Honeycombe8 Mar 2012 #82

darn you! I was afraid I was going to see bad news when I clicked on this link. lol Liberal_in_LA Mar 2012 #84

I'm glad you got out from up under. TheKentuckian Mar 2012 #86

Congrats !! guitar man Mar 2012 #92