Day 9

An uneventful day - well, for the most part. Got caught up with a couple of my former Bell Aliant co-workers. They're on the hunt too, although I think my hunting may be a bit more aggressive.

Followed-up with some headhunters. One job I had seen previously on Workopolis and had purposely not applied as it seemed too finance-focused and kinda boring. The headhunter tells me the company is looking for someone who is more familiar with software development than finance. My software development experience is limited to SceneCaster and MediaLinx (?). What the hell. Can't afford to be too picky, but I did some further online research on the company and it looks oh so boring. No stone left unturned. Told the headhunter it was worth exploring further. Another headhunter e-mailed me to tell me she liked what she saw. Of course; I'm good. I only applied to the position yesterday on LinkedIn. It looks a little too junior and the salary range is a bit too low but again, worth checking out. She'll call me tomorrow.

My Rogers contact is really pushing the contract angle. He tells me he has approval to bring someone on on contract basis while he works through the full-time hire. Decisions. Decisions. Further research tells me that you do not require a GST number if you make less than $30,000. I'm hoping that if I choose to go the contract route - initially - it wouldn't be long enough for me to invoice $30K worth of services. I still don't know any of the details of how this relationship would work, other than it would be a contract. My concern is that Rogers has screwed me before with "internal candidates". Do I risk forgoing a steady contract with benefits to do something that's sound leading edge and exciting. Again, I'm getting ahead of myself. I really can't make any decisions until I meet with Scotiabank on Friday and hear the details of what the opportunity/s is/are there. The contract position with Rogers really interests me but it could also really screw up my EI claim.

Speaking of EI. Filed my claim online. It's confusing. The government really needs help in writing straight-forward explanations. I think I filed it properly - ended up including my Bell Aliant info as well since I couldn't quite figure out if I needed to or not. Better safe than sorry. Mailed in both ROE's for processing. They say I'll know the results of my claim within 28 days. That delay may work in my favour if I decide to go the contract route with Rogers - assuming that option is still available next week.

That's it for today. Didn't have time to start my exercise routine. Ah, it's better to start on a Monday anyways, or so I tell myself. I'm still hooked on The Mentalist so I continue to get caught up on missed episodes. Only one or two more to go.

And now it's time for, well, you know.