Rollercoaster of a day...

bpennbpenn Member Posts: 499
in IT Jobs / Degrees
At 930 AM I got a call from my boss that I was being laid off (govt contractor) for 2 months with a chance of up to 8 months. We were just about to close on a brand new house we built, too.

Apply for jobs immediately following the call and get an OFFER LETTER within 5 hours, making $5k more than I was.

I don't even know if today is real but I have all these emotions running.


Point of this post, make SURE your resume is always current. I wasted zero time because my resume was ready to go and began tailoring it to specific listings.
"If your dreams dont scare you - they ain't big enough" - Life of Dillon
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  • mikey88mikey88 Member Posts: 495 ■■■■■■□□□□
    bpenn wrote: »
    Point of this post, make SURE your resume is always current.

    Ahh, the life of a contractor. Don't forget current certs too. Glad it all worked out for you. Is it time to start hunting that GS job icon_scratch.gif
    Certs: CISSP, CySA+, Security+, Network+ and others | 2019 Goals: Cloud Sec/Scripting/Linux

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  • OnitaOnita Member Posts: 12 ■□□□□□□□□□
    Congrats. Always important to keep the resume ready!
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  • scaredoftestsscaredoftests Mod Posts: 2,780 Mod
    Always have mine ready and polished. Congrats on your new adventure!!
    Never let your fear decide your fate....
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  • jjones2016jjones2016 Member Posts: 33 ■■■□□□□□□□
    Congrats on the new job!
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  • H-bombH-bomb Member Posts: 129 ■■■□□□□□□□
    Wow! Congrats on the new gig! Did you interview?
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  • cyberguyprcyberguypr Mod Posts: 6,928 Mod
    If I were you I would go play the lottery ASAP. Glad it worked out OK.
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  • jvrlopezjvrlopez Member Posts: 913 ■■■■□□□□□□
    Stay ready and you don't have to get ready.

    I've done government contracting for over 5 years now. I've had 1 experience in line with what you went through (view my started posts from back in the day), but have been fortunate enough to have never missed a day without pay coming in.
    And so you touch this limit, something happens and you suddenly can go a little bit further. With your mind power, your determination, your instinct, and the experience as well, you can fly very high. ~Ayrton Senna
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  • volfkhatvolfkhat Member Posts: 1,072 ■■■■■■■■□□
    if we may ask:

    What is your current role/position?

    And is it the same job from your earlier thread:
    http://www.techexams.net/forums/jobs-degrees/127839-unprofessional-interview.html


    Maybe i need to grab a CISSP myself :]
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  • NetworkNewbNetworkNewb Member Posts: 3,298 ■■■■■■■■■□
    That pretty insane. Congrats!
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  • E Double UE Double U Member Posts: 2,233 ■■■■■■■■■■
    Congratulations!
    Alphabet soup from (ISC)2, ISACA, GIAC, EC-Council, Microsoft, ITIL, Cisco, Scrum, CompTIA, AWS
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  • Mike7Mike7 Member Posts: 1,107 ■■■■□□□□□□
    Wow. Congrats!

    I need to update my resume.
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  • mzx380mzx380 Member Posts: 453 ■■■■□□□□□□
    Glad to hear everything worked out for you!
    Certifications: ITIL, ACA, CCNA, Linux+, VCP-DCV, PMP, PMI-ACP, CSM
    Currently Working On: Microsoft 70-761 (SQL Server)
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  • coffeeluvrcoffeeluvr Member Posts: 734 ■■■■■□□□□□
    Congratulations!! Glad it worked out!
    "Something feels funny, I must be thinking too hard. - Pooh"
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  • NetworkNewbNetworkNewb Member Posts: 3,298 ■■■■■■■■■□
    Lol, I can't imagine going into work one day, expecting nice normal day. And then a few hours later working for a different company and getting a raise.
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  • gespensterngespenstern Member Posts: 1,243 ■■■■■■■■□□
    Most likely not, you probably was seriously undervalued and underpaid at your former job, that explains the speed of getting a new offer and the bump in pay.
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  • bpennbpenn Member Posts: 499
    My previous job title was Systems Administrator but my job role was in design and architecture. We were designing a virtual environment to support 400 users across 7 states. It was a challenging role, no doubt, but I wasn't paid quite enough for what I was actually doing.

    The new job title is Senior Systems Engineer and it will be continuing development of a VMware VDI network. Part of my responsibility will be to STIG systems in accordance with JSIG and also deal with some RMF stuff and integrating PKI.

    So, I am not really in the design and architect role anymore but I get a commensurate job title with this position that I can update to my resume.
    "If your dreams dont scare you - they ain't big enough" - Life of Dillon
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  • bpennbpenn Member Posts: 499
    volfkhat wrote: »
    if we may ask:

    What is your current role/position?

    And is it the same job from your earlier thread:
    http://www.techexams.net/forums/jobs-degrees/127839-unprofessional-interview.html


    Maybe i need to grab a CISSP myself :]

    You are correct. I actually took the job from that interview and loved it. I really hated that they laid me off but I guess everything happens for a reason.
    "If your dreams dont scare you - they ain't big enough" - Life of Dillon
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  • josephandrejosephandre Member Posts: 315 ■■■■□□□□□□
    Awesome man. That's huge, congrats on the job, raise and the house!
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  • yoba222yoba222 Member Posts: 1,237 ■■■■■■■■□□
    So did you tell the company that laid you off it's over? Or are you going to keep that one in the back pocket, just in case?
    A+, Network+, CCNA, LFCS,
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  • LeBrokeLeBroke Member Posts: 490 ■■■■□□□□□□
    Congrats! Usually I hit Tinder if I'm having a hell of a day.
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