Experienced MIT Grad For Hire
Just as I was motivated to a start my blog www.oracleofny.com to keep in touch with the hundreds of people from around the world who contacted me by email and telephone with words of encouragement and job leads after my sign board publicity initially went viral, I was motivated to write a book after I eventually landed a job and hundreds more people contacted me proclaiming I was an inspiration and seeking job hunting advice. During the cold, lonely winter nights and on weekends, while my wife and children were in Omaha and I was working at an accounting firm in NYC, I started writing Experienced MIT Grad For Hire based on my personal experience and career coach Paloma Bowland’s transformational advice. I wanted to share my inspirational story and give encouragement to the many people who gave me encouragement when I needed it most — during my long stretch of unemployment. I wanted to reach out to people all over the world with words of help and hope. Even a year and a half after my photograph and story first went public, they continued to circulate the globe — and even a year after I started working again, many people asked for the details of my inspirational act, unique job search, what I learned and where it had taken me. I realized that I enjoy — and am good at — helping others, so I decided to share the tools I learned from my experience — to inspire people to think and act in new ways to land a job. Anyone who is looking for a job or who could use a bit of personal inspiration may be interested in my informative tale of creativity, bravery, perseverance and practical job hunting advice.
Just as I was motivated to a start my blog www.oracleofny.com to keep in touch with the hundreds of people from around the world who contacted me by email and telephone with words of encouragement and job leads after my sign board publicity initially went viral, I was motivated to write a book after I eventually landed a job and hundreds more people contacted me proclaiming I was an inspiration and seeking job hunting advice.
During the cold, lonely winter nights and on weekends, while my wife and children were in Omaha and I was working at an accounting firm in NYC, I started writing Experienced MIT Grad For Hire based on my personal experience and career coach Paloma Bowland’s transformational advice.
I wanted to share my inspirational story and give encouragement to the many people who gave me encouragement when I needed it most — during my long stretch of unemployment. I wanted to reach out to people all over the world with words of help and hope.
Even a year and a half after my photograph and story first went public, they continued to circulate the globe — and even a year after I started working again, many people asked for the details of my inspirational act, unique job search, what I learned and where it had taken me.
I realized that I enjoy — and am good at — helping others, so I decided to share the tools I learned from my experience — to inspire people to think and act in new ways to land a job.
Anyone who is looking for a job or who could use a bit of personal inspiration may be interested in my informative tale of creativity, bravery, perseverance and practical job hunting advice.
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Warren before and Human Resources had been calling me every few months for the past<br />
year.<br />
But a few days turned into a few weeks—and still no update. Despite my<br />
cajoling, my contact at Duff & Phelps would not let me know my status. I was left<br />
hanging. I began to think that even a quick “No,” would be less nerve-wracking than<br />
hearing nothing.<br />
In the meantime, I kept busy by watching the stock market, day-trading and<br />
sending out resumes. I used online job sites, such as the <strong>MIT</strong> Sloan Alumni Job Board,<br />
CareerBuilder.com, Glocap Search, JobsintheMoney.com, nytimes.com, Monster.com,<br />
and others.<br />
Furthermore, I was in telephone and email contact with dozens of recruiters, most<br />
of whom specialize in financial positions and some of whom sent out encouraging job<br />
alerts and newsletters with new job listings, such as Brokerage Consultants and<br />
Dynamics Associates. I was also a regular visitor on LinkedIn.<br />
To round off my job-hunting efforts, I went to networking events sponsored by<br />
the <strong>MIT</strong> Sloan Alumni Club of New York, International Association of Financial<br />
Engineers (IAEF) and Professional Risk Manager's International Association (PRMIA). I<br />
also continued to network aggressively via friends and family as that is how I had found<br />
several jobs in the past.<br />
In any case, I was confident that Duff & Phelps would give me an offer, and I was<br />
looking forward to getting a real job with health care, a savings plan and all the other<br />
benefits. I had enjoyed a hefty paycheck as a consultant at Houlihan Lokey, but I did not<br />
enjoy the insecurity of not knowing day-to-day when my contract would end, and it was
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