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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Elodan" data-source="post: 3459366" data-attributes="member: 8006">It's been a while since I updated this thread.  I find it therapeutic to put this stuff into words.  Long story short, still searching as nothing has either panned out or the commute was too much.  Every so often I find I've done nothing job search related for the day.  It's real easy to say, "I'll take care of this tomorrow" or make other plans which you expect to only take a hour or two but consume a whole morning or afternoon.  I'm really surprised by how exhausting the process can be.  Dealing with all the recruiters.  It unbelievable how many contact you with jobs that are not even closely related to what you are qualified or say you want to do.  There have been plenty I times where I've explained exactly what I'm looking to do, only to have that recruiter call me again about a job doing specifically what I told them I do not want to do.  Working your way through the various job search sites is no picnic either.  Even with daily emails, there's a lot to weed through.  This generally kills my mornings.On the plus side, I have my friends who have been extremely helpful during this time of work inactivity.  The other cool thing I've found is that the Massachusetts's Employment and Training Resource Centers have a lot of useful things.  There are career advisors you can meet with who will help you with your search.  They also present seminars on a multitude of job hunt related topics.  So far I've taken the 'Managing your job search',  'Ace the interview' and 'Networking Works' workshops.  They've all had something I useful.  The staff is incredibly friendly as well.  They even have a person who can help you manage stress during this time.  This is such a huge difference on how the state used to treat you the last time I was unemployed, 15 years ago.  I also have a small group of head hunters who have been good to work with.I think I may have had my 1st (or 2nd) ever panic attack during this time.  Every once in a while, even the best of us has a rough patch.  Luckily, my wife has been my rock, foundation, steady hand, etc. (my friends have been of help as well).  I really need to get back to exercising, this summer of George hasn't been good for my waistline.I've had a lot of time to work out exactly what I'm looking for and I think I've gotten to the basics of what I want to do at my next place.  I want to do database design and hands-on development at a place where I can pick up VB.Net (I'm on chapter 4 of an intro to VB.Net book) or another coding language to complement the database skills.  The most important thing is that I learn something new.It's just a matter of time.</blockquote>

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