Cheryl told me on the phone - so sorry. Best advice I can give you, besides perserverence - worthwhile for the technical type jobs, lots of comp sci types as well, on Linked In. If you're in already, I know folks who've done well by participating in conversations and getting their names around. If you're not in - ping me directly and I'll send you an invite.
I got through my phone interview yesterday - went better than I expected - seems like some guys I used to work with are now with this company, it's essentially consulting/ science/tech support - but I really like the work ethic and their team philosophy. Plus they do not supply the "slave to the gov guy" who has to go get the donuts - so to speak. My guess is that the man I spoke with had already at least spoken to some folks I know. So, next step they'll have me meet with some technical guys (and yes, sadly, in this field it's really, really guys - very few women), and see how things go. Bad, very bad commute (almost to Woodlawn - but not quite so bad). But, I'd kind of be going opposite traffic part of the way. I'm hopeful. My humility quote to him was that I understand being away for a bit, but as names change, and things reorganize - physics stays the same. He actually said, "I'm glad you said that - otherwise I'd be worried." The mandate this company is working towards jives with me philosophically in terms of protective kind of things - so to speak. We'll see.
I have actually gotten a lot of inquiries from people who've seen my resume on Monster & Linked-in. A lot of my delay has to do with clearances being active -which is a big thing in this area, and as the tendancy for HR types is to look at my resume and track me into that arena.
Anyhow - I wish you the best, just keep pluggins. I'm sure your resume is in a pretty modern structure - that's the next thing I'm moving to - summaries, career experience bullets, and then specific kind of skills/accomplishments. Can you get some leads thru your alma mater - didn't you finish grad school not that long ago?
So, fingers crossed for us all - and keep your chin up.
Ellice - who is glad to see the nearly 1/2" of ice finally starting to melt on the sunny side across the street. DH had to punt work - we're a skating rink on our street - and the cars - and the drive way - still. Next door - he's now trying to chip off some ice - he gave up at 9 this am.