Re: a job opening I happened to see tonight on my e-mail from Gail

["Gail" <http://www.cox.net/~g3>]

Dear Robert,
    In reading one of my e-mails I noticed a job opening that may interest
you. It is for a software engineer in San Carlos, CA for a company that
started in 1999 called Open Harbor which has 90 employees  and is a provider
of global trade management software. Their website to find out more
is:www.openharbor.com. I heard the great news today that you sold your house
and are moving to be with Noelle this Wed.
Gail
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "robert" <http://dummy.us.eu.org/robert>
To: "Gail" <http://www.cox.net/~g3>
Sent: Tuesday, April 22, 2:28 AM
Subject: Re: consulting

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> To: "Gail" <http://www.cox.net/~g3>
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>  > From: "Gail" <http://www.cox.net/~g3>
>  > Date: Mon, 21 Apr 2003 22:41:11 -0700
>  >
>  > ----- Original Message -----
>  > From: "robert" <http://dummy.us.eu.org/robert>
>  > To: "Gail" <http://www.cox.net/~g3>
>  > Sent: Monday, April 21, 2003 3:50 AM
>  > Subject: consulting
>  >
>  > > Is this so you can incorporate?  What exactly is the purpose of this?
>  >
>  > Robert, no, the purpose of the Business Plan is not to incorporate. I
would
>  > be a sole proprietor if I decide on the idea of the independent
contractor.
>  > For me it would have a dual purpose. Since I'm a volunteer SCORE small
>  > business counsellor on Wed. mornings, a lot of what we do is help
clients
>  > write their Business Plans. Thus, doing one for myself would make me a
more
>  > effective counsellor. I already did one as a project when I was at
Antioch
>  > as a student. For many people a Business Plan is needed in order to get
>  > funding or a loan. But it also is just plain valuable planning so the
>  > entrepreneur knows where he/she is heading. It's like a map. It covers
all
>  > aspects of the business including marketing and all the financial stuff
one
>  > needs such as cash projections, Balance Sheet and Income Statement
>  > projections, break-even point, etc.
>
> OK.  I don't know if my book mentions this strategy -- I've only got
> half-way through so far.  (I sent my resume to a guy seeking someone for a
> freelance project; he says that things haven't yet been worked out
> regarding who'll be doing the hiring.  But, of course, given the current
> level of competition, it's doubtful that anything will come of it.  That's
> why I started reading that book on computer consulting that you gave me
> for X-mas.)
>
>  > > I think accountants are in higher demand than technical people right
now.
>  > > The finance person at my last company went to another company.  The
very
>  > > fact that she could do that indicates to me that things are different
for
>  > > CPAs.
>  >
>  > I'm not a CPA, but it's true about the accounting field. You can always
feed
>  > yourself. If you can't find employment, you can always start your own
>  > business pretty easily as an independent contractor. I did this 12
years ago
>  > when I was laid off at an accounting firm. I just started my own at
home for
>  > awhile. One of my clients was my present employer, SBIG. Don's CPA
>  > recommended them to me. Later SBIG hired me full-time and that same CPA
is
>  > SBIG's  outside CPA for the corporate income tax returns. Networking
helps
>
> Well, I do meet with a "Job Seeker Networking Group" every Thursday
> morning.  I've also had my former co-workers and friends submit resumes to
> their companies on my behalf and nothing has come of it.  I think even
> networking doesn't help at this point in my field.  (The unemployment rate
> for Programmers is now at 7.5% and for Engineers is now at 7.0%.  For
Software
> Engineers, it's only 6.5%, but that's still pretty high -- about 3 times
> what it has been historically.)
>
>  > and so does keeping positive, thinking creatively, and working hard to
get a
>  > job trying every possible avenue and spending as much time as a regular
job
>  > takes, in my opinion.
>
> Well, there is still just not much out there.  I was reading an article
> that said that the technology sector hasn't been this hard hit since 1959.
> (I have been trying to find out what was going on in 1959 to try to
> understand why this might be, but I haven't found any info so far.)
>
>  > Good luck,
>  > Gail
>
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