www.IMMikeMurphy.com

Laughing at yourself is fun. Laughing at others is “funner”

Posted on 21. Jul, 2009 by Mike.

0

So life at our house has been a little bit “bumpy” over the last 7 months to say the least. Lean economic times doesn’t begin to describe it. I keep telling myself that this rough spot is just going to make victory taste that much sweeter and I do believe it. One of my favorite [...]

Continue Reading

Beating the Recession- Get outside your comfort zone

Posted on 04. Feb, 2009 by Mike.

0

OK, I have mentioned working outside your comfort zone before but I did it again today and I want to share the experience. For the past 13+ years I’ve worked in engineering in the petro-chemical industry. It’s not a terrible gig but it’s an old boys club where you sometimes feel like a hamster on [...]

Continue Reading

Unemployed Day 3 – One rejection and one “call us”.

Posted on 16. Jan, 2009 by Mike.

0

I excitedly applied for a handful of positions that were a bit different than what I was doing before. If I was getting depressed and burned out doing the same thing for 12 years, why go look for a job doing it some more right? Well I got one email today that said “thanks but [...]

Continue Reading

Unemployed Day 2 – Sorting it all out

Posted on 15. Jan, 2009 by Mike.

0

Well here we are kids, day #2 of the longest period of being jobless that I’ve ever had. Last time I got laid off on Friday and started at the new job Monday so if someone calls tomorrow and says “get in here” we’ll have a tie and I’ll be amazed. Yeah right. So today [...]

Continue Reading

Unemployed Day 1 – What am I good at and what is out there?

Posted on 13. Jan, 2009 by Mike.

0

So here I am freshly turfed from my job in a career I’ve been in for over 12 years. Around 42 of my colleagues have been sacked so far and I doubt the company is finished handing out golden handshakes. It’s a pity because I was one of the ones that actually LIKED the place. [...]

Continue Reading

Job Loss – Forced to take action

Posted on 09. Jan, 2009 by Mike.

0

Sorry folks, I missed posting yesterday so today will be a two-for….lucky you Amidst the current market doom and gloom people (including friends of mine) are losing their jobs and getting stressed out pretty badly. The company I work for is no exception. I work in the oil & gas industry engineering piping systems for [...]