For the past couple of hours I've been bolted to my chair reading blog entries and comments over at New Kid's and Dr. Crazy's about a few different issues involved with going (back) on the job market. The comments get pretty wild, even accusatory. I am intrigued (from said comments) to see that I can, along with many others--New Kid, D(Jx3) and Z for starters--add another identifying label to my growing list of many: that of "job changer." Can't we at least come up with something cooler sounding, something frenchified, a la divorcée?
Best wishes to NK and DC in their searches. May they unflinchingly request those recommendation letters, receive lots of interviews and be able to make a choice about the next few years. May they dodge resentful (if ultimately affable) senior colleagues like "Kate," and with their grace and wit somehow manage to continue to give "a guy" the wrongheaded impression that job searches and location changes are "easier for a woman." (NK's replies to him are pretty funny, btw.)