We have very thick rumors in our office of facility closure! Our company has been on a cost cutting spree since early this year and has already closed a couple of facilities. Ours is supposed to be on the target list for the next victim. Since it is going to be quite massive, even the managers are in the dark. Everybody seems to be whispering or making jokes about it… I have spent less than a year in this company and so am not attached at all, but I really am not looking forward to another job search anytime soon

Good Luck with the interview for the job you like better. I hope it works out for you.

The first day at the new job was kind of boring and I have the feeling that it may not be the job that I want (except the money of course). I will give it a little more time to have a better understanding. If it turns out to be one that doesn’t fit me very well, I could be in the job market again soon.

In fact, I am always worried that my experience and knowledge may not be used in other areas. I did quite some software development, but I am not a pure software engineer. Sometime, when I saw all the software job openings, I wish I am a software person. All I did in the past were related to telecom and I have done a lot of research in wireless communications. But not every company need a PhD and not every company do research. So I felt very lucky to get an offer so quickly. The job hunting could have been much longer.

Yes, I will go to the second interview next month and hopefully, it will work out for me.

As Chuck and 2Million mentioned, it can be tough if your skill is an area where there isn’t a lot of demand. I was a software engineer specialized in a language with about 10 jobs across the US (literally). So when I was laid off, I had to convince other employers that I can learn other languages quickly and step in and help. It took quite awhile due to the economic conditions after the dot-coms went out of business, but eventually, I was able to latch on to a new company at about 65% my previous salary. Three years later, I’m finally at 100% of that salary, but this time it’s a transferable skill.