Plan B

Well, I have applied to countless jobs since being laid off and have had two phone interviews. Unfortunately, nothing has transpired from them yet and I was told during my brief conversation with a recruiter today that they are receiving a significant number of applications for open positions.

Plan B is, and has been for probably two weeks now, to increase my credit load next semester if I don't get a job. I usually take eight credits a semester, which translates into two nights a week. At that pace, I was going to graduate with my Master's in Human Resources and Industrial Relations in May 2010. If Plan B is implemented (and it looks like it will be), I will take twelve credits next semester and be at class three nights a week. That would move up my graduation date to December 2009.

It's a decent Plan B and I am thankful to have it and lucky it is an option. But the prospect of going without a job beyond January 20th (the first day of class) is more than a little depressing and disheartening.