Wednesday, September 3, 2014

Update

Not much to report on the job search front. At last count, I've put out 20 or 21 job applications and received 5 formal rejections. In addition, I am working with several recruiters and a couple of people in my extended business associate network. The brightest possibilities are a recruiter with an AVP position in Dallas and a business associate with a yet to be defined possibility in Fort Worth. The AVP position is with a company where I still know several people including one of the VPs. It's a good company, and I can see myself being happy in the role. I am reportedly one of three candidates currently under consideration, but it is a nationwide search and there is no indication of when they will be moving to interview stage.

The other deal, despite being somewhat nebulous and undefined at the moment, has some advantages as well. Hopefully, one or more dominoes will start falling soon.

In other news, The Queen and I were forced to file third degree felony theft charges against someone yesterday for the first time in our lives. I can't go into details yet, but the short of it is that we were the victims of a con artist. There are aspects of the situation that would make your blood boil were I to share. "Vengeance is mine sayeth the Lord"....but, let's just say I'd be happy to arrange a meeting.

Lots of lessons learned and relearned out of this experience. In this digital age, the information is out there. You just have to know where to look, how to look and take the time to be thorough. Don't do business with anyone you haven't thoroughly vetted. Big deals (if you can't afford to lose, it's a big deal) should include a background check especially if things don't pass the smell test.

As I told The Queen last night, it's easy to spot evil when it's walking down the street shooting people left and right. It's real hard to spot it when it sits down, siddles up next to you and smiles.

Abraham Lincoln said it even better: "You can fool all of the people some of the time...." This was our time.

We are resigned to the fact that we will likely never see our property again or the money that was promised (if we do, that's a bonus). Our goal is to simply insure that the thief can't do this again to anyone else. There are two other felony theft cases pending against him which we really wish we had found before we entered into an agreement with him (we would have found it if we had searched for Stephen instead of Steve). He's currently under a deferred adjudication order in another county for theft charges there. He's also being sued in civil court by someone else for circumstances nearly identical to ours (I'm in contact with that attorney trying to convince them to file criminal charges as well).

If you are in the Dallas/Fort Worth area and want to know who to avoid, send me an email. I'll be happy to share the name, court case references, etc.

6 comments:

  1. Yikes!

    I hope one of your leads pans out, but you certainly didn't need the additional stress. :(

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    1. GunDiva, no, we didn't need the additional stress. It's hit The Queen especially hard. She blames herself, and I have to keep reminding her that he is the one to blame.

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  2. Stay persistent in your job search, it will pay off in the end, took me awhile. Sorry to hear what happened, I know you and the Queen didn't need this added stress at this moment in time. You both will prevail over this bump in the road.

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    1. Senior, persistence isn't the problem. I've been beating bushes, rattling cages and generally trying to make sure people don't forget who I am. It's the hurry up and wait that's killing me. I'm confident we will get passed this bump in the road too. It just LOOKS like a massive redwood tree blocking the road is all.

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  3. I'm sorry that happened. Those that prey on the elderly, as well (not implying that is you, haha)_ REALLY chap my hide as Dad has been ripped off to the tune of hundreds of dollars, Short of declaring him incompetent (which he isn't, just old) he won't let me handle the mail and bills.

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    1. Brigid, I know what you mean. It's times like these that I really wish I had a secret squirrel connection with a serious case of moral ambiguity and a willingness to do me a favor.

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