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last updated: 22 August 2009

When I was laid off from my last interim job I knew I had to act fast to find another job while I was still in an office setting. I knew it would give me more credibility if I let people know - from my work email - that whilst I was still employed, my job was coming to an end and I was going back on the market.

The first thing I did was email people within the bank to let them know that my contract was up. I had worked at this bank twice before in the last six years so I knew quite a few people still at the bank. I emailed ex-colleagues who were still there and former big bosses in the hopes they would drop everything and offer me a job straight away.

And then I emailed ex-colleagues who were employed at other banks. What I expected was for someone, somewhere, to call me and tell me there was a position just for me and could I please start when my current contract was finished, which was in the next week.

This didn't happen.

Then I expected an offer from someone, somewhere, in my first fews weeks of being unemployed, but this didn't happen either.

The first few weeks turned into a month, and then two months, and now here I am - three months out - and I haven't had even one job interview!

During this time I've stayed in contact with my ex-colleagues, my ex-bosses, and the recruiters, but they don't know of any jobs. Some of them are too busy struggling to hold onto their jobs to help with my search.

So I continue to be unemployed, and I continue to remind my ex-colleagues of this fact so I'm fresh in their minds in case a job does come up.

Those ex-colleagues are more than just ex-colleagues, I consider them friends, and I am still hoping one of my friends can help me find a job'

Here Is The Writer : Tim Baros

Tim Baros has worked in the derivatives industry for several large financial institutions in both the U.S. and the U.K., and one now-defunct financial products company. Tim moved from New York City to London in 2003 to take advantage of the many job opportunities that London had to offer in the banking sector, easily qualifying for a Highly Skilled Migrant Programme Visa. Unemployed but now a UK resident, Tim spends some of his day looking for another job in finance and other parts of the day either at the gym, in the pubs, clubs, or just about anywhere, really.