隨便記記 - 2020-07-01（三）

要點：

1、新冠、抗疫（全美新增破5萬，死亡過千）

2、過日子瑣事（job agent本事大）

3、感慨雜談（下半年開始了-沒得感慨）

4、附：工作空檔的解釋

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全美新增破5萬，死亡過千。

有新聞說加州住院增加了70%。

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job agent把我洋洋灑灑三段關於近一年工作的空檔，用三句話概括；最後在SAP工作，可以增加但絕不能誇大。最後，還讓我一百個不情願地把Linkedin裏的早先工作刪了。

一個12個人的小公司，主要為軍工單位維護係統。作為隻做開發沒什麽係統維護經驗的中國人（且不提我的年齡），怎麽可能？agent還真的爭取來電話麵試！

不覺得有希望，履曆上提到的東西也不能一問三不知。猛烈回憶，基本把自己做過的事情捋順了。

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7月1日，下半年開始了。除了見證曆史，啥都沒做。

有點想寫些主題文章。

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附：對近一年的工作空檔的解釋 - 我的原敘述和有本事的job agent的概括。

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My last job is a contract job. Due to the company's realignment and budget cut, the contract positions in my team got cut off with a short notice. Right before I left, the team manager talked to me and expressed his strong willingness to bring me back whenever he had a budget - the estimated time is 2 - 4 months. I was considering that I should take a good vacation during that break time. Unfortunately the team didn't get extra budget since then.

Early this year, my father-in-law got diagnosed as the late stage of lung cancer. The visa to China was very difficult to get. Till my father-in-law passed away on 5/19, we didn't get the visa and we gave up. Due to the trip had been uncertain, I could not focus on searching a job.

In the meantime I am trying to find a good job opportunity, I am doing some volunteer works. One of the volunteer work is "COVID-19: Case Investigation & Contact Tracing" for my county government.

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NOTE, there is an explainable gap in employment following SAP budget cuts with rehire eligibility in 4 months.  Joy embraced this much needed break to visit ailing family in China with plans to return to work Dec/Jan timeframe.  She began the lengthy visa process which stalled indefinitely before the virus broke.  Travel was prohibited, and her father-in-law passed shortly thereafter.  Since, Joy has been volunteering for Covid-19 case investigation and contact tracing while exploring new career options.