May i ask ‘what about Voice, Voice+Security on Voice side or Data Centre ?

One could use these events to meet headhunters in their area of interest. The membership associations could be contacted for a list of upcoming events.

I know more than most, that in a poor economy I would even consider going back to my previous employer. It’s bad out there! I can say now though, that I am eternally grateful for the cowardly 3rd-party response I received when I acquiesced and asked if I could come back…at any position.

I can look back now and easily see it but it was difficult to see when I was without a job. I was willing to compromise my issues and principles to go back to a place where I wanted to leave in the first place. And that is the issue; something makes people leave bosses, culture, strategy, engagement, opportunities, process, senior leadership, pay, benefits, and even the economy itself.

It’s the “counter-offer” effect. Many companies make counter-offers to departing, or seemingly departing, employees. Data shows however, that those that accept a counter-offer are rarely there after another year. Why? Because whatever it was that caused them to look in the first place is still an issue. Unless money alone was the issue, money alone won’t fix it.

So assuming everything is roses at your previous employer, or things are so bad at your new employer, or you just plain cannot find another position, your ability to return will depend on the quality of your resignation. Was your resignation cleansing or professional? Either way, nothing short of an uber-graceful departure will leave that door open for you.

The last point is quite simple, have they refilled the position yet? Based on the cost of staffing alone, not to mention the ability to upgrade talent, if the position is filled you are most likely out of luck. No matter how loved you were, how graceful your departure, if the position is filled you are not getting that job back.

The moral? People will do just about anything to get a job nowadays. So much so, that those unhappy, the under employed, are not looking, or at the very least not changing jobs, in the present economy. Once the needle moves consistently towards a recovery everyone can agree on, you will see hordes of employees checking the quality of the grass on the other side and many may find themselves in this predicament.