Well, here we go again....

Nooooooooooooooo! I am completely speechless and gobsmacked and wonder if all you did for them in these 3 months was in fact all they needed? That is the most rubbish news I have heard and I am so sorry!

Hey - pick yourself up! A temporary job on the CV is better than none.

Their reasons for deciding not to extend your contract make business sense for them and are not a negative reflection on you and your skills, but just indicate that this particular engineering niche needs someone with specialist knowledge.

Your challenge is living in an area that is not highly industrialised and dripping with jobs.

If it were me I would be looking for volunteering opportunities in the interim between jobs, as that really does look good on CVs. Potential employers will know the job market locally and understand why you have found it hard to be fully employed all the time; but they will also appreciate you taking a constructive attitude to the jobless times.

I am sure that you will get a good reference.

So...two positives: a job on the CV and a good reference to come.

It is a slow climb up this mountain for you, but the direction is good.

Take heart!

No!!!

I am so sorry to hear that phoenix.

So sorry, phoenix. You deserve better.

I'm inclined to agree with soutra. If you didn't have the required specialist engineering knowledge, why did they take you on in the first place?

Is there a chance of some seasonal employment now the summer's here to tide you over while you look for something else?

I won't send flowers because in your frame of mind you'll probably stamp on them and I wouldn't blame you.

Chin up!!

Phoenix xx

Sorry, Phoenix if anyone deserves to be treated better than this, you do! Things are looking up on the employment front and hopefully your job search this time will soon be over

Phoenix you must have been a good and productive employee, otherwise they would have let you go after a week or two.

It certainly won't look bad on your CV - just list it as temporary employment. In the current job market, employers are well aware that employees have to go from one short assignment to another.

They didn't reject you ..... it's just hard-nosed business. And it's crap.

I'm about to have a stiff drink ... won't you join me!

S**t! phoenix, what a rotten thing to happen just when it had begun to look rosy for you and Mr P. Just have a good cry tonight and then get back into fighting form. Do you have to work out a notice period?

Phoenix big ((((hugs))))

I'm sorry too, phoenix, but Riverwalk's' right - it won't look bad at all on your CV, at least it proves you are willing and able, just not right for that particular organisation. How are *Mr P's prospects looking?

Sorry about all that bold - something obviously went wrong...

Many thanks all, your post are appreciated.

anno they have said that I can take my notice period as leave, and still get paid. I was half way through sorting out a kit order for the sister company, and have said that I would like to be able to finish that, as I hate leaving something half done. So, I will be going in at some point tomorrow to sort that. And also return the unworn kit, although I doubt if anyone else there will be able to use it, due to the size. Not sure if embroidered items are returnable?

I also want to tidy up the folder that I prepared for the new website. I had done a lot of research on competitor websites, made copious notes, done some drafts, collated various bits etc, they might chuck it in the bin, but I would prefer to leave it in some sort of order.

Mishap I'm finding it hard to share your optimism, but thank you for such a positive post. Volunteering could actually cost a bit, as it would involve travel and if it was in a charity shop I might end up spending.

I wish I could properly explain how I feel.

phoenix I'm gutted for you, and I really hope something good will be round the corner for you.

Oh Phoenix what a shitty thing to happen. They knew from the start that you didn't have the required specialised knowledge but you did sort out lots of other things for them. I wonder if someone who does have what they need has turned up in the interim.

You must be getting so tired of this. I'm sorry .

Your reaction.is very professional and reasonable. I am not sure I wouldn't have just let them whistle for it but as you and they are both local it is best not to leave a bad impression. I wouldn't bend over backwards for them though. I do wonder if they have a hidden agenda as they knew what your experience was when you were appointed. I had a similar (if that is the case) experience of being "eased" out of a job which although initially temporary had been due to be made permanent (or so I had been told) so that somebody who had become available could be "interviewed" along wth me as internal candidate. I went along with it believing I was in with a chance and only found out after that it was a put up job . I wish I had knoen and had had te guts to withdraw from the interview saying it was a fit up. OK I wouldn't have got the job but nor would she. Still rankles 20 + years on!!

So sorry to hear this Phoenix.

I admire you wanting to leave things in order. Not at all easy when you feel so gutted but I hope your sense of doing the right thing is repaid and you find another position soon helping you move on from what I hope is a temporary set back.

Oh Phoenix what horrible news and just when it seemed things had finally come good for you. You will have to live up to your name and rise again from the ashes - here's hoping it's not too long before something turns up.

Would it be worth trying self-employment in some form? At least then you'd be your own boss and in charge of your own working life. Maybe try the wedding poems idea mentioned before? Any wedding planners locally you could contact?

All good wishes anyway and fingers crossed for you.

Oh b****r Phoenix, that's such bad luck. It did sound at the start that they weren't exactly sure what they wanted from you. You've got the job up and running and may have worked yourself out of a job now the admin side is up and sorted. Could you ask if you could job share with someone with the technical knowledge? Most technical bods aren't much cop when it comes to marketing and people skills.

But as the others have said, it's a step in the right direction. Hopefully you won't have to wait too long before a better job comes along. And don't dismiss volunteering out of hand. Many pay travel costs and give training.

(((Hugs)))

Phoenix so, so for you and too x

So sorry Phoenix

Oh Phoenix! I feel awful for you. Maybe they will realise how much they miss you when you have gone. get them to give you a good written reference, just in case they disappear or something.

Bad luck phoenix hope you manage to find something else very soon.You can put on your cv that it was just a temp job.

So sorry to hear that Phoenix.

Surely they knew that when they took you on, or did they need someone to fulfil the tasks you have done for them and now they are done they don't need anyone any more? Not a fair way to treat anyone imo.

Things do happen for a reason, maybe there is something better round the corner..it has gotten better out there, I was just looking for a job and it is not as bad as it was a year ago

Dont give up, as others have said you are going to get a good and recent reference out of it and when you apply for the new job just say that you had a three month contract rather than go into the fact that you were asked to leave.

You got one job, so that means that they saw something good in you, there must have been competition for the job and they chode you.

Try and think positive because it will take you to a good place and away from how bad you are feeling now.