Funny story - so I just got out of my hour long interview with a consultant company and the lady stopped me ten minutes into my answer to her asking about my time with my past employer to say that I have such a positive outlook on what happened, my dedication to trying to stay there, and general awesome respect I convey towards my past employer .

This is very unlike someone else (who she forgot the name) that came in a few weeks ago (this person was part of the lay off group) and spent the better part of twenty minutes ranting on the evils, mismanagement, incompetency, and general hate upper management had for employees. She said that sort of misplaced anger and ranting - to a complete stranger who *works* with finding people for my past employer - really turned her off towards helping that individual finding a job and working for them. It makes them hard to offer that person up as a candidate for a job.

With in 90% certainty I know it was Ubergeek and I really really wanted to ask her if it was him. God.. still shooting himself in the foot.

On the aside I did really enjoy the enthusiasm and assistance this new recruiter company gave me. That was such a fun interview and I came away with a better resume and a sense that someone cares enough to work with me to get a job. Go team go!