Monday, March 17, 2008

Job Update

I just wanted to take a minute and update whoever is interested in my job hunting.
Since I have moved and settled in I have been looking for a job. I received a couple of calls last week on a couple of jobs that I had applied to earlier in the week.
I had an initial phone interview with job #1. When I was done with the phone interview they wanted to set up an in-person interview which was done on Friday. It was a long interview to say the least. Probably the longest interview I have ever had. Once I got used to the questions it went a little faster. I was super nervous because I haven't been interviewed in over 3 years. I also wasn't used to the way the wanted the questions answered. I am actually not really sure how I did. They said that they will either call or e-mail in the next couple of days.
Job #2 called last week as well. I had an initial phone interview with this one as well. After that first interview was done we set up another phone interview which was going to be done with someone different for the next day at 11. So I tried to prepare myself the night before by just going through typical interview questions and how I would answer them. The next day the time came and they didn't call. I thought that was weird but nothing I could really do about it. They finally called around 11:15 and apoligized for running late and would make the interview a little short to make up for the time. I actually thought that this one went really well. She said that she was going to meet with a group of managers on Friday and try to 'sell' the people she interviewed and that I would receive either a call to let me know that they wanted to interview me in person or I would receive an email that would say 'Thanks but No Thanks' kind of thing. Friday came and I hadn't heard anything one way or the other. I checked my e-mail on Saturday just in case and there was an e-mail saying 'Thanks but No Thanks'.
I was extremely disapointed because I knew that I would be great at job #2 but all I can really do is bounce back and start looking for jobs that I can be satisfied with. I think that for right now I just need to find a job that is going to pay the bills and then once I have money coming in I can look for something that will make me happy.
I am really trying to stay positive about it all. I try to keep an open mind each morning when I am looking for a job. I know that I want to find something that I am good at and that makes me happy. Right now I am just trying to find a job that will do one of those things as well as pay the bills that are coming in.
I know that I will find something. I am just not good at patience when it comes to looking for a job :) I guess that is why I am going through all of this...to learn patience!
I do get on the computer each morning to look for jobs so I am hoping that something turns up soon. Keep you fingers crossed for me!

2 comments:

Kim said...

Yeah, you are well on your way! Congratulations on your move...and I'm sure you will be up and running in no time!
Good luck!

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