It hasn't yet been two months since I got laid off. I have recovered from the shock and settled into a workable routine of postponed house maintenance, gym attendance, reading, and job searching. I'm doing a lot of bonding with my dogs.
I've had several interviews, but so far no offers. Corporations do not make decisions quickly, so I may yet hear back from one or two companies.
The frustrating part has been interviewing for jobs where I am missing a key requirement. They know I am missing a key requirement. They interview me knowing I am missing the key requirement.
Then they reject me because I don't have the key requirement.
Why are we wasting each other's time?
Maybe they think I have nothing better to do. Maybe they think I can use the interviewing practice. Although since each of the companies have said they like me, I must be interviewing fine.
That doesn't explain why they are wasting their own time.
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Saturday, March 30, 2013
Saturday, February 23, 2013
Job search crisis of confidence
I read in this morning's paper that in order to get a job, you need to have a job. Employers apparently look at the unemployed as damaged goods. (Unemployed complain they need a job to find a job)
Great! That does good things to my confidence level.
It also didn't help that my mother, who talks before engaging her brain, asked me yesterday if I was too old to get another job.
Thanks, Mom. And I'm not that old, thank you very much.
Nor did it help that the HR person from Company A who said Tuesday that he was going to schedule an interview for "this week", never got back to me.
There are several things preventing me from spiraling into a vortex of self-pity.
1) Wil Wheaton. Yes, THE Wil Wheaton posted that he was having a crisis of confidence after not getting any response from an audition he thought went well. If Wil Wheaton can have doubts, it's okay for me to have doubts. (living in a hallway that keeps growing)
2) I spoke to a recruiter on Thursday that did not mention my lack of employment as a problem.
3) I have a phone interview scheduled for Monday with Company B.
Still, that doesn't mean I don't lay awake nights, worrying.
Sigh.
Great! That does good things to my confidence level.
It also didn't help that my mother, who talks before engaging her brain, asked me yesterday if I was too old to get another job.
Thanks, Mom. And I'm not that old, thank you very much.
Nor did it help that the HR person from Company A who said Tuesday that he was going to schedule an interview for "this week", never got back to me.
There are several things preventing me from spiraling into a vortex of self-pity.
1) Wil Wheaton. Yes, THE Wil Wheaton posted that he was having a crisis of confidence after not getting any response from an audition he thought went well. If Wil Wheaton can have doubts, it's okay for me to have doubts. (living in a hallway that keeps growing)
2) I spoke to a recruiter on Thursday that did not mention my lack of employment as a problem.
3) I have a phone interview scheduled for Monday with Company B.
Still, that doesn't mean I don't lay awake nights, worrying.
Sigh.
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