Day One: Find a Job

Not necessarily find a job, but practice getting one. Being unemployed allows me to reflect a little too much on past job experiences. After flip flopping back and forth on what field to work in, I decided just to keep my options open. I recently discovered that I have never gotten a job on my own (with the exception of temp jobs, and a stint at Dillard's). I have always have had friends or relatives refer me to jobs. It is all about connections. Lately, friends appeared wanting to give my resume to others.

Yesterday, I got one phone call, and one email asking for interviews. I wasn't so keen on the job that the phone call asked about, but I decided to give the interview a try. Plus, they still had to offer the job to me, and I still had to decide if I wanted the job after all. I was at least getting practice at sitting in a room interviewing for a job.

Today was the interview. I didn't let myself get stressed out or anxiety ridden as has happened before all interviews in the past. I went in thinking more of it as a joke than an actual interview. This helps me relax and talk like I am with friends more than being in the presence of royal blood (for some reason I always have thought of interviewers as superiors rather than equals). The interview went fine. I was not an overzealous seller of myself (that's a problem I have, not selling myself), but rather an applicant seeking employment. I didn't talk myself up, or push myself on them. I don't like pushy people, so why should I be one in an interview?

Next up was the written interview for the other job I was emailed about. It is a written interview as the job rides a lot on writing skill and quality. I took a break from it to write this.

But I just wanted to say practicing getting a job makes getting one all the easier. tell tomorrow.

"Every accomplishment starts with the decision to try." ~Anonymous
"Courage doesn't always roar. Sometimes courage is the quiet voice at the end of the day saying, I will try again tomorrow." ~Mary Anne Radmacher