My sad story: Got laid off Feb 18. They offered me leftover PTO time and severance (good), as well as the same health insurance (which I did not take, wanting to save money). Then about a week or so later, I get a pain which turns out to be appendicitis and get it taken out (thankfully I thought to sign up for the insurance the same day I went in to the hospital).
Now I have ridiculous payments and rent and my roommate may be getting cut hours too, which will make things much more interesting.
My last job was in a clipping service, reading newspapers to identify articles that a particular client would want according to keywords they gave us. It was pretty interesting and I was content. Of course, it was dependent on newspapers, so…
Now my resume looks better than it did when I first was let go. Pity about all the crappy ones I already sent, but ah well…Thus far I’ve had one interview and a ton of those insurance-selling “job” offers that tend to pop up in your mailbox a second after you put up your resume. That and a suspicious offer to give me a “high-paying job working from home” where one of the critical requirements is to “have a vaild US checking account to process incoming funds”.
I’m still looking for a job…close to 50 resumes sent out so far. I got an interview two weeks ago for a job I am completely qualified for. I should have gotten it. There’s no way anyone in that tiny town had my qualifications. But the subject of me having a kid came up and I could see the look on his face change and he asked about daycare. I assured him it was well covered. Not two minutes later he suddenly had an ‘appointment’ and said he’d have a decision in a few days. Never heard back from him and I don’t even care about calling back to hear what bullcrap reason they’re gonna give me for not getting the job.
God damn it. Had a phone interview on the 25th of Feb, and have been waiting for the next “round” of phone interviews. I was told the woman conducting these was on vacation from the 1st to the 14th of March. Well, she’s been back nearly two weeks now and no email or phone call…I even sent an email last week to the woman that did the first interview and haven’t gotten a response back. This company has been dragging it’s feet this whole process, and it’s ticking me off…and they were “planning”, according to woman #1, to get me into the training program for this position by mid-April, since it starts in late-April…I don’t see that happening, since after the second phone interview they said there’s also a face-to-face.
Well, I got a call about a possible position. It’s refilling those DVD machines you see in the grocery stores. Only part time, though, so I dunno. If it’s more than my unemployment allows, but not enough to pay mah bills, I’ll likely turn it down.
I wish places would tell you when you don’t get a job instead of just leaving you hanging.
Just to give an idea of the utter frustration I have with job listings, I found one for an intern, but an intern with a BS…odd, but I figure it’s good for me because I have a BS, and an internship would mean they don’t require as much experience. Man, was I wrong.
Ok, now I’m stressing. I have two interviews Thursday for the job I talked about in post 725. One is with the Chief Medical Officer, the other with the Director of Quality Assurance. I don’t really have any idea why the QA person is in the picture. On the org chart, at least, there’s no connection between the two departments.
As one of my co-workers said, “Boyo, now you’re going to have to back up that ‘best candidate ever’ crap you put in your cover letter.” I don’t think it’s crap, I think it’s true, but I’m not sure how convincing I can be.
Also, I’m making these a bigger deal than I should, or maybe not. It has gotten into my head that the interviews for this job are the most important interviews I’ve ever had – because failing them almost certainly means leaving the company at the end of the year, and possibly all kinds of associated upsets.
Thank you, and you’re right, it IS good news. But I’ve always hated rejection, often to the point where I refuse to compete. And now I’m kinda forced to compete, for this and other jobs, because I know mine is coming to an end. And nothing about it feels good.
I know that feeling. I’ve applied for a bunch of jobs without even a nibble, and aside from this current thing, I got a total of 2 phone interviews and got no farther. And I’ve been applying since last September.
Job hunting is about the most miserable activity there is. Unless you’re at the top of your field and people are recruiting you – and that’s certainly not me. I have a strange collection of skills that doesn’t quite even add up to a “field”.
Boyo, when you go to the interview on Thursday- act like you’ve been doing this job all your life. You will fool yourself into coming across as calm and capable. Trust me, it works.
Good luck to you, and to everyone else on this thread!
The job I want that I’ve been going on and on about? blah blah blah blah blah blah blah – he was supposed to decide by last Tuesday whom he was interviewing – first thing Friday I emailed him and said “what’s going on – will I get an interview? if so, when? if not – pls. let me know that.” Didn’t fucking hear from him at all.
Till two minutes ago – I’m interviewing with him (publisher) and the art director tomorrow at 11.
Crank up the good vibes machines, s’il vous plais!
