Get a job that I enjoy, am proud of, and is fun

... and I start on Tuesday!

It has been a rough road, but all of the
hard work has paid off…

Thanks to everyone who cheered my many entries and left encouraging notes along the way.

Now I’ve got to create a goal about excelling in my job :-)

or nervous about my upcoming interviews. Trying to remember Philippians 4:6-7, which reads:

“Do not be anxious about anything, but in everything by prayer and supplication with thanksgiving let your requests be made known to God. And the peace of God, which surpasses all understanding, will guard your hearts and your minds in Christ Jesus.”

I love studying the Bible… :-)

one is a follow-up to the interview I had last week (the one that went extremely well), and the other is for a position at a local University.

I’ve been drafting some talking points for both interviews and feel confident that each will go well… I am a bit nervous about the follow-up interview because they warned me that it would include some scenarios within which I would be expected to role play.

I’m thinking, as long as I can remain calm, I should be fine…

The interview went extremely well!

They’ve asked me to come back next week for a more in depth meeting with their CEO :-)

... and to top things off I got calls for two other positions that I applied for (I scheduled one interview for Tuesday) and I’ve yet to schedule the other…

My Father warned me, even though it seemed like none of the jobs were responding, that after pushing out so many applications (almost 40) I would end up getting lots of callbacks at about the same time… :P

...tomorrow morning!

... for those of you who have attended job fairs in the past.
Is it better to dress up or down. I felt overdressed this morning and I’m wondering what others experiences have been. I’ve attached a picture my mother took this morning. (Since I’ve got way too much time on my hands, being unemployed and all, I had a little bit of fun with it in Photoshop… :-)

I’d appreciate any critiques/suggestions…

... with the job fairs here in Tampa. I went to one on Monday and Wednesday and besides the fact that there were a limited amount of companies present, the positions available were not impressive at all. I did make a couple of promising connections, which I guess made them worth while…

... have been tough. I realized that I’m expereincing a bit of depression with regards to this job search. It’s hard for me (being that I am a person who thrives on praise) to be rejected over and over.

The really tough part is that I’m experiencing rejection before getting interviews (so technically, it’s happening before I even get a chance to truly “sale” myself).

So, I’ve regrouped and got some more books about resume/cover letter writting. I’m hoping that’s the problem and that the revised versions of my resume and cover letter will at least get me in for some interviews…

... for one position, and an e-mail from another informing me that I did not pass the test I mentioned in my last post (all in one day :-(

Still looking…

Today I got an e-mail from a promising position. It requires a test after which I would get an interview and if hired begin a 6 to 8 week training course. During the course I would be tested each week and if I got 75 or more on the tests I would move into the position full-time.

I go for the test on Wednesday. Wish me luck!