Apply for jobs with (targeted) abandon. When in doubt, apply. Now, Damn it (!!!)

that job i was reluctant to take….? yeah, i got the ax on tuesday. it’s so ironic that i was the one worried about karma points if i had been offered the job for that one last interview i went on. so, now i’m unemployed and going to a temp gig on monday (better than nothin’). wish me luck, send me good vibes, pray for me, whatever. i need all the positive energy i can get comin’ my way.

well, i accepted an offer. it’s not what i want because it’s just another accounting job, but at least it’s an out from where i am now. there will be an opportunity to get in and set things up the way i’d like to see them, but i know that after a while, it will be the same old, same old, and before too long i’m going to end up right back where i am now.

and, i must confess, i went on an interview today. they called me right after i accepted this position and in all honesty, the one i went in for today is more of what i’m looking for. it’s technically a senior financial analyst job, and it’s for a much larger company, so even though there isn’t huge potential for advancement, at least i should be able to stay put for a few years and do a job that’s more interesting than what i’m doing now and learn something new, i hope.

i am a firm believer in karma, though, so if i get offered this position, and i have to tell the other folks i can’t accept their offer, i’m afraid of what that could do to me in the long run. that’s probably a silly thought, but if you had my luck, you’d think it, too.

i guess it all remains to be seen. if there’s no other offer, then there’s nothing to worry about, right?

I don’t do bored. Allergic to it.

And so. Phase 2 is to compile a list of places to send CV to. I’m thinking 100. This may seem nuts, but in terms of the % of responses I get back, 100 is actually quite sane.

i’ve been on more than a half a dozen interviews, and so far, no dice. furthermore, i have compromised and allowed myself to apply for jobs that aren’t really where i want to take my career right now just in an effort to get the hell out of where i am. and now, i’m just exhausted and tired of interviewing and i am still here. aagh.

i guess all i can hope for right now is that something finally pans out and i can get out of where i am now and hopefully figure out what i “should” be doing before hubby wants to go solo (working). sigh.

why does my situation never change? i realize i have a hard time making decisions, but come on! i sincerely would have thought that something would have come to me by now.

well, i think it went all right. for the most part, i thought i had good answers to the questions they asked and it sounds like something i want to do and that i have what they’re looking for. the people i talked to were kinda hard to read, though, so i’m not certain that i totally impressed and/or wowed them. i know they have a handful more folks to interview, so at this point, all i can hope for is that i get a 2nd interview with the cfo and the other accounting staff. i’d say cross your fingers, but what’s done is done. i guess all i can do now is hope for the best and try to enjoy new years.

please wish me luck and send me good vibes everyone, i have a major job interview on monday for a place i really want to work. i’ll let you know how it goes….eeek…

maybe the odds will be in my favor if i apply to everything that looks remotely like something i can and want to do…? probably not the greatest idea, but what the hell? it can’t be worse than my situation now. or can it?... hmm….

there are a handful that went nowhere for one reason or another, but i have a few irons in the fire and i’ve got my fingers crossed that they’ll turn into interviews (they should; i’m definitely qualified for all the jobs i’ve applied to). wish me luck…

to anyone who lives in or knows someone who lives in or around the indy area:

please help me find another job.

if i work one more minute where i currently am, i am going to lose my mind.

i am accountant. i do financial statements, not taxes. i am open to lots of different industries.

if you’re out there, and you can hear me, i will take any ideas, support, you name it that you care to send my way.

god bless.

than the way i had it. and now i can share this goal with someone, which i like to do.