恥ずかしいです.
So something that happened this morning was that my alarm went off at 9, but I decided to be a lazy ass and stay in bed a while longer. The fact that Mari was sleeping on my chest did not help at all. But when my phone went off about an hour later I figured I should answer, so, with cat still on chest, I picked it up.
It was a woman from a firm recruiting people who speak Japanese, and she had seen my resume on Monster.com, since I recently updated it. Right away I knew this was trouble, because while I do list it on my resume, but would not say I am skilled enough to really apply it yet. So she started asking me questions and asked me to speak a little Japanese.
Keep in mind I had pretty much just woken up. I have enough trouble speaking English, but I think I pulled it off reasonably enough. She politely informed me that they didn't have anything at the moment, but would keep me in mind. And again, all this was happening while Mari was still sleeping on my chest. I really hope nothing in my voice gave it away. I also changed my Monster.com profile to more accurately reflect how well I actually speak it since I realized after that I was over representing my skill. It's certainly not good enough for me to relocate, which is not something I want to do anyway, at least at the moment.
Also, next week I'm talking to two separate recruiting people who called me, which is promising. I know one of them because they're right around the block from the school, so I'm still hopeful. I feel a bit two-faced talking to more than one group, though it's probably normal, and it's probably accepted to do that. Still feels weird.
(The subject, by the way, means "this is embarrassing" which is what I was thinking after that phone call)
It was a woman from a firm recruiting people who speak Japanese, and she had seen my resume on Monster.com, since I recently updated it. Right away I knew this was trouble, because while I do list it on my resume, but would not say I am skilled enough to really apply it yet. So she started asking me questions and asked me to speak a little Japanese.
Keep in mind I had pretty much just woken up. I have enough trouble speaking English, but I think I pulled it off reasonably enough. She politely informed me that they didn't have anything at the moment, but would keep me in mind. And again, all this was happening while Mari was still sleeping on my chest. I really hope nothing in my voice gave it away. I also changed my Monster.com profile to more accurately reflect how well I actually speak it since I realized after that I was over representing my skill. It's certainly not good enough for me to relocate, which is not something I want to do anyway, at least at the moment.
Also, next week I'm talking to two separate recruiting people who called me, which is promising. I know one of them because they're right around the block from the school, so I'm still hopeful. I feel a bit two-faced talking to more than one group, though it's probably normal, and it's probably accepted to do that. Still feels weird.
(The subject, by the way, means "this is embarrassing" which is what I was thinking after that phone call)