(no subject)
Have to admit that I am quite tense tonight. I applied for a job about a month ago and I have now had 1 telephone interview, 3 face-to-face interviews and done a maths test, a case study and a set of logic problems. Anyway, I find out whether or not I have got the job tomorrow. These people haven't actually let things drag that much, it has just been circumstances that have led to delays. Scary thing is that if I don't get this then I am back to the drawing board. All the other jobs I have applied for have either rejected me or, as of yet, not replied.
This job will mean that I move into London and should have career potential. It also means that I finally become a slave to capitalism. Not that I object to that really and can one be a slave to something that one enters into voluntarily?
Job hunting can be quite a trying exercise. You spend large amounts of time and energy looking for jobs, filling in applications and writing covering letters and CVs. Then, if you are lucky, you get called for assessment days and interviews and maybe then second interviews and perhaps even third ones. But unless you actually got the job, all the time, money and energy expended results in you gaining nothing (except interview experience). Essentially you have to offer yourself to someone and be prepared to get knocked back. In a way it is similar to dating - the potential for rejection is always there. I think you have to try and not let it get you down and maintain the belief that at some point that moment will come when you take the job and are able to rip up all the other copies of adverts and applications that you have on your desk. You can finally be happy.
But what if you hate the job that you get? At this moment, I don't want to give it any more thought.
This job will mean that I move into London and should have career potential. It also means that I finally become a slave to capitalism. Not that I object to that really and can one be a slave to something that one enters into voluntarily?
Job hunting can be quite a trying exercise. You spend large amounts of time and energy looking for jobs, filling in applications and writing covering letters and CVs. Then, if you are lucky, you get called for assessment days and interviews and maybe then second interviews and perhaps even third ones. But unless you actually got the job, all the time, money and energy expended results in you gaining nothing (except interview experience). Essentially you have to offer yourself to someone and be prepared to get knocked back. In a way it is similar to dating - the potential for rejection is always there. I think you have to try and not let it get you down and maintain the belief that at some point that moment will come when you take the job and are able to rip up all the other copies of adverts and applications that you have on your desk. You can finally be happy.
But what if you hate the job that you get? At this moment, I don't want to give it any more thought.