Nerves
I got a callback from the phone interview I did Monday for an in person interview (though it's only the first of three rounds of in person interviews for this particular job, so I am not getting my hopes up) and I just got an email asking to schedule a phone interview for a second place. I am incredibly nervous, because from the job postings I've been reading, most companies are looking for computer science and business majors with a lot more technical background than I have. Sigh. I keep telling myself that I did not misrepresent my skill levels on my resume, so if people are calling, they must think that I'm at least marginally qualified. But I'm going to try to run through some SQL tutorials anyway. I've picked up a fair amount by osmosis; I know a right join from a where clause; but it's like the snippets of VBA I picked up while doing Access stuff: I've tended to learn what I need to solve an immediate problem rather than gaining a broad theoretical grounding.
I worked out that if I budget VERY strictly, the severance I'm getting will pay my share of the bills for about six months. Rather than push that to the bitter end, I've decided that I'm going to give the job search three months; if I don't get anything, then I'm going to apply at the company my wife works for, as they are constantly hiring people to take incoming claims calls. While that is not something I want to do forever, I do have fifteen years of customer service experience prior to getting into data entry/reporting. Once I get in there, odds are very good that I can move up within a couple of years. Money will be tight for awhile, but we'll survive.
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I worked out that if I budget VERY strictly, the severance I'm getting will pay my share of the bills for about six months. Rather than push that to the bitter end, I've decided that I'm going to give the job search three months; if I don't get anything, then I'm going to apply at the company my wife works for, as they are constantly hiring people to take incoming claims calls. While that is not something I want to do forever, I do have fifteen years of customer service experience prior to getting into data entry/reporting. Once I get in there, odds are very good that I can move up within a couple of years. Money will be tight for awhile, but we'll survive.
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