A Little Faith, Please
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orikesYesterday was a bit of a downer. I was feeling rather misunderstood by friends and family about the whole ‘no job’ thing, as if they all had a distinct lack of faith in my efforts to find a job. If the people that are closest to me don’t believe in me, why should I believe in myself?
When I finally kicked myself out of the mood and started thinking about it, I know that none of them really mean any harm. To be completely honest, I probably haven’t given many signs that I am working on getting my situation fixed around. Still, when I’m feeling like I’m making some progress on the whole package that is my life, it’s a bit disheartening to have a good friend start talking to me as if I hadn’t even tried the most basic efforts yet. Yes, I’ve put my resume on Monster. Yes, I check the paper every day. Yes, I am registered with more than one temp agency.
As I said yesterday after some time brooding on all of this: “Fooey”. It’s my life, and I know that I am making headway. Things will turn around sooner rather than later, and a little bit of faith in myself will go far. Oh yeah, AND continuing to plug away at throwing the resume at anything that even remotely looks like it might be a job.
Today, that faith in myself was rewarded somewhat. I got a call from a recruiter who saw my resume on Monster. I think that’s the first time that’s happened and my resume has been up on Monster in various incarnations for over two years. For this job, I would be testing printers for the big company whose name used to be synonymous with using copiers. They need someone who understands Quark, Photoshop and other graphic type programs, knows how to handle both PCs and Macs, and isn’t afraid to install drivers. Pay is about what I was making back before the lay off, and since it’s a Big Company, the bus actually goes there fairly often. It’s through a recruiter, so I’m not sure about any benefits, but beggars can’t be choosers. I e-mailed him the Word version of my resume with the hopes that the people at the Big Company choose to interview me.
The funny thing is, I think I interviewed for this same job about eight or nine years ago. I’d just moved home after a horrid last semester at Nazareth and was trying to find a job. The temp agency I signed on to (one of the many I’m signed on to right now) sent me to the Big Company for an interview for a job that sounds pretty similar to this one. They need someone to test printers using the graphics software. They never called me back after the interview, but I imagine I was pretty unimpressive back then. No major experience to speak of, shy, self conscious, and I thought lost my wallet in the parking lot.
Anyway. :)
When I finally kicked myself out of the mood and started thinking about it, I know that none of them really mean any harm. To be completely honest, I probably haven’t given many signs that I am working on getting my situation fixed around. Still, when I’m feeling like I’m making some progress on the whole package that is my life, it’s a bit disheartening to have a good friend start talking to me as if I hadn’t even tried the most basic efforts yet. Yes, I’ve put my resume on Monster. Yes, I check the paper every day. Yes, I am registered with more than one temp agency.
As I said yesterday after some time brooding on all of this: “Fooey”. It’s my life, and I know that I am making headway. Things will turn around sooner rather than later, and a little bit of faith in myself will go far. Oh yeah, AND continuing to plug away at throwing the resume at anything that even remotely looks like it might be a job.
Today, that faith in myself was rewarded somewhat. I got a call from a recruiter who saw my resume on Monster. I think that’s the first time that’s happened and my resume has been up on Monster in various incarnations for over two years. For this job, I would be testing printers for the big company whose name used to be synonymous with using copiers. They need someone who understands Quark, Photoshop and other graphic type programs, knows how to handle both PCs and Macs, and isn’t afraid to install drivers. Pay is about what I was making back before the lay off, and since it’s a Big Company, the bus actually goes there fairly often. It’s through a recruiter, so I’m not sure about any benefits, but beggars can’t be choosers. I e-mailed him the Word version of my resume with the hopes that the people at the Big Company choose to interview me.
The funny thing is, I think I interviewed for this same job about eight or nine years ago. I’d just moved home after a horrid last semester at Nazareth and was trying to find a job. The temp agency I signed on to (one of the many I’m signed on to right now) sent me to the Big Company for an interview for a job that sounds pretty similar to this one. They need someone to test printers using the graphics software. They never called me back after the interview, but I imagine I was pretty unimpressive back then. No major experience to speak of, shy, self conscious, and I thought lost my wallet in the parking lot.
Anyway. :)
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Yay! :)
Date: 2004-04-15 04:22 pm (UTC)That would be positively splendiferous! And yes, I know that isn't a word, I just don't care. :) It serves my needs adequately. And who knows, a hundred years from now English may well have mutated such that Splendiferous /is/ a word, in the dictionary and everything. :)
Anyway...enough insane rambling -- the gist of this post is summed up in the Subject. :)