I GOT A JOB!
I put six weeks of pessimistic searching to a halt this weekend and replaced it with the attitude that this week would be different.
Before I elaborate, I have to say that I am quite impressed with myself. Discounting employment agencies, I sent out countless resumes and cover letters or no cover letters or pdf resumes or .doc resumes or cover letter with pdf.....and so on- I only got three actual interviews within my job search. All were obtained through email applications. The first was prior to the start of this blog and was purely informational. For the second, I sent just the .doc resume and well, you heard lots about the interview in the two previous entrees. For the third, I sent just the .pdf resume. Both interviewers told me right off the bat that my resume stood out.
I guess I did too, because both places offered me jobs this week.
A few hours after I posted my previous rant, Interviewer #3 called me and after speaking with them, the position sounded great and I was really astonished I got a job offer the same day I met with them.
The untimely editor-in-chief called me today to offer me the editorial assistant job I thought I'd be perfect for, but, I'm positive I made the right decision in taking the other position.
Though it was advertised as an admin job, I've trained and talked with the CEO's of this computer programming company for hours and it's obvious that the admin stuff is just a product of them being such a small company and needing filler. What they really need is a Director of Marketing. Somebody to re-vamp their web site, create a marketing plan and materials for them and so much more. I'll be forced to learn the future of advertising, the entire digital world, and a little bit of programming lingo too. The possibilities are endless and this will look fantastic on my resume.
I'll be sure to keep coming back to write about the little idiosyncrasies of the professional world that drive me bonkers and other random little related tidbits (though the office I'm in is the one that requires uber amounts of casualness - including barefootedness, beer in the fridge, and shouting to one another from separate offices.)
Until then, good luck to all of you still searching. Keep it positive because it really does make a difference.
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