I went on an interview last week knowing that I was unfit for the position before I sent my resume to the post. The position was a marketing assistant who would be responsible for all social media campaigning and helping the VP and director of marketing with their SEO efforts. The interviewer asked me a bunch of questions about a bunch of stuff that I don’t know much about. He knew he would get inexperienced people as a result of how little he was looking to pay- but he pointed out at the end of the interview that it seems that I lean more towards content generation and I seemed to seal my “Not right for the position” envelope when I said “Yes, I love to write.”
That was the first job interview that I went on that I wasn’t offered the position- and I’m ecstatic. Though he was offering little in the salary/benefits arena, it was still much better than the position I’m currently in (which, at the current moment, is the cause of many premature gray hairs) and it would push me to be more of a marketing assistant and less of an admin assistant (not that I don't get to do content creation as well- but I'm not pushing the envelope as much as I wish/should be doing right now). I don’t know if I would have had the strength to turn down a job offer, even though I knew it wasn’t right for me.
As job postings seem farther and farther away from who I am, I feel more and more like I’m going to be stuck in this windowless black hole, but where I need to be isn't going to find me through a posting. I'm officially on the hunt for that sweet-ass agency/firm that screams out to me.
Any web developers/ designers in NYC feeling the same way about the job hunt? Check out the portfolio and office walk-through in the video on The Wonder Factory's website.
Any cool offices you love? Something that makes you go "OOO...I could be uber productive there..."
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