Mission Impossible ….

Here I sit on a beautiful August afternoon just wondering where the summer has gone.  I have now been out of work for 3 months – the longest ever for me.  Finding work was never an issue, never difficult for me until this year.  Sign of the times I guess.  My summer has not been the most enjoyable – it’s called lack of money to do anything.  I have tried to stay positive, I seek in earnest every day.  I send resumes out every day.  I send resumes to companies that are not advertising.  And then I just hope that mine will stand out against the hundreds of others on the manager’s desk and I wait for the call.

Since looking I have been offered 4 jobs.  And now you are probably wondering why I am not working.  The first two, were strictly commission and it meant going to people’s homes and convincing them that what I had was what they needed.  I sat back and thought about it ….. no, definitely not for me.  I would have probably lasted maybe a week before I handed back the “sales kit”.  I did not want to waste my time nor the company’s time.  I was then offered a position for $12 an hour, after FOUR interviews – great little company but was told that I would be travelling two days a week to a place that would take me an hour on a good day.  In the winter, more.  With the wear and tear on my car, the god awful drive in the long winter months – $12 an hour just did not cut it.  Then I met what I thought was going to be perfect …… I wrote about it here – I Found One.  Well now this is being put on hold ………I am frustrated and somewhat confused as I did turn down job offer number 3 for this one.

Good lord above.  What is one suppose to do?  It is driving me crazy.  So it’s back to square one and seeking and sending resumes.  Wish me luck.

But in the meantime ………..

My trip to Cuba is booked……….. I will have some fun there and be gloriously happy!!  Will be great to see everyone again.  Unfortunately we will not be going to Holguin ………..  but there is always next time.  And there will be a next time, that I know for sure.

How Many Interviews

How Many Resumes, How Many Interviews?

Well the job hunt continues and with a vengence.  But how many resumes does one in this “recession” have to send before you even get an interview.  I am thinking, hundreds perhaps thousands.  It is kind of disserting to say the least.

And when you do get that first interview be prepared for many more.  Long gone are the days when after one interview, you could receive that phone call that would be a job offer.  Not now.  Even for a job that pays just over minimum wage you could be called in for 3 or even 4 interviews.  To me that is totally insane.  Yes, it is an employers market right now but come on guys, I am not applying for a CEO position!!  Let’s get real here, you are paying me just over minimum wage and want me to work probably 44 hours a week and you have to interview over 3 times??

But I am not loosing my faith…. not yet.  I have not yet put up my belongings for sale and moving south … not yet.  But it sure is looking pretty right now.  I’d rather be poor in a warm climate than in the freezing cold!

There is no point knocking on the door of the company’s employment office anymore.  In fact I think they would probably laugh at you.  Sending your resume through snail mail – well forget that because someone just beat you to it by emailing or faxing.

Your personal contacts – maybe.  But even then you will have to go through the right channels and submit your resume which is then filed along with the rest.

So I will continue …….. pounding the pavement through the internet and somewhere, someone will hire me …………. I know they will!!