Monday, August 15, 2011
Filler Up
Strange how things happen. At first, things go slow, you get no connections, no one is talking, weird things happen that make no sense and just when you think that maybe you bit off more than you could chew, everything starts rolling. And rolling in without much effort on your part.
I have the one part time job, I just got offered another part time job at the same place I already work which means I only have to find one more part time job. I swear, almost every single time I get a job, (almost), it’s through a connection. I have gone on interviews, I have had second interviews, I have filled out more applications than I care to remember, I’m TIRED of writing out my fricken work history!
The first part time job I got was through a connection I made up here in Maine. And how did I get hired? They told the person about me, that person called me at 8am one morning, waking me up, I stumbled to the phone, said nothing more than, “yah” the entire conversation until the end when I said, “Ok, bye” because I was NOT awake and I got the job! WTF?! I go in to an interview looking all professional and crossing all my Ts, dotting all my Is, being as neat, clean and orderly as possible and I get nothing. But you wake me up out of a dead sleep, I mutter three words to you and you hire me while I’m standing next to the window in my pajamas?
I do not get it.
So, I worked hard at this part time job because I knew it had potential for other things in the future. Next thing I know, barely in to this job, I am called in to the office. Oh no. I go to the office and am offered a second position at this place. I grabbed it up without knowing everything about it, hey, money is money, someone is trying to give it to me, offering me work, I don’t ask a whole lot of questions!
Now, this isn’t exactly what I meant when I said that there were opportunities for the future by taking the first part time job but this second part time job is hopefully a step in the right direction. I don’t know. It may not go exactly how I want but it may turn out to be better. Who knows.
Hours and hours spent applying and updating the resume and making it sound and look fantastic, marketing it towards each individual job I applied for, going to interviews, looking sharp, scoring high on certain tests, wowing the pants off of people, getting second interviews....and then hearing “We have filled this position, thank you for your interest”.
Staying up way too late, sleeping, answering a phone half assed and bam, two part time jobs.
This country is so weird anymore in regards to employment.
