Be patient.
I had a lunch date scheduled with my mentor a few weeks back. I was looking forward to catching up with her and getting her input on the job search (which is becoming something more like a black hole) but she cancelled on me last minute. She had bigger things to deal with that day as a staff member came into her office and announced he was resigning effective immediately. Like that day. So needless to say, she was tied up that day and has been since trying to figure out the logistics of what the office needs in the interim and trying to ensure they can fill the position and not lose it to the budget cuts of the University.
We caught up the other night briefly as I wanted to pick her brain on a job prospect I heard about. I asked her how she was dealing with all the change happening at the moment (the staff member's resignation is just one thing on a list of things that have come her way lately) and she said, "You know, I truly believe everything happens for a reason and we may not know that reason now, but I believe something better is coming. And we just have to be patient and wait for it." Great advice mentor. Advice I need to heed as the job search begins to take over my every thought. And I need to slow. my. roll. because this process could take upwards of another 5 months before I have a job secured. But how can you not worry about where you'll be? what you'll be doing? whether your next job will be a significant step up (and hopefully not step down) from your former job? whether you'll find yourself with a significant pay increase (or decrease)? whether you'll be in a familiar or foreign city surrounded by friends or strangers? These are all questions I have.
To date, I've applied for 9 positions ranging in title and responsibilities but mainly within Orientation and Leadership programs. They've been in a variety of states (Delaware, Tennessee, Louisiana, North Carolina, Georgia, Texas, Missouri, Virgina, and Massachusetts). By tomorrow, you can add Florida to that list with application number 10. I have 2 interviews scheduled during Placement but I didn't technically apply for either of those jobs. I'm passionate about the jobs I have applied for and have been officially rejected from one and assumed rejection from a second. And the rest, no word! No word at all. I send things off into the job search black hole and hope that sometime in the future, I'll receive a call for a phone interview. Until then, you keep on going. Apply. Apply. Apply. It's my mantra. It's possible by the end of this whole process, I could apply for up to 30+ positions. How nuts is that!?
My professor said the other day all you need is 1. One solid hit. One solid job. True story...The question is just how many apps to go before that 1 hit happens. All I can do is be patient and wait. And hope. Good things are on the horizon. I can feel it. I believe someone said "good things come to those who wait." They better be damn good.
Cheers.
We caught up the other night briefly as I wanted to pick her brain on a job prospect I heard about. I asked her how she was dealing with all the change happening at the moment (the staff member's resignation is just one thing on a list of things that have come her way lately) and she said, "You know, I truly believe everything happens for a reason and we may not know that reason now, but I believe something better is coming. And we just have to be patient and wait for it." Great advice mentor. Advice I need to heed as the job search begins to take over my every thought. And I need to slow. my. roll. because this process could take upwards of another 5 months before I have a job secured. But how can you not worry about where you'll be? what you'll be doing? whether your next job will be a significant step up (and hopefully not step down) from your former job? whether you'll find yourself with a significant pay increase (or decrease)? whether you'll be in a familiar or foreign city surrounded by friends or strangers? These are all questions I have.
To date, I've applied for 9 positions ranging in title and responsibilities but mainly within Orientation and Leadership programs. They've been in a variety of states (Delaware, Tennessee, Louisiana, North Carolina, Georgia, Texas, Missouri, Virgina, and Massachusetts). By tomorrow, you can add Florida to that list with application number 10. I have 2 interviews scheduled during Placement but I didn't technically apply for either of those jobs. I'm passionate about the jobs I have applied for and have been officially rejected from one and assumed rejection from a second. And the rest, no word! No word at all. I send things off into the job search black hole and hope that sometime in the future, I'll receive a call for a phone interview. Until then, you keep on going. Apply. Apply. Apply. It's my mantra. It's possible by the end of this whole process, I could apply for up to 30+ positions. How nuts is that!?
My professor said the other day all you need is 1. One solid hit. One solid job. True story...The question is just how many apps to go before that 1 hit happens. All I can do is be patient and wait. And hope. Good things are on the horizon. I can feel it. I believe someone said "good things come to those who wait." They better be damn good.
Cheers.
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