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Jul 15
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I just found out I didn't get a job I went for last week and I am gutted. It's the only interview I've had I and I am trying so hard to get work so I can look after my son.
No one will give me a chance. I'm intelligent I even have a degree which doesn't seam to be helping me. I haven't worked for 8 years and now I can't get back in. Rejection is hard when you're feeling so low about everything else. I don't know what to do or how I'm going to get work and I need to work so badly. I thought this was going to be the start of some good news for me but clearly not. I keep picking myself up and trying to be positive but I'm fed up of not getting a chance to show what I can do.
I don't know what to do and how I'm going to get a job. X2b walked away with his great career and I gave up mine and now I can't seam to find a new one. He keeps telling me I will have to get a job and I am trying so hard. I want to work, I want to provide, and I want to feel useful.
I only wanted one little thing to go my way but apparently it's too much to ask.
Jude x
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mike62
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Jude, What doesn't kill you makes you stronger. The rejection is tough, coming on the back of everything else going on. But take heart, the interview experience has been good for you. It is never easy to get back into the workplace. Have you thought about temping? In my 'old' career days (pre-hotel), I worked in the mobile phone industry. We used to have temps coming in all the time, and if they showed any aptitude, they were offered a FT position. It was a case of kissing a lot of frogs. By golly we did a lot of that. But frequently, someone who came as temp receptionist would end up doing a much more responsible and better paid job in a fairly short space of time. It is about getting a toe in the door and then proving yourself. I was always taught to be honest in job applications. Seems that is a bit old hat these days. I can remember some of the blatant b*llsh*t we used to see on applications, bu guess what? They got in. Don't worry Jude, it is just a question of right place, right time. it is good to go to lots of interviews for the experience, even if you have no desire or aptitude for the job. Sometimes they might interview you for job A and realise that you would be ideal for job B, which they had't even advertised. Once in a job it is SOOOOOOOOOOOO much easier to move to another one. Take all comers, leave no stone unturned, even if you have no intention of sticking with it girl. Your day will come. Keep smiling, Mike |
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Rani4
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Hi Jude you remind me of me. i always worked, paid and unpaid. for a long time, i worked for the family, first the family i came from, then the family i made. but when you have a CV to update, it is difficult to say you spent 5 years changing nappies! evreything was grim for a while. i did a part-time-few-hours-a-week job that paid very well, but he dismissed it as 'pocket money' and 'change'. he used to say i am too clever, too intelligent to be satisfied with such jobs. he never recognised that i worked, and he never realised the effort and time it takes to look after 3 very small children. my p/t job improved at a very slow pace. but once i decided to separate from him, it shot off. it was like a miracle. people were approaching me for work. it was truly amazing - especially for someone -notwithstanding the degrees i have under my belt - was still an essentially stay-at-home mum. and jude, even though i was headhunted for this job, it took nearly 5 months to materialise. The terms of this job are beyong belief. i get to choose my hours, they respect my time-off to take children to appointments and pick them up from school. They arrange meetings around my schedule - basically they are bending backwards to keep me in the job. it is incredible. i am finding it hard to believe myself. i dont tell people because i dont want to jinx it!! the moral of the story? you've got to put up with a lot before the right job comes along. and like mike62 so eloquently put it - you gotta kiss a lot of frogs before you find a prince i don't mind telling you my dear jude, after years of harship and heartache, i seem to have finally found my prince hang in there, something will turn up. you have to believe it though. employers look for someone who gives an air of confidence and grace. i have complete conviction that you have both. i have faith in you. something will turn up and you will blog about it and mike and i will say 'told you so'. much love and respect Rani |
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Ephelia
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Hi Jude, I've been in the same boat. I did what Mike's suggesting - got a temp job, worked hard and got 'headhunted' by one of their clients and offered a contract. This is a better job, not brilliant but another step up and now I'm getting interviews for better ones - its been slow but I'm getting there. Good luck to you, you will get there too. |
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