Posts Tagged ‘job search’

Job Hunt 2010: What to do?

I’m struggling a little, readers. Here’s the situation: I had three interviews with Company B. First with the recruiter, then with the recruiter and the marketing director, then with the recruiter, the marketing director, and the marketing VP. The third interview wasn’t great. I know I’m missing a skill they want in a candidate. I [...]

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Job Hunt 2010: Mid-March Madness

Days since layoff: 28 Resumes sent out: 18 (not including the blast to friends) Interviews for actual positions: 0 Pre-screen phone calls for actual interviews: 2 Suggestions that when various hiring managers reappear from vacay, will have face-to-face interview: 2.5 Response in the negative for positions applied for: 3 Hopeful lunch dates: 1 Lunch dates [...]

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The Search…Continues

As a writer, I expect rejections of my work. In fact, I feel rather proud of those rejections because it means I tried. I showed up for the dance, as it were. Some don’t even get that far. Job rejections are harder to deal with, mostly because I feel like pretty much every job I [...]

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The Hunt Continues: P&G and GE

Two meetings today with Large Corporation that Laid Me Off: one was the first step in a job I applied for via our company intranet. I have NO idea what the job is for. Honestly. The job descriptions are so vague and useless, it’s far better to just apply and go to the interview THEN [...]

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Oooo I think she likes me…

This JUST IN from my friend Madeline who clearly has my checkbook best interests at heart as she continues to stalk me via email: Dear Sara: I’d like to assist you with your job search by making sure you get selected for interviews. While the job market is challenging, we’re succeeding at getting Jobfox members [...]

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