I loved your train analogy, but don't worry it's not about missing trains, its about the many different schedules and lines that can take you to the many different destinations. Being out of work is so demoralizing, but I think you're coming up with some really smart strategies like the internship and the temp jobs.
Don't take the hiring process personally - in my current job I've gotten to see and occasionally participate in it, and have seen both good hires and bad hires happen in important positions and I can tell you it's not a logical process. The people I thought were going to be a good hire were frighteningly bad, and the ones I was skeptical about are turning out to be a home run. I don't think anyone really knows how to evaluate people in the few short meetings you get during the interview process. Personally I think the whole process is about magic and fairy dust rather than science and system.
You're holding up remarkably well under this stress. I've seen those who haven't done half as good as you're doing! I don't know why, but I have this gut feeling that this all going to work out fine - and I'm not an internet fortune telling service, so I should have some credibility, don't ya' think?
And don't worry about whining - there's nothing better in life than having a safe place to whine and people to whine to. I personally think that is one of the keys to happiness.
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Hey, if you can't whine here, where can you whine!!!!!!!!
Date: 2003-10-14 08:28 pm (UTC)Don't take the hiring process personally - in my current job I've gotten to see and occasionally participate in it, and have seen both good hires and bad hires happen in important positions and I can tell you it's not a logical process. The people I thought were going to be a good hire were frighteningly bad, and the ones I was skeptical about are turning out to be a home run. I don't think anyone really knows how to evaluate people in the few short meetings you get during the interview process. Personally I think the whole process is about magic and fairy dust rather than science and system.
You're holding up remarkably well under this stress. I've seen those who haven't done half as good as you're doing! I don't know why, but I have this gut feeling that this all going to work out fine - and I'm not an internet fortune telling service, so I should have some credibility, don't ya' think?
And don't worry about whining - there's nothing better in life than having a safe place to whine and people to whine to. I personally think that is one of the keys to happiness.