Since I've started writing, I've felt a change in my attitude. There is something about saying things out loud that makes me feel better, and like I said in my first post, I wanted to put it out to the universe what my hopes and dreams are...and maybe, just maybe, they could come true.
I have used all of my networking skills to get my resume out there both here and abroad, and while India may remain a dream for a while yet, I know I have done everything possible to make it known that one day I would like to live and work there and I don't feel like I have left any stone unturned...now just isn't the time for that dream to come true. I'm okay with that. I had dinner with my friend Karla recently and we talked about all I had done, all the avenues and connections I had used to send my resume out to India, and saying it aloud made me realize just how much I had done...so again, I am okay with putting that dream on hold...for now!
Not that getting a job here at home is any easier. I can't even put a number on the amount of resumes I have sent out here. Probably hundreds!! After many phone interviews with many different types of companies, honing my answers, figuring out what they want to hear...I realize now that it comes down to only 1 persons opinion of me. ONE! That faceless person on the other end of the phone asking a pre-determined set of questions (more than likely) and looking for key words that would make me the right person for the job. As a recruiter myself, I know how it works, but it doesn't give me any advantage as the other person on the opposite side of the call. The good news is that I have apparently given the right answers to someone and that faceless person on the other side of the phone had a good opinion of me!! I have an interview on Thursday for an In-House Executive Recruiter position for that Bank I mentioned last week!! Yay!!! I am so excited! I left this Bank a year after I had been on my own because of financials reasons...not because I didn't like the company or my co-workers. I had been there for over 4 years. I was now supporting myself and I wanted/needed a change. Although I won't be going back into the branches to work, I like the company and it has great benefits and best of all, I will be in-house with a salary every 2 weeks...no more commission jobs for this girl!! If I can't have the job of my dreams, this is definitely a very close runner up and I am thrilled to be given the opportunity.
When I was a Recruiter at another firm we would joke when waiting for an offer or when we had someone going in for a final interview....Light a candle and say a prayer to the Placement Gods...so I ask all of you reading this...PLEASE light a candle and say a prayer for me....and Placement Gods...if you are listening...I REALLY want this job!!!
Now, what I am going to wear???
Heather
I have used all of my networking skills to get my resume out there both here and abroad, and while India may remain a dream for a while yet, I know I have done everything possible to make it known that one day I would like to live and work there and I don't feel like I have left any stone unturned...now just isn't the time for that dream to come true. I'm okay with that. I had dinner with my friend Karla recently and we talked about all I had done, all the avenues and connections I had used to send my resume out to India, and saying it aloud made me realize just how much I had done...so again, I am okay with putting that dream on hold...for now!
Not that getting a job here at home is any easier. I can't even put a number on the amount of resumes I have sent out here. Probably hundreds!! After many phone interviews with many different types of companies, honing my answers, figuring out what they want to hear...I realize now that it comes down to only 1 persons opinion of me. ONE! That faceless person on the other end of the phone asking a pre-determined set of questions (more than likely) and looking for key words that would make me the right person for the job. As a recruiter myself, I know how it works, but it doesn't give me any advantage as the other person on the opposite side of the call. The good news is that I have apparently given the right answers to someone and that faceless person on the other side of the phone had a good opinion of me!! I have an interview on Thursday for an In-House Executive Recruiter position for that Bank I mentioned last week!! Yay!!! I am so excited! I left this Bank a year after I had been on my own because of financials reasons...not because I didn't like the company or my co-workers. I had been there for over 4 years. I was now supporting myself and I wanted/needed a change. Although I won't be going back into the branches to work, I like the company and it has great benefits and best of all, I will be in-house with a salary every 2 weeks...no more commission jobs for this girl!! If I can't have the job of my dreams, this is definitely a very close runner up and I am thrilled to be given the opportunity.
When I was a Recruiter at another firm we would joke when waiting for an offer or when we had someone going in for a final interview....Light a candle and say a prayer to the Placement Gods...so I ask all of you reading this...PLEASE light a candle and say a prayer for me....and Placement Gods...if you are listening...I REALLY want this job!!!
Now, what I am going to wear???
Heather
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