Working Full Time...
... to find full time work.
I've been pounding the pavement during the past couple months to find a career. I've been on the phone hours upon hours, visiting with HR reps face-to-face, sending LeAnn "press kits" to various local businesses, making follow-up calls, making follow-up visits, going on 4-hour interviews, 3-hour second interviews, testing, testing, testing...
My time is running thin, so I've decided to employ myself with a temp agency. Actually, I called one temp agency that, within an hour of my call to solicit information about their hiring process, had me hired out to a huge international corporation. I was flattered, but the job is simply that - a job. I'm looking for a career, but I'll take the job in the mean-time.
I had an interview today with a company that would compensate me generously, but I had to withdraw myself as a candidate before the president offered me the job (which he was actually in the process of doing when I interrupted him). The position was that of a head-hunter and the employees at the company had no misgivings about using such tactics as deception, voice alterations, aliases, etc. to recruit candidates and other leads. I can't be a part of that atmosphere.
At the encouragement of Mike and my wonderful brother, I called Mount Mercy College to inquire about earning my high school teaching certificate. Those who know me well understand my passion for helping youth understand that there are wonderful and beautiful secrets hidden within this world that we can all be blessed to find if we know how to search. I want to help students discover the magic that's woven throughout classic literature and music, fine art, architecture, and the humanities. Or maybe I'll teach English. That can be magical, too.
I have a BA in Public Relations and significant experience in journalistic writing, marketing/advertising, and graphic and layout design. If anyone knows anyone who knows of a position for me, please let me know! I need to get my foot in the door somewhere and I think there's a lot of truth in the adage, "It's all about who you know!"
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the best part about interviews is when they ask the old standards and you know they just looked at their interview guide the minute before you walked in. "What is your worst quality"? and then you have to spin it so your faults sound like a positive. blah. "Well Ted, sometimes I pass gas at inopportune times, especially when I am under deadline... but the plus side to that is that my co-workers find it inspiring and their laughter leads to a positive working environment. I bet if you hired my, morale and productivity would be through the roof."
Or, "Where do you see yourself in 5 years?"
I see myself celebrating the 5-year anniversary of you asking me this question.
(That's a ripped-off joke, by the way.)
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