Dog and Pony Show

It is absolutely not a secret out there that the job market is rough.  There are people that have been out of work for years and aren't able to find anything at all, have reached the end of their unemployment and are now about to be put out on the street, etc.

I have to wonder if some of them are even trying.  I know it is hard in some industries, but come on.

As I said before, I'm in-between jobs at the moment.  It wasn't a mutual parting, but it was a horrible environment and frankly (in the end) I am thrilled to be out of there.  I took a two weeks to myself and I've been searching every since.

I have had on average a few interviews a week.  There is a week or so that I just get so tired of trying to sell myself that I stop sending in my resume for a bit.  I have even turned down jobs because when I applied, it seemed like something that would be alright by me but in the end it was a very large no go.  I'm ultimately trying to stop that sick feeling I had every morning at my last job that would cause me to have migraines or actually have to throw up to get it to go away.  

But if I could find something I'd actually be happy with, I'd really like that.
Right now, I have two prospects that are going into second and third interviews.  One has room for advancement and one will probably make me happy in the long run.   But I have major reservations about each of them.  

The first is a front desk at a vets office.  The staff is nice and it's a great homey environment.  But I am an animal lover by nature, I melt at the mention of puppies.  I feel like I could do well at this but I worry because there is no real room to move up.  Perhaps I could go onto being a tech, but that's about it.  I'm 27, I should look for things like that.  The office is older, nice but older. 

The second is again, a front desk position in a company that has a lot of room for growth.  This is the one I have the third interview with coming up on Tuesday.  Again, it sounds promising but it's a permanent temporary position.  Which means that 

I could be with the agency for a long time without getting far.  It also concerns me that they are being this critical in the hiring process.  What happens if I make a mistake how quickly would I be out the door?  Or how hard are they to work for if it has gotten so involved that I need a third interview. 
 
And to put the icing on the cake, I just received a call for another interview at a surgeon's office in a very stable company.  I know the pay rates, I know the hours.  I know I would have ridiculous awesome benefits and might even meet sports player or two since it is in sports medicine (paging hockey fan girl here..).

To put it mildly, I have no idea what I am going to do if I get offered any of these jobs.  I will accept one, but I am not good at saying no.  At all.  It is how I've gotten into trouble with different things in my life.
 
The main problem I think, is that I have never truly figured out what I 'want to be when I grow up'.  I graduated from college with a degree in an industry that is rather cut throat and one that while I'm good at it, people are much better, and always has a lovely catch to it (no experience past school you can't get a job, but you can't get a job and no one will give you experience).  I do some work on the side with my degree, but nothing that I could maintain a lifestyle with.  

Thoughts?  Advice?  Stories?  I'd love to hear them. 

The Beginning

I've been debating with myself for days on how to start off this new venture.  Do I do a well thought out entry complete with introductions (perhaps charts and facts?) or do I go a more casual route?  How do I make it that someone may actually want to read this blog, that will ultimately end up a mess of thoughts and probably ramblings about hockey? This probably still isn't the right way, but what the hell; it is my blog after all.

My name is Amanda and I have no life to speak of.  I'm 27 years old and I've managed to recluse myself into a corner that I fear I may never get out of.  I'm currently in-between jobs and on top of not having activities to do, I get to do that all day long on my own.  You get very tired of it, trust me.

I'm no novice to the online writing notion, I have had a livejournal for a number of years.  So long in fact, I don't remember why I picked the user name I did.  I believe was to try and impress a boy online?  Yes, that is how deep my lameness goes. 

Now, don't get me wrong.  I do have friends and they are great friends; two that I've had for more then half of my life.  But do you see my lovely age up there?  27.  Being that it is nearly 2012 at this point, or in a few months anyways, I've seen a ridiculous amount of articles about how it's okay to marry late and be single.  Get yourself in order first, then find that other person. 

Apparently none of my friends have read that memo, but is something I am sure I will get into at a later time (in a very long ranting length I'm sure).  But it leaves me wondering quiet often, what happens if you never do figure yourself out?  Do you turn into the cat lady?  Or in my case, the dog lady?  Only time will tell I suppose..