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.
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