Nervous gulp

[selenay]

I have applied for a job. The first. Hell, it's the first time that I've ever applied for a job. Usually I just...sort of...land in one. By accident.

I rate my chances as approximately nil, but it's a job that I'd really like and it's very local - I figure that this way I'll get rejected from a perfect job first and subsequent rejections won't seem so bad. Or something. I'll have to send out many more applications, but it's a start. Right?

And now I have evil cousins visiting for the day. Bleh. No writing. No TV. No reading. Just...evil brats.

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[stephicozar.livejournal.com]

*fingies crossed*

[selenay]

Thanks, sweetie.

[alphekka-alpha.livejournal.com]

I'd offer you the job. 8-) Don't know why you rate your chances as nil. If your qualifications aren't quite what's stipulated, you'll still get kudos for applying. It kind of show you really want the job.

A couple of examples:

The son of our children's first school teacher saw a job he really, really fancied but, being straight out of uni., didn't think he had a cat in hell's chance of getting it. He was way too young for it. I said, "Tell him to go for it. He's nothing to lose and the fact that he goes for it anyway shows confidence in his ability to do the job." He applied. He got the job. 8-)

Our son Jonathan, when at Sixth Form College, wanted to read computer science at Manchester Uni. The staff at SFC told him not to bother because he wouldn't be accepted; it would be a waste of time applying. I said, "If you really want it, go for it. Don't be put off by what the staff say." He now has a computer science degree from Manchester Uni. and a very good job that he enjoys. 8-)

Personally, I think they'd be daft not to take you! Whatever, Good Luck!
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[selenay]

Thanks :-) I rate my chances so low because I know that I'm not entirely qualified for the job, but those stories are very encouraging. Hell, someone has to employ me because how else do people get started? Every job that I look at specifies at least x years commercial experience - someone has to be willing to employ the entry-level kids as well as the experienced.

[paranoidangel]

Good luck. You never know, you might get offered the job, and if you don't it'll at least be good interview practice.

[selenay]

*g* You're being very confident to think that I'll get an interview...

[paranoidangel]

Well when I was job hunting I found that getting an interview was the easy part.

You can't possibly do worse than me anyway - It took me a year and a half of applications and a year of interviews before I got a job offer (oddly enough, I took it). And for six months of that year I was doing three interviews a week (and at one point, I did three in one day).

[selenay]

Um.... ::gulp::

Here's hoping that the job search is a little easier for me. I've watched my sister sending out masses of applications and assumed that the hardest part was getting the interview - so far, she's had two interviews from well over fifty applications. She got a job from the second interview, although she's still looking for something more suitable and has another interview on Wednesday. It's slightly demoralising, to say the least.

[paranoidangel]

It's slightly demoralising, to say the least.

It is a bit, yes. There are loads of people telling you that you're guaranteed a job by the time you graduate if you start looking at the start of your final year (I don't know anyone who that happened to) and others who say as long as you do a degree in a non-silly subject you'll definitely get a job. Still no.

Oh, and they're crying out for computer scientists. Obviously very quietly.

[selenay]

Oh, and they're crying out for computer scientists. Obviously very quietly.

I've found lots of job adverts today. Sadly, only a few willing to take recent graduates - everyone seems to want at least 2 years commercial experience of everything *sigh*

I starting to think that it's all very subjective. Some lucky buggers do come out of uni with a job lined up. Some people have good degrees in subjects that everyone wants to employ, but they don't find anything for years and there doesn't seem to be any reason for it. I guess that it's just a case of luck as well as qualifications *sigh*

[paranoidangel]

What do you mean you want a job and you don't have two years commercial experience? Didn't you know all companies think everyone is born with it? :)

Well they must be because otherwise how would anyone get employed?

[selenay]

Didn't you know all companies think everyone is born with it? :)

*G* So true. There are some talented toddlers out there who have been born with 2 years commerical experience of Java, C++ and Cobol plugged into their brains. Lucky mites :-)

[notsoshygirl.livejournal.com]

*fingers crossed*

{{{goodluckvibes}}}

I hope you get it.

Evil brats? A bit of rope and a closet usually work well. *weg*

[selenay]

Thanks :-)

Sadly, the evil brats are all as tall as me now - makes it difficult to tie 'em up and lock 'em anywhere ::pout:: Someone needs to tell the brats to stop growing, damnit.

Yup, they were as annoying and exhausting as predicted ::sigh::

[stacy-l.livejournal.com]

Good luck!

*Hugs*

[selenay]

Thanks!

Nervous gulp

[yragg.livejournal.com]

Be positive, let that show and it's half the battle won. I used to hire people on that, being positive about one's self goes along way.

Look at each application and subsequent interview as a learning experience, you're getting a formula right.

Good luck me dear, sending you positive vibes.

Re: Nervous gulp

[selenay]

Well, in the cover letter that I sent with my CV, I was positive about myself and tried to point out why taking a chance on me would be to their benefit. I'm hoping that they at least appreciate my guts for applying and that my, ahem, unusual educational route will make me stick out from other candidates.

It at least gives me confidence to attempt other applications for jobs that might be more likely.

Thanks for the vibes, hon. This job search thing is much scarier than I'd anticipated.