Thursday, May 27, 2004
I've been jobhunting for quite sometime now, and I will be the first to admit that I was already on the verge of desperation. After being miserable enough to quit my job of almost two years, I found myself rushing into a then-seemingly great opportunity, which only made me even more unhappy than before. Wow, that was a record. Seven weeks of pure hell. Normally, it takes me several months to reach my limit. All of my options fell off one by one, either due to my fickle-mindedness or lack of sleep (interviewers seem to sense when you've been up all night and it doesn't exactly give off the right impression.).
Going back, I was on the brink of desperation and was trying to convince myself that being a phone monkey wasn't so bad (no offense to the hordes of phone monkeys out there.), when I got an unexpected call from a company I don't even remember applying to. She invited me to an interview for a position I wasn't exactly crazy about (after all, who would want to sell furniture?). I told myself, "What the heck, it's not like my planner is crammed with things to do, aside from 'have laundry picked up and rearrange closet'". After a brief talk with the HR person, I was endorsed to the AVP for Sales. As I stepped in her office three days later, she immediately picked up my resume, looked at me and said, "I think that you would be perfect for Marketing. If they have an openning, would you be interested?" I wonder if she heard the Ding! Ding! Ding! that rang in my head as my eyes lit up and my mouth broke into a wide grin. I desperately tried to conceal my excitement and composed myself as she picked up the phone and called the Marketing Head. The next thing I knew, I was having the best interview in the history of my yuppie life (and by now, I am nothing short of a jobhunting pro.). The Marketing Head of this company is honestly the coolest corporate being I have ever met. She's gorgeous, a vision in bloody red, and judging from the way she accessorizes, I can tell that we have a lot in comon and will get along just fine.
It's almost scary how confident I feel about getting this job. I never even mentioned it to anyone, for fear of having to lick my wounded ego if I end up not getting it. I have been praying for a sign eversince I went on my first interview, and God knows how many times I have been burned. Kookie was right, I shouldn't get desperate and rush into a job that I don't like 100% from the beginning. Otherwise, I fall into the same trap again. Oh well, the sign will come, I am sure. In the meantime, I will make the most out of staying up 'till 3am, waking up at lunchtime, and having all the time in the world to read my books that have been gathering dust on my shelves. It isn't so bad.
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