For those of you who read my first entry, you are damn fast. Explanation: I was embarrassed of the depressed nature of it and took it down within few hours. I was also concerned that potential employers might find it.
Synopsis of erased entry:
- Despite my many, many efforts, I am still unemployed and living at home.
- Most of my interviews have been informational, leaving me with good advice, but not noticeably closer to employment.
- For the most part, I isolated myself and haven't spent time with friends or anyone else my own age. It's harder to block self-criticism when I'm by myself.
- I began the blog to try and reconnect with friends and family whom I trust and know believe in me. It means a lot to me that you're reading this right now.
I'm sorry for leaving you hanging. Not cool.
Update on above topics:
- I sucked it up and went to an informational interview that afternoon, which proved very helpful. He emphasized the variety of experience in my background and said I should tout my versatility and motivation.
- That night I devised a new search strategy with my dad and have since focused on applying for open positions. For the past month I had focused mainly on networking, trying to get face-time to make a good impression.
- Within a week of feeling so poor, I was contacted for interviews.
The facebook message containing a dead link still inspired many of you to send encouraging messages and contact me in other ways. Thank you for lending a hand and helping me get back up. :)
I will continue to post once in a while, it's up to you if you want to keep checking. Leave a comment or message me if you want to talk or hang out some time. My skype name is janet.t.ford and I'm not normally online. :-p
Thanks for being my F-R-I-E-N-D!!!!
Love,
Janet
