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There Must Be Some Kinda Way Out Of Here
16 years ago
Said the joker to... oh never mind.
And no, I do not mean a way out the bad weather currently sealing me in the house. I mean the more current, difficult thing that is sealing me in: my wait for an employer's offer.
As far as I am concerned, my life would be considered pretty good right now, but I don't have a job, and five days out of every week, I do the same job search for hours. I've been across the nation on the net about five, probably more times applying for numerous jobs, and not one of them has gotten past a second interview, not even the local stuff has contacted me after I put applications in. Should I be poking them a bit more afterward? I feel like the application is not enough sometimes. That and I need find the motivation to actually do that, and it's difficult, because I still fear getting a local job, and being stuck in it for years.
As an ASD type, I have a need for routine and sameness, but this has gone beyond sameness into the realm of flat. I rarely ever get out of the house, and as much as I have liked staying indoors and doing PC gaming (I still do), it just does not have that same adventurous gaming feeling anymore, even if it still can be enjoyable. As the journal title says, there has to be a way out of this. And perhaps I should also be careful what I wish for: I might end up getting it, and it might be more than what I bargained for. It's happened before. <crosses fingers and hopes not to have another bad episode>.
End of that, then. Perhaps what I really need to be doing is holding on to each stable moment I get. I might get few enough of those when I finally am employed. Hope everyone's doing okay!
And no, I do not mean a way out the bad weather currently sealing me in the house. I mean the more current, difficult thing that is sealing me in: my wait for an employer's offer.
As far as I am concerned, my life would be considered pretty good right now, but I don't have a job, and five days out of every week, I do the same job search for hours. I've been across the nation on the net about five, probably more times applying for numerous jobs, and not one of them has gotten past a second interview, not even the local stuff has contacted me after I put applications in. Should I be poking them a bit more afterward? I feel like the application is not enough sometimes. That and I need find the motivation to actually do that, and it's difficult, because I still fear getting a local job, and being stuck in it for years.
As an ASD type, I have a need for routine and sameness, but this has gone beyond sameness into the realm of flat. I rarely ever get out of the house, and as much as I have liked staying indoors and doing PC gaming (I still do), it just does not have that same adventurous gaming feeling anymore, even if it still can be enjoyable. As the journal title says, there has to be a way out of this. And perhaps I should also be careful what I wish for: I might end up getting it, and it might be more than what I bargained for. It's happened before. <crosses fingers and hopes not to have another bad episode>.
End of that, then. Perhaps what I really need to be doing is holding on to each stable moment I get. I might get few enough of those when I finally am employed. Hope everyone's doing okay!
Often an employer will see a follow up call as a sign of genuine interest on your part and is generally viewed as a positive thing as long as it isn't too soon or too frequent. So you might call a 4-5 working days after you apply at a place if they haven't scheduled you for an interview yet, and possibly call 4-5 working days after an interview to check if they have made a hiring decision yet.
One thing you probably need to do is get some practice being interviewed. Some Universities offer that in their career services to students and recent graduates. Of the jobs I have been hired for, I can tell you for certain, I was hired for the way that I answered the questions in the interview, not for my qualifications, as there were plenty of other applicants that were just as qualified if not more so. I know that it sucks as being autistic makes interacting with people very difficult, and makes telling people what they want to hear nearly impossible, but you just have to try to look at the questions that they ask you from the perspective of the person hiring you. How can you answer it to make them feel that you will enjoy doing your job and do the job well? Don't get me wrong... don't lie. If they think that you are lying to them, they will simply move on to the next applicant and never look back, just choose true answers that project yourself as someone that is eager to work in the field and as someone with a positive outlook both about yourself and the job.
Thanks for the advice on the 4 to 5 day rule. I'll put that into effect in a bit, since it's been about that long since I heard from either of my two greatest prospects.