The one with the perfect job…

So today I interviewed for the perfect job. It’s perfect. It is a great position, a great company, it’s something I could really excel at, and I can’t believe I got down to the top five candidates to be interviewed.

I applied through a recruitment agency, and when I got the phone call I was made to feel slightly on the back foot, because I was one of the two candidates who didn’t have professional experience in the area, and the recruiter made me feel as though they really had to push for me to have a chance.

To be fair, the recruiter went above and beyond to help me get this job, they re-designed my CV to help it fit the job, sent me several links to help me win during an interview, and helped point out what the company valued above all else.

I did a lot of research and really tried my hardest to get the job, today, it is a role that I really want. I would give several limbs and internal organs to get it, but I feel like it’s all too good to be true. Maybe I just missed something in the interview, maybe I’m going to have to face those words, once again “I’m afraid we’re looking for someone with more experience.” Whatever it is, I know it’s going to be painful.

I really gave it my all, it was, I feel one of the best interviews I have ever done, but I fear it’s going to end exactly like the perfect job interview did for Rachel in the US TV show, ‘Friends’, she gets the call, and as great as she was, and as well as the interview went, it’s a no.

I think that for the last couple of days I have just been in a little world of “what if” and “wouldn’t it be great if?” and tomorrow I think it’s going to end, and I’m going to be back to job hunting.

So I want to know, how do you handle rejection like this? I think I’m gonna need some tips!

I’m getting really sick of this…

So here’s the thing.

On Friday I interviewed for a job I would be perfect for. I have just received an email saying that they will not be progressing my application.

This is my third job rejection today. Honestly. I’m sick of this. I am sick. Sick and tired of this.

Every single day I sit and I apply for every single job that I could do, and every day I am averaging two rejections, with an average of one interview per week, followed by a further rejection letter!

I am not long-term unemployed, and I am pretty sure that I am not unemployable, but all I face is rejection, after rejection, after rejection.

I like to think I am a strong person, my personal motto is “In every pothole there is hope.” (You re-arrange the letters in pothole, and you get hope.) But I don’t know how many more potholes I can take. I honestly never expected it to be this difficult. How do you keep going when everything seems so bleak? There is no definite that I will ever be employed. Everything could just end badly.

I suppose I should really end this blog post by lightening the mood, otherwise it’s just like I’m complaining a lot. Here’s the highlight: In every pothole, however deep that pothole may seem, there is always a way out. There is always hope. Or, at least, that’s what I am praying for.