I am just too busy to get a job

What a busy week, I started it off with an Interview Preparation workshop. There were about 10 people at the workshop. It was a great group of people coming from all walks of life. I sat beside a gentleman who is a trained architect and has worked all over the world, on the other side of me was a team leader looking for a second career. Within our group there was even a young woman who has only been in the country for two months. What was beautiful was as soon as she told the group she was new to the country everyone instinctively welcomed her to her new home.

We discussed the Art of the Interview, from something as simple as do not wear white socks, to how to answer the stressful questions like “what is your weakness” and “what skill do you think you could improve on”. It was an informative morning and I learned a few good tips.

Just two days later I was back for another round of the Art of the Interview. This time we did “mock interviewing”. It was set as if you were going on a real interview but the only difference is they video recorded each person’s interview. Of course today I made sure my hair was done and I had full makeup on. After we all had our interviews we went back to the conference room and our interviews were critiqued. It seems I have a tendency to interview the interviewer. When I was told this I said “yes that is true, because I want to learn as much of the work environment as possible before I make up my mind if I want to work there or not”. Well…… the facilitator started to laugh and my employment specialist Jingling actually put her head down on the table. Jingling tries to tell me as nicely as she can that I am scaring the interviewers. That the people doing the interviews might feel threaten by me and afraid I am after their jobs. It is decided all around that I try to be a bit more submissive (now they sound like my husband!).

So that leaves me with a resume that is a work in progress, I am to practice answering interview questions in the mirror and I still have a handout to read on the art of the “cover letter. I am exhausted and not sure when I will have time to actually look for a job.