I was mulling over the recent move and job change last night and it occurred to me that since 1992, I’ve never applied for a job and been rejected – every position I’ve interviewed for, I’ve been offered, and I’ve only turned down a position once. This covers 7 different sets of interviews. Wierd, huh? Is it because I’m selective about what I apply for? Because I’m damned lucky? Because my employers would have taken any warm body? Suddenly I feel very fortunate, I’ve watched some of my friends struggle with their employment situations over the years and my brother just went through 6 months of uncertainty as he tried to land his first job out of college. Of course, my experience in 1991 was similar to his I guess. Anyway, dunno why this dawned on me last night but I did find it interesting.
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Combination of things I would say. You are selective about the jobs you have applied for, very articulate, which no doubt impresses them at the interviews,
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Combination of things I would say. You are selective about the jobs you have applied for, very articulate, which no doubt impresses them at the interviews, and you present yourself well.
I don’t think luck had much to do with it.
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Damn, I thought I stopped that in time. Purge the first post and this one.
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not to diminish your point by glomming on to it, but I was the same way for a long time … until I got the job in San Francisco … once that company went under I applied for at least 3 dozen different jobs and got a big fat 0!! (at least I did get the one at Bowdoin 😉 ) But, I agree with Drew’s points … and I find myself … using … elipses … a lot tonight! …
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Kevin, I hear ya 🙂
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