Humbled...

So it is now going on just about two weeks without a job and I have to say that looking for a job is a very humbling experience. You find something you want to do, shoot out a resume and wait. Then you wait some more. Keep on waiting. Then finally you receive either an e-mail, or a letter from you employer of choice basically saying "You Suck", but thanks for applying. I call these "You Suck Letters".

Over the years I have built up quite a collection of these letters, but it never gets easy to have to look yourself in the mirror and say "I know I'm good enough, it's just not the right position at the right time". After a while you start wondering if you will every find another job, or if you are even qualified to find another job.

I have always told anyone that asks that I am constantly looking for jobs. This has and will always be true because you never know what might happen. For example, I was laid off for the second time in two months from two different companies. Both times it was economically related, but it still makes you want to scream. I know that I was qualified for both, but it just is not the time for me in those positions.

So what do you do next? What do you do when you feel like giving up? Keep on moving. You have to. If you get down on yourself and think you are not worth any position out there, then you will not get any job out there. Then what do you have? Unemployment for 26 weeks, trust me that will not do anything to help with the bills. My advice is to look hard at what you WANT to do, and only do what you HAVE to do when the time comes.

Keep your head up if you are like me and are humbled by looking, something is always right around the corner!