Thursday, Dec. 18
Once the wife and daughter are off to work, and the son off to school, the tedium of the daily job search commences. I find myself applying to the same postings day after day. To no avail - no one calls, and except for an automated response, there is no acknowledgement of the effort.
I am of the age that I remember mailing resumes in response to ads. The majority of time the company would mail a rejection letter. These days, there is absolutely no professional consideration; I have had multiple interviews with companies and have not even received a rejection. Or, I get an email from a low lever admin in response to my voice message. Now I respect the fact the company has to select the right candidate, but if a job seeker has gone through phone screens and multiple in person interviews, they at least deserve a timely rejection letter if they are not chosen. The psyche of an unemployed professional is to get their hopes up on a positive development. The key is to expect rejection, unfortunately.
This is a really depressing time to be out of work. If you are as well, I offer the following advice:
- segment your day. Do your search activities, then get away from the computer. Read the paper, read a book.
- do not continuously check your email. you will be disappointed each time you come up empty.
- register at your library so you can reserve books. Read the Book section in the Saturday paper, and make note of the reviews that seem interesting. Reserve those books, or those of authors you like.
- this will not last forever. It is difficult, but find something positive about each day. The other day, I was walking the dog and saw 2 dogs running loose. I put the dogs back in their yard, and later that same day saw another dog loose, which I brought back to her house. So, if I was not home, somthing bad may have happened to those pets.
It is 8:10 am. I am about done with the online submissions, and have the rest of the day to fill.
This really sucks.
I am of the age that I remember mailing resumes in response to ads. The majority of time the company would mail a rejection letter. These days, there is absolutely no professional consideration; I have had multiple interviews with companies and have not even received a rejection. Or, I get an email from a low lever admin in response to my voice message. Now I respect the fact the company has to select the right candidate, but if a job seeker has gone through phone screens and multiple in person interviews, they at least deserve a timely rejection letter if they are not chosen. The psyche of an unemployed professional is to get their hopes up on a positive development. The key is to expect rejection, unfortunately.
This is a really depressing time to be out of work. If you are as well, I offer the following advice:
- segment your day. Do your search activities, then get away from the computer. Read the paper, read a book.
- do not continuously check your email. you will be disappointed each time you come up empty.
- register at your library so you can reserve books. Read the Book section in the Saturday paper, and make note of the reviews that seem interesting. Reserve those books, or those of authors you like.
- this will not last forever. It is difficult, but find something positive about each day. The other day, I was walking the dog and saw 2 dogs running loose. I put the dogs back in their yard, and later that same day saw another dog loose, which I brought back to her house. So, if I was not home, somthing bad may have happened to those pets.
It is 8:10 am. I am about done with the online submissions, and have the rest of the day to fill.
This really sucks.
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