Diary of an Ex-Employee - Day 62.0

 

 

I've been learning some very hard lessons in this job search.

 

And here's the major one:  Don't close any door.

 

Don't think that the job is in the bag and tell another interviewer that you have something and, unless they can match the salary, you're not interested.

 

Even if the offer has been made, and the official letter is "in the mail", keep every door open until you've signed on the dotted line.

 

Because, the next thing you know, someone has given an informal reference which you can't fight, concentrating on the problems in the project rather than the fact that you turned it around, and the job offer is on hold.

 

Then the second recruiter won't get back to you, and maybe the job has been filled. 

 

So you find yourself, on the day that should have been the first day of your new job, crying into your morning coffee and  being told by your husband that it may be a struggle to pay next month's rent.

 

Until the dog comes up to you with a orangutan soft toy in his mouth, looks up at you, sniffs your face and licks your ear.  

 

Then, and only then, can you get up and fight again.

 

Comments

[Debineezer]

Bloody dogs

[Gareth]

So what you're actually saying is that essentially you had two jobs with your name on it? Well done.

Remember too that these things come in threes... Keep your pecker up, the next ones yours. gxxx