Today, I am going to experience something that I have not done in a long time as an adult. I am going to a job interview. I have not had a job interview in 8 years. I am pretty nervous because I do not want to make a fool of myself. Most of the jobs I have interviewed for have been not very important in the grand scheme of things. I do not mean that the jobs were not important to me or what I was doing was not important, but these were jobs I did not need experience for or a degree for. I have loved the jobs that I have had in my life. They have helped shape me into who I am today. But now, after graduation, I feel like I am in a different league of job searching. And I am.
I debated a long time about applying for gerontology jobs that I am not qualified for. I decided that I would go ahead and start applying for them for two reasons. One is my goal of networking. Even if I do not get the job that I am applying for, at least I will be getting myself out there and that is important in this line of work. Gerontology is as much about who you know as what you know. Another reason is that I never know when someone will be willing to take a chance on someone like me, newly graduated with little experience in the field. It may be the case today. It may not. But I will have done it. I put my application in online on a Sunday and I was called to set up an interview the next day. We shall see how it goes. Either way, I am happy to have this opportunity.
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