Thursday, December 13, 2012

A Moment of Interviewing Zen

Two weeks ago I was working as a temp.  Most of my job consisted of searching online databases for records, and either printing those records, or extracting information and performing data entry in Excel.  Boring.  Well, since I don't want to be a temp forever, I am looking for FT work, as you know.  I snagged an interview two Fridays ago after work.  While riding the train to my interview, I called my friend and she wished me luck.  As I was leaving the train, the man sitting next to me wished me luck also.  Yay!  I was truly moved by his kind words.  I don't know what changed between leaving work and walking into the interview, but a calm washed over me, and it was like I just can't get stressed about this anymore--I will not be stressed about this anymore.  I recognize that I'm in a very fortunate position, where there's someone else picking up most of the financial slack and I'm looking for jobs that make me happy.  Like I said, Zen.

People of the Internet?  Has this happened during your job search, where you've decided that it's not worth the stress?  Obviously, be proactive about seeking out interviews, just don't get worked up about it.