Job Search: 16th week since the lay off.
The Tally: Applied for 48 jobs so far … 90% in Nashville, 10% out of state.
Interviews: zero
No thank you responses: three
Still waiting to hear back: forty-five
Jobs I applied for that I really would like to have: five
I really don’t want to end up selling widgets (defnition 2.) Here is my thing, I am a really good sales person. If I believe in it, I will find a way for you to believe in it too. It may take a few hours, it may take a few months, even years. However, I am extremely tenacious and if I am passionate about something, I will find a way to help you see it.
For now over twenty-five years, I’ve been extremely fortunate to have had the opportunity to work with projects, products and services that I really actually do believe in. For the past fifteen weeks since my lay-off I have had to get to know all over again the product I believe in the most; myself.
I have been consulting and networking and painting and networking and drinking a lot of coffee. I have been coping by putting my head down and grunting through like a rugby player.
There will be great change in 2010 because there is nothing but change possible. I have faced this current challenge with equal tenacity to any project I have had before me. I am grateful for the helpful support and confidence boosting that many friends have given to my little family and look forward to the New Year with anticipation. I may have to sell you on it.
What are you doing to sell yourself in 2010?
