1
Mar
2010
Celebrations all around!
Yeah, “Lady Luck” has finally found yours sincerely!
What a week what a week….
I had a nice job interview about 1,5 weeks ago at Novasol, and they wanted to speak to me again last week. All in all very good news instead, apparently they liked me.
So while I was getting nervous for the meeting the day after Kees just popped The Question! Yes but ofcourse I want to marry you!
The next day, during my job interview, I thought I could not get any happier. And surprise, surprise I got the job as well!
Now I had a steady job again, in a very nice company with nice people in Online Marketing and with room for personal development.
When Lady Lucks hits you she can hit pretty hard!
5
Jan
2010
Two days further
No surprises from the side where I would have expected them (see last post). Nothing, not a person telling rules, no guidelines, no new org-charts, nothing! I decided to work like I did before and not let things slide these last weeks, keep positive although it are the last weeks. If there is no plan, I’ll make my own.
So I just scouted for some interesting requests, and actually found so much I can call myself a busy girl this week!
By the way, this morning I’ve sent emails around to some clients that my leave is nearing. It is kind of emotional to keep informing people that you loved working with that you’re leaving. And I know that in the eyes of Philips everyone is replaceable but I would like to think different of my clients, hoping they do the same about me.
For the first in a long time have been coding HTML/CSS in Notepad++ again from nothing (I really hate dreamweaver and such as that is not a skill, that is a trick). It was a thrill finding out that the knowledge is still present somewhere there in that brain of mine.
Tomorrow morning I’ll have a job interview, far from my home. That might mean we (Kees, the cat and myself) need to move, but let’s first see if they like me at all, before drawing any conclusions.
The day after another job interview in Eindhoven, and perhaps finally some news on a job I had applied for a long time ago (more than 2 weeks).
All in all, hectic in the job department, but hopefully my new challenge and inspirational future will come out of it!
2
Jan
2010
Looking for a new job
If you haven’t heard, I am trying to find a job now. I have been trying for several weeks but have not been successful so far.
In the beginning I have sent out many many emails with my resume and motivation, responses? Only 20%, the rest just did not bother to even write back they were not interested I guess.
If I come to think about it is kind of double-sided isn’t it? If I were a company having a vacancy I can image that I would want good motivation letter too, and not have time to respond to each and every one of them. But as a sender of these mails, I find this rude, very very rude.
Also, the longer you search the harder you doubt yourself, although that is not fair to do so. You go think too hard and too deep on why these companies might not be responding. Even though the ones that do respond are 200% positive and enthusiastic, what is wrong with you that not all respond? Nothing, I know, nothing is wrong, just keep on trying.
