The Job Search
I have been on the East Coast for over a month now, and while I am enjoying the fuck out of being here it’s time for Nelly to find a job. When I first decided to move out here i was set on doing the most for the first three months and then start looking for a job my fourth month, I am realizing that was not a well thought out plan. I am not one that does well with no bi-weekly income. One side of me feels as if I should be taking advantage of all this free time that I know I will miss when I do get a job (because I will get a job) but the other side is grating myself for not having my hustler side activated.
I have to continue to tell myself to stay positive. None of us woke up with a damn paycheck or gainful employment. We had to be patient, and trust the process. I have no idea why I am getting into my own head with this super negative Nancy mentality that I know is not true, but what I am realizing is I’m IMPATIENT I literally gave myself until the end of this month to be working. While it took me practically two years to get my government job while I lived in Oakland. I am so paranoid I have added my resume to a temp agency and while there is absolutely NOTHING wrong with this you are speaking to a girl who has been hired on the spot 4 out 5 times after an interview. I am feeling downtrodden.
I had an interview over a week ago with a company that I decided I wanted to work for in April in California. The interview with swimmingly. I sent a handwritten Thank You letter and I sent a follow up email. I received a response that the next step would be for HR contact me. My impatience hasn’t even allowed me to take in the beauty of this. I am more concerned with if they have reached out to my references instead of: SHANELL YOU RESEARCHED A JOB AND MADE A DECISION TO APPLY FOR IT. YOU ASKED PEOPLE TO PRAY FOR YOU TO GET THIS JOB. YOU MOVED TO THE COAST OF THE JOB FOLLOWED UP AND WITHIN A 3 WEEK PERIOD YOU HAD AN INTERVIEW FOR THE JOB YOU CHOSE. DURING THIS INTERVIEW YOU GOT OFFERED TWO DIFFERENT POSITIONS IN WHICH YOU WERE GIVEN THE OPPORTUNITY TO CHOOSE!!!! but instead of reveling in that moment I choose to be depressed about not having a job within 49 days of moving to a foreign land. Who does this?!?! I am going to go meditate and get my mental back together
