Job Interviews

 

I decided to write today being May 6, 2022 about the different job interviews earlier this year.  It’s interesting in the past I would look for jobs on indeed or elsewhere and I would send off my resume’s and would hope to get a response, but generally didn’t get any.  It made me think am I doing something wrong on the site?, is my resume not enough that people would want to message me?  I just didn’t know.

Then recently I suddenly started to getting messages back from employers that they were interested in interviewing me.  The funny thing is that when I was applying for some jobs I either didn’t think I’d get it as I felt I wasn’t qualified for it, or I was pretty chill about if I got a response from an employer or not, is when I got those messages I wanted to get in the past.

I started to go to job interviews, and what I thought I was okay with for myself in a job or career, I was starting to realize I wasn’t anymore.

One of the places I went to was a pizza place, and from their website I thought it was a more upscale one, but when I got there I realized that, it was only slightly above a standard fast food place.  I had worked those type of jobs in the past when I was younger, and even though the employer was willing to hire me, and hehe practically bagged me to start, I said no.

I realized I didn’t want to just do minimum wage jobs anymore, especially ones that don’t build on the skills I wanted to add to.

Then I had an interview at a pasty place, and that was slightly above minimum wage, and it was more café like, which I liked as I had worked in a café in the past, and they were willing to hire me as well with all the experience I had, but unfortunately I realized there wouldn’t be much growth besides maybe management skills down the road.

The most appealing at the time job I interviewed for was a server job at a small business.  I felt like at first that I may have found my job I’d always wanted, as I knew that would be adding to my very many years of customer service I had.  I got there and it was a cute, quaint restaurant, but I saw how crazy overwhelmed the server employers were, as she had to do 5 jobs in one, with take out, bar tending, being a barista, server and more, that stressed me out.  Though the owner was willing to give me a chance, I realized that wasn’t the right place for me either.

Then I interviewed for an even better server job, that was walking distance from where I lived. The manager was really friendly, it was just the standard server job, and the owner was willing to give me a chance, which was great.  The only problem was that he really needed experienced severs now, so he couldn’t hire me until he had those staff in place for some time, so they could train me.  That meant I’d have to wait if he was to hire me.

It was so great that I was realizing people wanted to hire me, but I still wasn’t finding what I wanted in a job, and when I did, they couldn’t seem to hire me for that time.

I was getting somewhat discouraged, when I got a message from a place I never expected to contact me.  I had applied for receptionist positions in the past, and hadn’t gotten any responses, so I didn’t expect to get one this time, when I got an email from a new dental office that the Dentist wanted to interview me.

I had a virtual interview and it went so well that she had me come in person as well.  She knew that I didn’t have a dental or receptionist background, but she said that she was seriously considering me and willing to train me because she hadn’t met job candidates this day in age that were like me, who were mature, hard working, really caring and actually excited for the potential job.

It’s interesting because all the other job interviews I had, the employers said that same thing.  They all apparently saw that in me, which was so touching, because that’s not something that I had to try to be, it just came naturally for me.  It was always common sense for me to be that way when I first got a job as a teen as it was my personality.  I treated the job as if it was my own business.

When the dentist did get back to me and she said no, she said the only reason she chose the other candidate over me was because that person had 10 years experience.  That really meant the world to me, that I’d be in the running with someone that experience, when I had none.

I was really starting to realize, especially after the Dentist’s response, that people actually wanted to hire me for my personality. That people were willing to take the time to teach me and help me learn a new skill I want to acquire in their business.  I’ve always wanted that, and though I didn’t get the job in the end, it still gave me hope that down the road the right one will be there for me.

I originally was settling for minimum wage jobs, as I felt that was all that I could do, especially when all those other type jobs above it, require experience, and how am I going to get experience if I someone doesn’t give me a chance.

These job interviews help me so I saw I wanted more for my life, and that I could do more.  I could tell Elohim (God) was helping me learn to say no to jobs that weren’t right for me anymore, and say yes to jobs I want, even if they are more difficult to get.

Often Elohim will bring the right circumstances at the right time to get you that job and or life you want.  Before that I was so down on myself that I didn’t know anything, that those jobs or employers didn’t reach out to me, but when I realized I didn’t need the minimum wage jobs anymore, they started becoming available.

Even though I still didn’t get the job in the end it also reminded me Elohim wanted me to keep working on myself before I got that right job.  Those interviews helped guide me towards what I wanted, but it didn’t fix the internal self-esteem issues that were in me that I needed to work out, which I’ll mention at a later time.

It’s important to remember that for interviews, and in life, that it’s your personality that will get you places, you just have to be your best self, and when it’s the right time, and you’re in the right place, Elohim will guide you to that right opportunity.

Patricia <3   :)

Jeremiah 29:11  For I know the plans I have for you,” declares the Lord, “plans to prosper you and not to harm you, plans to give you hope and a future.

 

Here’s an upbeat song that helps remind you that even if you have been running away, that He’ll come back to where you are at, in the good and bad.

 

“Next to Me” by Jordan Feliz

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=J6QvpP6wJYw&list=PL3whQX319DaB37iB8NZpJe206iSdpe3kc&index=9