I didn’t get the job. :(<\/p>\n
I heard back from the hiring manager via email yesterday. It was very nice of him to send me a personal email warning me of the impending rejection letter and also explaining why I didn’t get the job. Basically he liked me but someone else has more experience. I get it, but I’m really sad even though the job was part-time, and while I don’t know what the pay was, I’m certain it wasn’t what I currently make. However, I was alright with that because I would have been working at a local library in the computer services department. If that isn’t the perfect role for me, I don’t know what is! I adore technology, I understand it and serve as the unofficial tech support for my colleagues, and I’m happiest at my current job when writing process\/technical documentation or helping someone with their computer. Not to mention the fact that I have always loved the library. While I haven’t spent as much time in the library lately due to my work schedule, I love going there and always have. Even as a kid I would get so excited when we visited the library on weekly basis. As I got older I would still visit the library frequently, sometimes just to sit and enjoy the quiet, relaxed atmosphere. <\/p>\n
So yeah, I’m extremely disappointed not to have gotten the job. It has brought to light how much I want to work in a role that serves the community while utilizing my talents. I want to have a job I look forward to going to every day; not just something that pays the bills and\/or pads someone’s bottom line. Plus it would be nice if the job wasn’t go-go-go all day every day with lots of meetings and conference calls thrown in.<\/p>\n
I’m trying to stay optimistic about my employment future but at this very moment I feel quite down. I guess it’s better to end the year feeling this way than starting it off depressed, right? Tomorrow I will pull myself together, work at my current job until my last day on Friday, celebrate my birthday on Monday, and then get to finding a job that gives me a sense of fulfillment. That’s the 2013 plan because life is too short to spend it unhappy 8+ hours a day.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
I didn’t get the job. :( I heard back from the hiring manager via email yesterday. It was very nice of him to send me a personal email warning me of the impending rejection letter and also explaining why I didn’t get the job. Basically he liked me but someone else has more experience. I get it, but I’m really sad even though the job was part-time, and while I don’t know what the pay was, I’m certain it wasn’t what I currently make. However, I was alright with that because I would have been working at a local library in the computer services department. If that isn’t the perfect role for me, I don’t know what is! I adore technology, I understand it and serve as the unofficial tech support for my colleagues, and I’m happiest at my current job when writing process\/technical documentation or helping someone with their Read More …<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[4,6],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-4954","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-life","category-work"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/nicole.sleepyfroggie.net\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4954"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/nicole.sleepyfroggie.net\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/nicole.sleepyfroggie.net\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/nicole.sleepyfroggie.net\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/nicole.sleepyfroggie.net\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=4954"}],"version-history":[{"count":10,"href":"https:\/\/nicole.sleepyfroggie.net\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4954\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":4975,"href":"https:\/\/nicole.sleepyfroggie.net\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4954\/revisions\/4975"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/nicole.sleepyfroggie.net\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=4954"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/nicole.sleepyfroggie.net\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=4954"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/nicole.sleepyfroggie.net\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=4954"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}