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Getting myself back up.
🕑 Added 2020-11-01 02:01:40 +0000 UTCI'm still hanging in there. I'm sorry for the terrible month; by far the worst showing for me.
Last month ended with my significant other losing her job and that kickstarted me to do something. I was depressed, but I needed to help pick up the slack. I started to shop my resume to almost any job. Each job I tried writing tailor made cover letters too. I averaged around 5 job applications a day. From the dread of potentially becoming homeless and using all bursts of my energy into trying to find anything, I failed to keep up with my art here.
I'm terribly sorry. I'm in such a bind that I should've kept up here too, but I believe I could do better in November. Especially since I think I might have some good news for my job search.
If you've been following me on twitter, you might have a play by play on the interviews I've been doing. Right out the gate I applied and was invited for an interview for manager trainee for a car dealership; this turned out to be a ruse where I was offered minimum wage and a maze of ways described to me about how commissioned pay works. I accepted but with them hounding me about paperwork (mere minutes after receiving it via email) and a opportunity I may be onto, I had to drop the idea of working for a dealership (hopefully/thankfully).
I had a few interviews with other jobs that looks like they didn't go anywhere. Seriously, it's dumb that employers don't bother to call and say "oh you dind't get it." Instead they just ghost you.
One job popped up on my search for things that were part of my old career; Public Relations/Marketing. I applied, got invited to an interview with the company's director and I was a superstar in that interview. I got invited to a second interview (that got cancelled and rescheduled) where on friday I got to meet the rest of the director's for that company. We talked about things and their Director of Finance said various things that raised an eyebrow. Things like, "You know more about the position than we do," "It sounds like the way we're talking to you that you already have the job and we're planning strategies already," and "Why didn't you apply for the director position?"
This is why I say next month will be better. My significant other got approved for unemployment, but we haven't gotten checks for October yet. Truthfully, I'll be using the support you give me to pay our rent to keep us current on that, hopefully the unemployment check comes in monday or tuesday. Putting this burden on you doesn't feel good when I performed so poorly this month. I'm sorry, and I thank all of you for any support you've provided. Uplifting messages and continued support especially.
If I do get this job, director or not, I do plan to continue my art. I don't want to stop.
Again, I really wish I had more to show this month; I've been a mess, but after yesterday's interview, I'm feeling much better about the situation I'm in.
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