Job interviews are nerve wracking for me. I think I do pretty well, but I sure overthink them. My resume covers a lot of ground and nothing is an easy fit. When someone looks at my work experience, they will likely be confused because I have "office" experience but it covers administration, file clerk, financial management, employee supervisor, trainer, and executive assistant. There is no one label that covers everything. That makes job hunting a little scary.
This week I got serious about the job hunt. I updated my resume and applied to a dozen or more positions through a couple of head-hunter organizations online like ZipRecruiter and Indeed. Each of those sites has a learning curve as well because they have you take little tests or assessments to give the hiring managers a sense of what you really know. And, frankly, the directions on those are not always very clear.
But I put myself out there and have been to a handful of interviews. A couple of second interviews and today I had an hour long working interview and at the end of that was told I was their number one choice--but he had to "run it pass the other owners" and they'd be in touch in the day or two. In that case, I had an advantage with my age as they wanted some one "settled" and "mature". Wait. Maybe that was a backhanded compliment. Either way, one point for the non-Barbie, grown woman applicants.
My dilemma is one of choice: Do I choose a challenging job with better pay that will stress me out and aggravate my post-Covid fatigue or the lesser paying job with better atmosphere and friendly environment where I can learn and make great relationships? That is question that sits on y heart today.
That possible fatigue inducing element is real. I have never been so sick and even with the completed vaccine regimen I still have to monitor my progress. And this isn't a life long career, as we are building toward our own business that I will be running day to day in about a year or so.
I want to get something I can be happy doing for as long as I do it, And I want to contribute to the business property as we get into the physical location and actual building itself and the business that we will open there. There are always so many factors.
I'll get something by the end of the week. Fingers crossed it is the right one.
