How hard is it to schedule meetings and order lunches?

[Joywtome231]

First, I finally relocated. I did so for a relationship, taking the first job I could get, as a Secretary for a marketing firm. I was overqualified for that too, yet they had an intensive interview process and extremely high expectations. I sincerely believed in everything I said at the interview about being a great fit for the job.

I wasn’t.

Why? It should have been so easy, right? I learned the answer thanks to the uganda phone number resource company’s forward-thinking policy of conducting frequent performance reviews, both formal and otherwise, where they weren’t afraid to be liberal with their constructive criticism.

I worked harder at the job than I’ve ever worked before. I was intensely loyal to the company, even though I knew there was no opportunity for advancement and that it wasn’t truly what I wanted to be doing long-term. I deferred my dreams to maintain health insurance and—MUCH more importantly—to continue working for a boss whose character I deeply respected, in a friendly and positive environment.

It wasn’t enough. After many “2nd chances” to improve my accuracy, I was let go. Their last words to me were, “You’re just not the right fit.”

There were plenty of duties at which I excelled—#1 being my involvement in the Recruiting Committee. We hired our coworkers as a team—which is, incidentally, a super cool approach.

I had had enough experience as an applicant myself to recognize when a candidate hadn’t done their homework and didn’t even meet the basics of crafting a cover letter or resume. I was inspired when I saw applicants try things that had never occurred to me— elegant new resume formats, succinct cover letters that successfully spoke to me as a person.

My two takeaways from my experience at this company were:

A) I learned what I was and wasn’t good at. I was able to tailor my subsequent job search to jobs that were realistic for my skill set and save time and energy by ruling out opportunities for which I only WISHED I was the right candidate.

B) I got a more accurate understanding of what hiring managers are ACTUALLY seeking in a potential employee. Plenty of resumes with basic punctuation inconsistencies, something I had always been told would send my app straight to File 13, made it through the cracks because their profile matched our standard template for new hires: a recent college grad with lots of extracurriculars, a decent but not stellar GPA, and THE RIGHT MAJOR. Oh, the rare, stand-out application from someone with a different background career-wise occasionally got an interview—but I never saw them actually hired.