The other night at church, the preacher said, "Rejection is God's way of blessing you." Allow me to share my blessings with you.
The whole job search really started with my initial pursuit of a residency. Frantically compiling things together from September to January, interviews in February, and on March 21st, everything I worked the past 7 months ended with:
"We regret to inform you that you did not match to a position."
Many of my recent blessings have began with "We regret to inform you..."
After a few days of recuperation sponsored by Jose and Jack, I began my present job hunt. From April 1st until now, I've applied to roughly 60-70 jobs. Again, I have been immeasurably blessed with several "We regret to inform you" letters, several "We will have positions open in October (or later)," and several unreturned phone calls/emails from job recruiters.
I fault myself for most of my job woes. Had I started applying to retail positions first, I'm sure I could have landed a job by now. Instead, I wanted to stay in the hospital (for several reasons that I shall not dwell into now).
Yes, I'm sure one is coming soon. I hear it over, and over, and over. And I agree with it. If nothing else, I know there will be positions open in October. I just get tired of hearing it from everybody...over and over. And yes, I know other people have it worse than I do. That does not make me feel any better either. It makes me sad for them... I could honestly do without most of these depressing pick-me-ups that people have shared with me the past few months.
I'm writing this out of pure frustration. I've done everything "by the book." I've always known what was next. Graduated high school, knew I was going to Alcorn. Graduated Alcorn, knew I was going to UT. Graduated with my damned doctorate, and now I feel like I'm in a chasm.
On the bright side, I've only been officially unemployed for 6 days if you count from graduation. :) And I truly do appreciate everyone who has tried to help. Especially my sister. She calls me every hour on the hour with somewhere new to apply.
If nothing else, I've figured out that faith (or lack thereof) is most conspicuous when God's time does not align with your own time.
Keep having faith, things will workout. Maybe you should apply to other locations. You may not be able to start you career close to family or friends. Also simply be yourself in interviews. Dont put on a professional self.. After you do all that simply pray and God will do the rest... Also look and see where you are with God. Are u living in a way that will allow his blessings in your life... You are accountablt for your actions because you know the truth... SMILE ITS GONNA GET BETTER
ReplyDeleteThanks. I have applied to several locations in various places throughout the continental U.S. And yes, I certainly understand the accountability issue and concur. Despite my solemn appearance on the exterior, I'm happy.
DeleteI know of them words all to well "We are sorry to inform you that we have found someone that closely match what we are looking for at this time." I think that constant rejection is what provoke me to be an Entreprenuer. Doing all things that is required to play the game but still left out the game! That is when I learn, it's good to know your craft but your craft is no good when you have no network to assist you in your progression. Never would I thought a Doctor finding it tough to get a job after years of school. But the game that is played on us as people after education is Experience
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