Past Aggresions...I Mean, Experience

Every one of us has had a dream job that would fit our personalities to a T. Mine has always been blogging and since having a blog is the trend du jour (sort of like being "green" and skinny jeans), I've been priding myself on having had many over the past six or seven years. There have been few ads for jobs that do not require at least a basic knowledge of html or some blogging experience.

As I sift through my daily emails from monster and careerbuilder, and some random one called jobsearch, I smile smugly because yes, I do have html knowledge, bitches, and I can work your websites until they scream for more...wow, that sort of ran away with me. Anyway, I apply and I apply for these jobs, stating my experience, referencing this blog and yet...nothing. Does this mean I've failed personally as a writer? Has my life experience suddenly become irrelevant? Of course not, this merely means that the person who was supposed to read my cover letter and resume was sick with the measles that day and the person who took over lost the password to her email and could not get back to me and then accidentally deleted the entire inbox. At least that's what I try to convince myself when I don't hear back and it takes an entire bag of chocolate almond bark to re-organize my brain to function on the level of rational.

And then, of course, there are the people who post jobs you've applied for already about two months after you've done so and it makes you wonder: what exactly was so wrong with the person you hired that two months later you had to fire them...or are they still looking?

It's hard not to take offense when you're not hired over someone else. If you're qualified, and lucky (seriously, it's such a crap shoot, no matter what your experience) landing a job will be a cinch. If you're anything like me however, qualification has nothing to do with finding a job, and everything to do with what day you sent your email. The perfect job, just like a man/woman, is out there for you...but you must not stop looking!

I feel like I've said that already...time for more almond bark...