So it Seems I May be Back to Square One...

As the summer begins to sadly come to an end, I thought I was also approaching the end of my unemployment and lack of income. Much to my surprise, life has seemed to throw a few curve balls my way on Friday. The two companies I mentioned in my previous post that I had been interviewing at have contacted me with updates. For the sake of not jinxing anything I will simply refer to them as company1 and company2.

We’ll start with the bad news first... company1 has informed me that even though they would have loved to hire me, that there is no room on the team for me. What makes this news so devastating is that since July I have been told that I would be getting an offer to start in September, so I’m assuming due to lack of headcount or budget. Yet again the economy has gypped me of a great job. They did offer me another open position within the company that fits my skill set, but this would require more interviews. I thought I was finally done with the tedious process of interviewing! I decided that I will go on the interview and learn more about the position, even though the job description wasn't exactly appealing to me. the company and people seemed to be great so I feel its worth it to give it a shot, and find out more about the job because job descriptions usually don't due justice to the position they're describing. This also means that I no longer will be getting the opportunity to go to Paris. Needless to say, I’m less than satisfied with this situation.

Now the good news... company2 has contacted me to let me know that they are in the process of contacting my references. It seems they are getting good responses based on feedback I received from one of my references. I would think they were at least strongly considering hiring me if they were going through the process of checking references. They also mentioned that they have opened another position on the team for someone with more experience applying for a similar position. This is good news to me, as I was told the other candidates for the position had more experience. So hopefully this position will allow them to hire the experienced person while also taking me on. Now even though this job may be less glamorous than the job at company1, it definitely has its perks and the position itself sounds like a great opportunity to apply my knowledge acquired at NU and to learn things beyond my current skill set.

So I guess the outcome isn't as bad as it could be, but I guess I’ve learned to not get my hopes up until anything is official.