Losing My Job

Words fail to express the loss and devastation one feels when they lose their job.  Not just financially.  If you’ve been through it, you know exactly what I’m talking about.  You feel useless and worthless.  Everything you thought you knew and had secure knowledge in is now scrambled and turned upside down.

Every rejection in the job hunting process just lowers your confidence and whittles away your resolve.  No matter what you do, you feel hopeless because nothing you try seems to work.

You scour Craigslist, Careerbuilder, Monster and any and all other avenues to find job openings that match your skillset.  There aren’t many, so you apply for anything and everything you might be remotely qualified for. 

You think it’s your resume that’s not getting you an interview, so you revise it.  Again and again.

You get called in for an initial interview, but you don’t get a call back.  So you change the way you answer the questions that you know are coming.  Perhaps you change the delivery or the way you word a particular answer.

You Google, Facebook, and Twitter for advice.

You ask those that have interviewed you what you can do to improve your interview skills in the future.

You tell yourself that it’s not you, but the economy.

You convince yourself that each interview is just practice for the next one.

You are not sure what is worse – not getting called for the interview or going through the interview(s) and not getting the job.

Yes, it’s true.  Searching for a job truly does SUCK.