Yesterday was spent like most days – looking for the job.
Buried in the mass of job alerts I get each day was one for a position I’d never held, but which was closely related to my field. I went through the usual drill of checking LinkedIn for anyone who I might know that works at that company. I had no 1st level connections but plenty of 2nd level possibilities. So, I looked at each of their profiles to see if there were any that might be open to connecting. Nothing doing. On to the next job possibility.
Later in the day, though, I received an invitation to connect from one of the “big shots” at the company, with a message asking me if I had any background that would be applicable to their opening. I accepted the invitation and spent three hours crafting a response showing how my background would make me a good fit for their requirement. No response.
Until this morning, when I saw an email from him letting me know that he’d be in touch regarding the job I’d really be qualified for.
Like a yo-yo. Up and down. Now I’ll be up for a few hours until I don’t hear from him. Then I’ll be down. Hopefully I’ll get a call and be up again.
Saying some prayers that I get through all this and land an interview with these people.
62 and Out of Work 
62andoutofwork said:
Well, I got a call from the guy. He started out talking about the original job he’d posted and, when it became obvious that I wasn’t the right candidate, he quickly ended the conversation. I did my best to re-direct him to the other job – the one he indicated he wanted to talk to me about, but no dice. Oh, well. I did send him a follow up reiterating why I’d be great for the job I really wanted. We’ll see what happens. Meanwhile, off to lok for any other unadvertised openings.
thevendorchronicles said:
Best of luck! Hope it works out!
62andoutofwork said:
We’ll see. Looks like a great position but it worries me that they’re cleaning house like this. From what I can tell they’re replacing several people in key positions. And, looking at LinkedIn I see way too many people who USED to work there.
I’ll be approaching this one as carefully as I can. But, beggars can’t be choosers. I guess a job with a bad company is better than no job at all.
All this assuming the guy actually does call.