At last a job offer

BrookieD

Well i was told i was losing my job on Valentines day this year. I left on March 14th and have been looking since.

Since then i have lost count the number of jobs i have applied for. The stress and worry is just not good. Wife and 2 kids, mortgage, car bills etc... really been in unhappy place.

At last today i was made a very good job offer for a very good well established firm in EastPoint. I am also in consideration for 3 other roles to which i will know about on Monday.

Truly a famine to feast situation. Still bloody happy to have one solid offer and will be back at work soon.

To all those still looking, do not give up and do not lose heart. Its tough but i truly believe in being prepared for each interview, When ask back for a 2nd round i tailored a 30-60-90 day plan to the role and this i believe made the difference to the 4 jobs i have got the furthest in.

Keep going and good luck to all looking. time to enjoy my last week off work,

CrackisWhack

Congrats, fair play to you!

dshamrock2000

Congrats Brookie, I'll be in the same boat come September, Your post scarily identical to me with regards to wife and 2 kids etc:( Fingers crossed I get something fairly quickly.

Stheno

Congratulations

Chnandler Bong

Congrats OP, so that leaves 449,999 left to find one:D

BrookieD

dshamrock2000 wrote: »

Congrats Brookie, I'll be in the same boat come September, Your post scarily identical to me with regards to wife and 2 kids etc:( Fingers crossed I get something fairly quickly.

Get the CV's out now........ I started the same day i was told and it still took a while. I got a lot of notice when i used innovatecv.com for my Cv template. worth the extra effort... that CV got my foot in the door to a fair few places.

Delancey

Well done , good for you.

3DataModem

BrookieD wrote: »

Its tough but i truly believe in being prepared for each interview, When ask back for a 2nd round i tailored a 30-60-90 day plan to the role

This is great advice people. I firmly believe this approach puts you head and shoulders above the competition.

(I do "Week 1", "Month 1", "Year 1" usually, but the idea is the same.)

G-Money

BrookieD wrote: »

When ask back for a 2nd round i tailored a 30-60-90 day plan to the role and this i believe made the difference to the 4 jobs i have got the furthest in.

Congratulations OP.

Although I don't really understand what the above is. Can you explain?

Thanks!

Nijmegen

G-Money wrote: »

Congratulations OP.

Although I don't really understand what the above is. Can you explain?

Thanks!

I surmise that he gave them an idea of what he'd like to do in the first 3 months. A great idea for the second interview when you know more what the company and role are about. It doesn't matter that you're making stabs in the dark in many instances, it shows you're proactive and have skin in the game.

boobar

BrookieD wrote: »

Get the CV's out now........ I started the same day i was told and it still took a while. I got a lot of notice when i used innovatecv.com for my Cv template. worth the extra effort... that CV got my foot in the door to a fair few places.

Fair play to you BrookieD, congratulations and best of luck in the new job.

Very good of you to offer the advice above as well to all the other job seekers.