Jun. 2 Job interview tip: Yesterday I did some training and worked at Telemarketer #2
job. It's interesting because of the book my sister gave me called 59 Seconds: Think a Little, Change a Lot
by Richard Wiseman. He said that in a job interview, you should
get the bad stuff/ flaw right out first, and then tell all about your
good qualities so you can redeem yourself. If you do the whole
interview, and then say the bad stuff at the end, you look dishonest
like you were withholding this info the entire time.
Here's
the book. It's like psychology with helpful tips on job interview, being creative, dating, personality, etc.
http://www.amazon.com/59-Seconds-Richard-Wiseman/dp/023074429X
Telemarketer: I
wasn't thinking about the book during the interview. On the
application she gave me when I came in, it asked if I worked for the
company before. I then talked to the boss
and told her that I did work for the Telemarketer #1 job a couple of
weeks ago, but it was a short time so does that even count? She said
yes, it does. She and the other boss know each other.
So Boss #2
asks me how I can improve from my last job and what have I learned? I
told her to work on listening to the person on the phone and my tone of
voice. I thought if I told her that I wasn't good at Telemarketer #1
job, I would risk that she wouldn't hire me. But I had to tell her
because it was weighing on me. They ran things the same way at both
places. Maybe this job will work out.
Confront your fear: I
went to Telemarketer #2 job. I was nervous because I was afraid that
if I tell the boss about Telemarketer #1 job, I wouldn't get hired. So
what if I don't get hired? It's not a major loss. What if I do get
hired, and then I get
dismissed? So another telemarketing job didn't work out. It's not a
big deal. It's a sign I should call people to do surveys instead of buy
stuff because I did well with surveys.
I'm afraid of rejection and failure, though I experienced it a lot. You have to go through it so you can achieve success.
Writer jobs:
Here's something I haven't done: Go on Linked In and search "writer
jobs Edmonton." I got two pages and most of them were from staffing
agencies, outside of Edmonton (like Calgary or Fort McMurray), and jobs
that don't have anything to do with writing like analyst.
Jun. 4 Callback: I
got a couple of phone calls from this office I did a job interview at 2
weeks ago. She said about us playing "phone tag." She told me that I
didn't get hired and asked if she could keep my resume on file. I said
yes.
Jun. 5 Focus: It can
be hard to focus, but it's about prioritizing. I haven't been looking
for an office assistant job because I got my telemarketer job. Instead
I've been looking up production companies to send my resume to or pitch
my script to.
I've also been reading my Freelance Writing group
emails. There are all these links and I click on them. It can be
writing jobs, tips, job articles, blog links. There's a variety, but I
still maintain focus on writing. After I read it, I then delete the
email because it's like I'm cleaning my inbox.
I feel like
there's not enough action on my part. I can tell if I'm reading and
researching too much. I then see if I pitched and submitted enough by
looking at what I've done so
far. I write it down on a piece of paper to record it. I also blog
about it to share my information that I have learned.
Celebrity Apprentice: Liz Nutt sent me a fun and informative article called "7 Business Lessons Learned from Celebrity Apprentice."
It's about business and TV so I had to read it. I don't watch the
show, but the tips are good. Some are behavioral like "Don't let your
emotions get the best of you" and "Play nice." They provide examples of
the show about what occurred and how it should have been handled.
"Ask
for feedback" like when La Toya Jackson (Michael Jackson's sister) got
fired, she asked Donald Trump how she could have improved. She was
brought back to the competition. "Stick up for yourself" like when
you're about to get fired, mention all your good qualities and past
successes.
That kind of reminds me of
Call Centre #4 dismissing me after one day. I then called them back
later that day and mentioned I got 9 completes which I thought was
good. It turns out it wasn't. But at least I stuck up for myself and
gave it a good shot.
Linked In:
I thought up this idea to connect with my NAIT classmates on Linked In
back in April. I had connected with some of them on Facebook back in
2010. I was unemployed back then and decided to connect with all of
them so I can ask: "Do you know of any job openings?" There were the
challenges if this is the right person, and most of them have moved to
another city, so they can't help. Some said no, they don't know of any
job leads and some were vague like "check the classifieds."
There
were a few that were good leads. Now it's
2012, and I went on Linked In to find them. I only found 10 of them
and 3 of them I'm not really sure if it is the right person. Yeah, well
it's better than nothing. It was cool to see some NAIT people actually
knew some MacEwan people that I know.
I connected with most of
the NAIT people on Facebook, but the social network was really more for
fun. They don't really put their resume up on that site. At least with
Linked In, I can see their resume. There's also some NAIT people who
aren't on Facebook, and are actually on Linked In and vice versa.
Email: I
decided to cover all my bases and sent this mass email to the NAIT
people. I have all their email addresses on one of my email accounts. I
had sent them a mass email in 2007 just to say hi. Now I
sent a mass email to them telling to add me on Facebook and
Linked In to stay in touch and help each other in our careers.
I sent it, and then got 5 "can't send." Yeah, well I got most of them.
Jun. 8 Job interview: On
Tues. I got an email to see if I could come into an interview on
Wed. I was busy with meeting a TV producer and then later my
telemarketer job, so I didn't email back. On Thurs. I emailed back
because I didn't want to put obstacles in front of myself.
I did
the interview today. It's in downtown, Mon.- Fri. office job which is
what I wanted. I thought it was okay. I got there on time. She did
ask about if it's not too hard to get here and it isn't. She said there
have been people who live far away and it's hard to get here, so the
job doesn't work out. She asked about having a license and a car.
She
asked about some words to describe myself which I have
gotten that question before. She asked more common questions like how
my job experience and education would be relevant to this position.
Job search:
I've been busy with my restaurant job, and my telemarketer job so I
haven't been doing my job search for the past week. So today I did.
Jun. 9: Only one person from NAIT has confirmed my connection on Linked In so far.
Jun.
11: I have to write about it, so I can get over it. Well, it's not
that much to get over. The Telemarketer #2 job didn't work out because I
didn't make a sale within 4 days, just like the first one. I wasn't
really surprised after the 4th day.
I called constantly and got a
lot of no answers. When I do get people on the phone, a lot of them
aren't interested and say they will think about it. I have applied to
this other telemarketer job before, and I haven't been interviewed
before. I'll stick with calling people to do surveys. |
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