I’ve been job hunting for a long time now… probably not as long as some of you, but long enough that I kind of want to throw in the towel and move into my car if it means no more cover letters, or BS interviews for a little while.
But this week, well it seems that I’ve got some eggs in the basket, and I’m so relieved, really, really relieved… So relieved that I am afraid to breath lest they crack.
Because none of these eggs has hatched yet. They’re all just promises… and I’ll probably continue to be nervous nelly about them until I’m signing on the W-2 line.
The New York Times ran an article on unemployment today- with the unemployment rate up to 10.2 percent, 1 out of 10 Americans are unemployed! And that’s not counting other forms of joblessness – those that are underemployed or have given up. The job market today is really effed up, and all of that fear and worry and self doubt can take a toll on the unemployed collective self-worth.
It’s exhausting to be that worried, it’s nerve-wracking to continue to try and “sell” yourself to employers. And it’s why, after 7 months of random jobs here and there, I’m a little apprehensive of celebrating too heavily the eggs in this little basket.
I’ll start cheering louder once they’ve hatched.
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