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A golden opportunity
Whew… so much has happened since my last post. My cousin called me up this week to tell me she found some work for me. Her friend is a recruiter at a temp agency and over cocktails she told Liz that she had so many open spots to fill and not enough resumes. My cousin mentioned my unemployment and a day later I was emailing my resume in.
I had worked on my resume a bunch of times since it’s final approval at my college’s career center in an effort to appeal to different types of jobs. I felt that it was good. The recruiter called me bright and early the next morning to suggest that I completely change the format and then mail it back in.
After I changed the format, she replied right away with an interview for hire. I made my interview at the end of the week so I would have time to prepare.
I went to tell my dad the good news- that I was going to be doing something with me time- and he gave the strangest reaction. He looked at me and told me he wanted me to take time- take a half a year or so and really challenge myself. Write a novel. Train for a marathon. Just challenge myself to do something and then actually do it. In the meantime he would take care of my bills and such. I really thought he had gone crazy. I called a bunch of my friends so we could all confirm his craziness but the majority of my friends actually sided with him. My most professional friend (she had a job two months prior to graduation) told me that this was a once in a lifetime opportunity and a temp job would just be selling myself short. Another friend (whom had just quit her own temp job) brought up an interesting point- my dad is going to take care of my bills and all I have to do is go for a walk and write. Basically do what I like/want to do. In its simplicity it seems like a crazy offer to turn down.
But it must seem a bit crazy to now work after graduation? If I take him up on this offer, I will have to really focus myself.
In the meantime I went to the interview and was told they could probably have something for me next week. I figure temp work will be ok if I take the offer because it will get me used to being productive with the day and will only be temporary so it won’t tie me down. As for my resume- the recruiter suggested I reapply to positions with my new resume.