Tell me about yourself! Give me one fun fact about yourself! What do you like to do for fun? What are your hobbies? What are 3 words to describe yourself? No thanks. It should be easy to talk about myself. I mean, who knows me better than me? But I absolutely hate talking myself and…
Tag: interview
What Have You Learned Recently?
While job interviewing is grueling, it is cool to see how interview styles differ from person to person, from company to company. One of the best questions I was asked was: what have you learned recently? It’s a good question because it’s basically asking if you’re evolving, growing, bettering yourself all on your own volition.…
Starting A Job In A Pandemic Is Weird
First days are awkward. You leave for work super early to avoid any chance of being late. You're not sure if you should bring your lunch, what kind of set up they'll have, if you should bring a water bottle or coffee. You don't know where the bathroom is and you don't know anyone in…
Time Moves Fast But Unbearably Slow
I feel like the last two years of my life didn't even happen. I've been at a new job for a week now and it's just like no time has passed. Just like I hadn't lost my job, moved back to my home state, and had to start all over. Because we moved from New…
Three Months Of Unemployment
I mean, ouch. Job searching has been more than tough. Some days I get a call for a phone interview and become hopeful, other days there aren’t any new jobs posted, and some days I find a job that might want me but it’s not the right fit for me. Unfortunately, in this market it’s…
The Hookup On: Vogue Parody 73 Questions
I was tagged for the Vogue Parody 73 Questions Challenge by Melissa from Castles and Hurricanes. This tag features 73 questions in order to get to know the person better. So, if you would like to read my answers to these questions, keep on reading this post! 1. What’s your usual Starbucks order? I don't…
First Impressions Aren’t Important
You're going on a job interview, a first date, or meeting the parents. And you're supposed to make a good first impression. Because first impressions are important - that's what they say. But I don't think first impressions are important at all, because I mostly see them as a nice little white lie. All a…
A Rejected Postgrad
It kind of seems like people have been telling my generation our whole lives that the job market sucks. It has been a topic of conversation ever since we were in middle school and didn't even have ability to stare 5 years into our future and think about what we wanted to major in when…