I’ve had two conversations in as many months with people I had just met about my job search experience. One of them was a career counselor and the other was a networking contact. And, after they had looked at my resume and I told them my story, both of them said I was doing the right things to find a job.
I don’t know how I feel about this or how I should feel about it. One half of me — the one that’s always looking at the bright side of things even though that side is actually only a quarter to an eighth of the whole — is surprised, grateful for the compliment, and positive about my prospects. The other half — the one that sometimes takes over the whole of me like David Banner (TV’s Bill Bixby) when he turns into the Hulk — is frustrated about it. If I’m on the right track with my job search — if I’m doing all of the right things in terms of networking and volunteering — then how come I don’t have a job after all this time? And it has been a long time.
How would you feel?
