Cristian
Level X3
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First of all, forget about the title, I’ve lied. Nothing is really easy in this world, especially getting a dream job, no matter the domain you may want to active in and I’m also pretty sure dream jobs don’t exist. So wake up, this is the real world and it will eat you alive if you let it.
Since I’ve turned 16 I’ve been to over 100 interviews (I stopped counting when I reached 80+ and that was a couple of years ago).
So basically for 12 years now I’ve applied to probably thousands of jobs and went as I said, probably to 100+ interviews. Why you may ask? Well, why not? What do I have to lose by going to an interview?
At first, I applied to everything under the sun and I mean everything! Especially jobs I wasn’t qualified to do. I was ignored on most of my applications but every now and then someone would call me for an interview.
I won’t tell you that all of them went great, because most didn’t, I was even humiliated by the interviewer one time for having the guts of applying on a job I had no previous experience on. Got hired nevertheless but I wasn’t too loyal. I always searched for the next best thing.
For example: Got hired as a staff in a restaurant kitchen stayed a couple of months and switched to another restaurant as a barman because the pay was better, fast-forward a few months and I was a waiter in another restaurant.
Did the same thing with working at Mcdonalds then KFC and finally Burger King, they were all crap places to work but I’ve learned a lot about jobs and about people.
Until I’ve reached 23 I had like 15 different jobs under my belt.
When I finally landed my biggest interview yet for a huge naval company for an Engineer position I wasn’t afraid of the total commission of 12 interviewers. I’ve passed that interview with flying colors because there wasn’t anything that could catch me off-guard, I was a freaking rock and they all could see that.
Bottom line would be: Apply to everything if you don’t have any experience. Don’t be afraid to get dirty, you’ll learn a great deal from doing lower paid jobs.
All this experience will prepare you for that big important interview you dream off, thing is, by having past experience, feeling confident and not afraid of rejection you can actually land every interview you put your mind to.
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Lynne
I would have applied for loads of jobs and gone for interviews had I had the chance. However I have had a very different work experience than you and not nearly the same amount of jobs or interviews!
I have waitressed part time and full time in my younger days and when I was a student, just for some extra income. My first job was actually helping my dads company out, apparently for a few days when their buyer was fired. I was just going to fill in for a bit until they could make another plan.
I was suddenly as a young woman working in a Geotechnical Engineering Firm buying all the company goods, in a very male dominated environment. I was buying all these technical things that I didn't know anything about but I asked questions, I went to the Store Manager and the Workshop Manager if I was stuck.
I started quite enjoying it and then about 3 weeks after I started that job the Creditors lady walked out and my uncle (the accountant) asked me to just help keep up with that job until they could hire someone else.
I managed to easily do both jobs for a good few years. Then I went to work for a tool hire company as a personal assistant to the owner. I learned a lot more skills as this was a smaller company with a lot less employees so I got to be responsible for a wider range of duties. I stayed there for about 2 years.
After that I was offered a job as a Telephonist at an Insurance Company through people I knew. The pay was better, the hours shorter and the job much less demanding. I took it and although the company was amazing and the people were awesome I couldnt stay there longer than a year. I literally just answered the phone, took messages and opened the front door! It was an exciting day if I even got to do something as mundane as photocopying!
After a year there the person that was doing my old job when I left my dads company left and they asked me to go back so I did for a few years.
Then I left them again and did freelance bookkeeping. So I guess Ive only really worked for 3 companies before. I won't include all the waitressing and bar work because that was only on the side for some extra income. I love this topic Cristian, thank you! I would have applied for loads of jobs and gone for interviews had I had the chance. However I have had a very different work experience than you and not nearly the same amount of jobs or interviews! I have waitressed part time and full time in my younger days and when I was a student, just for some extra income. My first job was actually helping my dads company out, apparently for a few days when their buyer was fired. I was just going to fill in for a bit until they could make another plan. I was suddenly as a young woman working in a Geotechnical Engineering Firm buying all the company goods, in a very male dominated environment. I was buying all these technical things that I didn't know anything about but I asked questions, I went to the Store Manager and the Workshop Manager if I was stuck. I started quite enjoying it and then about 3 weeks after I started that job the Creditors lady walked out and my uncle (the accountant) asked me to just help keep up with that job until they could hire someone else. I managed to easily do both jobs for a good few years. Then I went to work for a tool hire company as a personal assistant to the owner. I learned a lot more skills as this was a smaller company with a lot less employees so I got to be responsible for a wider range of duties. I stayed there for about 2 years. After that I was offered a job as a Telephonist at an Insurance Company through people I knew. The pay was better, the hours shorter and the job much less demanding. I took it and although the company was amazing and the people were awesome I couldnt stay there longer than a year. I literally just answered the phone, took messages and opened the front door! It was an exciting day if I even got to do something as mundane as photocopying! After a year there the person that was doing my old job when I left my dads company left and they asked me to go back so I did for a few years. Then I left them again and did freelance bookkeeping. So I guess Ive only really worked for 3 companies before. I won't include all the waitressing and bar work because that was only on the side for some extra income.
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