I went a bit crazy job-hunting during Covid. That was mostly due to my workplace laying-off and furloughing a ton of the employees. There was no security or consistency, and I was scared to death that I would be next and if so, then we wouldn't be able to afford our home and utilities and food anymore. I was a nervous wreck.
I also got extremely discouraged and depressed with the job-hunting. I applied for several hundred jobs over the course of several months, and I only got 2 interviews out of that. 1 interview resulted in a job offer for a ridiculously low wage that I turned-down because I'd rather take my changes at my current job. And the other 1 interview did not result in an offer.
I finally quit the job-hunting because it was a failure. I felt it was a useless and an impossible endeavor. And I never thought that I would try it again. I figured I'd just try to survive at my current job until I died.
Fast-forward to today... There is a super-cool job opportunity coming to my local area! The company is flashy and exciting and intriguing! And they will be local so I get to return to the office and be around real coworkers all day! I'm so burned-out from being a remote worker and working-from-home, I'm dying for real interactions with real people again.
And I took a look at who they are hiring... and there is one position open that is perfect for me! I do that position now at my current job and I'm a rock-star at it.
So.... I've been busy updating my resume and my cover letter. I should be able to submit it today or tomorrow.
But now I'm stumped about references! I don't want anyone at my current job to know that I'm applying at this new job. And because I've been working remotely for so many years now, I don't have a friendship with a coworker where I feel I could trust them to be my reference and also not tell anyone else. So I'm feeling stuck. I really don't know how to find decent references in this scenario. What would you do?
Anyhow, that's what I'm up to this week... I'll keep you all posted! 🙂
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