Posted by ClearSkies on December 5, 2007, at 17:29:55
So today I went to a store to apply for a part time job. I sat and waited after I filled in the application and then someone came and talked with me. It took me several moments to realize that this was the interview!! as it was such a relaxed and informal atmosphere.
My motivation in trying to go back to work is to regain my health care benefits. It was an odd feeling to say that I didn't care what kind of work I'd be doing, AS LONG AS I WAS GETTING THE BENEFITS. Yet at the same time I knew that being totally honest about this part time job was probably somewhat refreshing for the interviewer to hear. I'm not on a career track; I don't have another job to fit into my schedule; I could really care less what the company had me do for 20 hours a week. I would learn whatever task they would assign me to, work whatever hours they'd need to me, up to 20 of them in a week.
I really think that if I wasn't going out of town at the end of this month (and so can't start until the beginning of the new year), they would have hired me on the spot.
Does that make me confident, competent, available; or does it make them desperate? Or all of the above?
I didn't have to lie about my lapse of employment history. I simply said that I'm currently a housewife and that I wanted a part time position that would give me benefits. This truthful response was all that was needed from me. I didn't have to talk about why I left that last job in a black depression, or how I wasn't even able to drive due to panic attacks for a while. I just kept the explanation simple.
I guess I'll call them when I'm back in town in the new year, and see what happens. I know that this act of almost tripping into a job interview was almost exhilarating for me. It happened so quickly that I didn't give myself time to get nervous. It did help me a lot to know that I can walk out of my house and just do it, though. That was very empowering. (So don't move this post to the Working board graveyard, please!)
poster:ClearSkies
thread:798975
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