Posted by Dinah on March 23, 2007, at 13:08:29
In reply to It's time to give up in more ways than one TRIGGER, posted by Poet on March 23, 2007, at 12:18:42
Poet, I'm so sorry. Putting yourself out there in job hunting is like putting yourself out there in dating. It's one of the hardest things in the world, and it hurts not to be the chosen one.
I wish there was something I could say to make it easier.
I know you know this, and I almost hate to mention it again, but you're defining success and failure far too narrowly. You will not be a failure at fifty because you aren't a failure now.
Even the people who are most successful at careers are not necessarily successful in other areas of their lives, and I'm sure you can think of a few successes that seem anything but.
And I'm sure you don't judge harshly other people who aren't wildly successful career wise, if they are kind and decent people and successful in all the ways that really matter.
You're intelligent, you have stamina that I can only dream of, you get called back many times. Chances are inordinately good that you will find the right job. But your success or failure to me won't depend on that. I'll be happy because you're happy, but you'll still be the same Poet I care about.
That being said, how about a sharp cyber-boot-in-the-rear to human resource types who fail to see the worth so obvious to those of us here.
poster:Dinah
thread:743462
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