Support Each Other In Looking For Work?

stephyt23

soupdragon10 wrote: »

You never know SV - it's often the interviews you convince yourself you've completely fluffed that end up offering you the job. They must have rated you to give you the 3rd i/v so don't sell yourself short.

Best of luck.

I agree with this, some of my past jobs I've got after feeling I gave the worst interview ever!

Either way you should feel proud of yourself for getting this far, a third interview shows you obviously have a lot to give so don't put yourself down.

Superly_Vince

soupdragon10 wrote: »

You never know SV - it's often the interviews you convince yourself you've completely fluffed that end up offering you the job. They must have rated you to give you the 3rd i/v so don't sell yourself short.

Best of luck.

I hope so, I would hate to have missed out on this opportunity after so many interviews. This has been in the pipeline for weeks and I really do feel the role is the right one.

Thank you so much.

stephyt23 wrote: »

I agree with this, some of my past jobs I've got after feeling I gave the worst interview ever!

Either way you should feel proud of yourself for getting this far, a third interview shows you obviously have a lot to give so don't put yourself down.

I'm trying to... I really am. I'm trying to relax but I'm so anxious an sick with worry.

Not a whole lot I can do now but hope and pray.

Stew68

I agree with the others Superly Vince, don't put yourself down. You would have been full of nerves and so would the other candidates. We all come out of interviews thinking we've done badly.

Well done for getting to the third interview, I hope it all works out for you.

persa

Right, I have seen a job (advertised directly on a company's website), drafted a covering email and CV and I am going to send it first thing tomorrow. (I don't know why, but I think it looks better when the time stamp shows bright and early office hours rather than night owl hours!)

I am going to send this in tomorrow and I will get offered an interview for the day after that other interview I've lined up. I will then get offered both jobs and have to decide which one suits me best.

(Well, can't hurt to be optimistic sometimes! :rotfl:Getting my positive mental attitude on!)

DCFC79

Same as persa ive also seen a job that im im going to apply for,

i like the theory behind posting it rather than emailing it,

soupdragon10

I've also located another vacancy to apply for. It's again an online application - which is what I prefer to be honest as I can do everything on the PC.

Do you think because it's the new financial year starting - suddenly there are vacancies to apply for woo hoo.

persa

soupdragon10 wrote: »

Do you think because it's the new financial year starting - suddenly there are vacancies to apply for woo hoo.

Tbh, no, not really. Hardly any companies adopt a March year end - December year ends are more common. This is the end of Q1 for most businesses, not the start of a new tax year.

But if there are more jobs coming out, I don't care why, as long as we get a good one each! :j

mellymeep

Hi newbie to the thread, just browsing these forums and had a read through this one and feel that I definitely need the support right now! I'm only 22, graduated from Uni and very disheartened. I wasn't a uni student with grandeur plans for a 50k a year job as soon as I graduate, but I'm being rejected for even customer service jobs, of which I've got experience in from being 16! Just don't really know where else to look, I have a list of websites I check every day... have made what must be 500+ email applications, all with personalised covering letters.. hundreds of phone applications and been round town with handfuls of CVs at least 5 times. I'm actually willing to do anything, maybe that's what is putting employers off?

persa

mellymeep wrote: »

Hi newbie to the thread, just browsing these forums and had a read through this one and feel that I definitely need the support right now! I'm only 22, graduated from Uni and very disheartened. I wasn't a uni student with grandeur plans for a 50k a year job as soon as I graduate, but I'm being rejected for even customer service jobs, of which I've got experience in from being 16! Just don't really know where else to look, I have a list of websites I check every day... have made what must be 500+ email applications, all with personalised covering letters.. hundreds of phone applications and been round town with handfuls of CVs at least 5 times. I'm actually willing to do anything, maybe that's what is putting employers off?

Welcome to the thread, feel free to post as often or as little as you like. It would be lovely to hear you find a job though - and I'm confident all of us on this thread will. Apart from the odd bad day, everyone sounds really motivated.

Did you do the milkround last year? (Starts late September, runs until maybe January or so.) Some graduate employers recruit all year round - have you tried them all?

What kind of experience do you have? If looking for a graduate job, you need a good degree, paid work experience and tons of extracurriculars or you're underqualified. If you're looking for a non-graduate job, with any degree, you're overqualified. There's a very difficult balance to achieve!

If you're willing to do anything, you say you've personalised your cover letters, but what about your CV? Is it too general, or does it emphasis a particular skill or direction?

Sorry if you've heard it all before.

lexilex

mellymeep wrote: »

Hi newbie to the thread, just browsing these forums and had a read through this one and feel that I definitely need the support right now! I'm only 22, graduated from Uni and very disheartened. I wasn't a uni student with grandeur plans for a 50k a year job as soon as I graduate, but I'm being rejected for even customer service jobs, of which I've got experience in from being 16! Just don't really know where else to look, I have a list of websites I check every day... have made what must be 500+ email applications, all with personalised covering letters.. hundreds of phone applications and been round town with handfuls of CVs at least 5 times. I'm actually willing to do anything, maybe that's what is putting employers off?

Oh you sound just like me! I am 21 (22 in 3 weeks, what a great birthday that will be) graduated last July with a 2.1 in psychology, found temporary work until October but since then...nothing. I want to say try not to let it get you down, but it is impossible. The only thing that keeps me going is knowing I am not alone. Although I am the only one out of my friends of uni graduates still without a job, none of them are doing anything related to the subject they studied. It's tough out there, all we can do is keep trying.

Keep posting on here, the support really does help.