by O'Farrell | Apr 21, 2012 | I Got a Job!
I was thrilled to receive this message on Monday evening from Tracey Christensen. Social media is a very competitive field – a field that is flooded with people who know how to market themselves. Some of them seriously bend the rules of etiquette and decorum to get noticed.
When Tracey and I began working together on January 3rd, we crafted a résumé and developed a marketing plan that was designed to get Tracey noticed. On January 9th, she wrote to me to say that she was offered a 10-week contract. Referring to the company president Tracey said, “He didn’t interview anyone but me BECAUSE OF MY IMPRESSIVE RESUME (his words, not mine).”
That opportunity turned out not to be a good fit for Tracey – and that is typical of the ups and downs of job search. So, if you are having a down week, take heart in Tracey’s message. You too will be “over the moon” soon.
Tracey has been a big help to me during this time as well, and I want to extend my thanks to her from helping me create three Facebook pages and two websites in the past four months.
Thank you Tracey. I am VERY proud of you!
– Dave
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Hey Dave, I got a job!!!
This morning I accepted a job offer from Piedmont Hospital, and it goes without saying that I am over the moon! Like any job seeker, this has been a trying process and I know I’ve bent your ear more than once in frustration. My family was fortunate that my husband survived a round of layoffs at his job soon after my “liberation” but I couldn’t seem to find the right fit for me, despite numerous interviews over the past six months. But, I knew each interview prepared me for the next one and the next one and so on.
When I interviewed for this job over lunch just one week ago, I finally felt the connection I had been missing. And… the hiring manager mentioned how much she liked my résumé – the résumé you created for me. While a couple of connections sent my résumé to the department where I’ll be working, the interview actually came from the in-house recruiter vetting me from my online application. I know responding to online ads is about the least effective way to get a job, but that, combined with a lot of prayer and your workshop, worked!
This job is the one I’ve been waiting for and it’s a huge blessing. The offer came in two hours after I sat in silence and asked God to put me in this position IF that was his plan. Now, I know it is. A friend of mine also prayed for me this morning so now we’re debating which one of our prayers was heard – maybe it was both!
Many thanks to you and the Crew for all of your support and knowledge. I’ll miss you all but plan to come to JobSeekers on Friday to say a final good-bye.
– Tracey A. Christensen
by O'Farrell | Apr 11, 2012 | I Got a Job!
Scott and Chip Gjertsen were both at JobSeekers last week to say “farewell and good luck” to everyone. I am so proud of both of these guys. I don’t mind sounding like a broken record when I report that five of the last six people who have been published in this section have reported raises. Praise the Lord, good luck and God bless you Scott!
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Hey Dave, I got a job!
I will be the Director of Parks and Recreation for the City of McMinnville, Tennessee. It is a promotion and a raise. The opportunity to continue to work in my field is a true blessing. It only took 5½ months. Your job search workshop was a tremendous help, and the support received from JobSeekers was awesome. God has a plan and sometimes he doesn’t share it with us and we try to go it alone.
My daughter left a message on my computer one weekend when she was home, “God is good all the time, and all the time God is good.” I kept a bible verse on my dry erase board for a reminder of God’s willingness to help us, Matthew 21:22 – “If you believe, you will receive whatever you ask for in prayer.” Amazingly when I began feeling discouraged, I always seemed to get a phone call for an interview.
Thank you for everything you, the Ship’s Crew, and my fellow JobSeekers have done.
– Scott McCord
by admin | Apr 7, 2012 | O'Farrell's Blog
Yogi Berra once said, “Baseball is 90 percent mental, the other half is physical.” Job search is a lot like baseball; before someone learns anything about your qualifications and accomplishments, they notice your attitude. A positive attitude will carry you a long way toward your goals.
We are dedicated to helping clients stay positive and focused throughout their campaigns.
This poem by Ella Wheeler Wilcox uses sailing as a metaphor to describe how people in difficult circumstances have a great deal of control over how they react in trying times. It reminds us that, with God’s help, we are responsible for our outlook, emotions and moods:
The Set of the Sails
One ship drives east, and another west
With the self-same winds that blow;
‘Tis the set of the sails
And not the gales
That decides the way to go.
Like the winds of the sea are the ways of fate,
As they voyage along through life;
‘Tis the will of the soul
That decides its goal,
And not the calm or the strife.
~ Ella Wheeler Wilcox, (US writer, poet, journalist; 1850-1919)
In other words, good and bad things (breezes) happen to all of us. The thing that separates the winners of the world from the rest of the pack is not the events themselves, but how we react to those events. Your attitude — the set of your sails — is the most important factor in whether this transition is successful or not.
