Chip Shot

Chipping away over here. That's all I can say at this point. Chip chip chipping away... as we in the Northeast continue to experience rainy day after rainy day after rainy day. As my man Jimmy Buffett says, ...I wanna go back to the island, where the shrimp boats tie up to the pil'n; gimme oysters and beer, for dinner every day of the year, and I'll feel fine...

And yes I did go to the Buffett show last Saturday, only to get down poured/hailed on for about 3 hours in the parking lot. But I digress.

So last week I had a mock interview on camera with the old CMC. This was very useful, as seeing yourself on film can help get rid of some bad habits when speaking, or interviewing. That is, once I get an interview! Either way, apparently I nailed it, giving me a little dose of confidence, which sometimes is needed these days.

Also spoke the recruiter my friend in the biz was dealing with. Great guy, very professional, with a vast amount of knowledge in the Group Benefits industry. Unfortunately, he generally works with experience Group Reps, not the "life experience hire" as people like me are known. He did say the field I am shooting for might be the best career going these days, so thats nice. Now just a matter of breaking in. He provided me a list of companies to target, who hire more LEH's (life experience hires) than others.

He mentioned the one company I should shoot for is the same company my friend works for down in Philly. However, they recently had an open position in this area. I passed my old resume to my friend to pass to his boss. Figured perhaps I could just get a meeting with the guy. Well the guy wanted nothing to do with me. Apparently he got a "bad feeling" about me. Well f this guy, no one's ever got a bad feeling about me in their life, mf'er! I'm not quite convinced my buddy did a great job "selling" me to his boss, but that's besides the point. My experience is fitting for the position...but if this guy doesn't even want to speak, meet with me and can make a decision based on a piece of paper, well, pardon me, he just may be a _______ (insert profane name here).

But of course, I expect this type of stuff. No said it would be easy. Let's only hope it'll be worth it. I was told a while back that this job search/interview process will go something like this: no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, yes. If that's the case, I've already got a few no's under the belt, so that's a start!

And Ted, see last blog when I say keep your comments to yourself! No, of course, I welcome comments, but remember way back when, we were taught as youngsters, "If you can't say anything nice, don't say anything at all?"

Yeah, exactly.