My Dream Job
My Dream Job?
I believe that all of the men that contributed their story to Bob Greene’s “Cut” were affected by rejection and humiliation as children. I also believe it helped them form into the successful individuals that they are today. Sometimes good can come out of a bad situation. I was pretty lucky as a child, because I did not experience rejection. And if I did, it had no effect on me as an adult that I can remember. It was later on in life where I experienced not only rejection and humiliation, but total and complete disrespect by my co-workers. Although, because of it, I feel that it pushed me in the direction I’ve needed to go in.
Over my 10 year administrative career, I’ve held more jobs than I care to mention. I worked for temporary agencies, I’ve worked for big corporate companies, I’ve worked the back office at a Doctor’s office and on and on and on. They were all dead end jobs that barely paid enough for me to be able to pay the rent on my 2 bedroom apartment, let alone enough to be able to feed my son. As I was searching the job boards online, I saw an ad about an amazing career opportunity in my field that paid double what I had been making. Even though I felt it was a long shot, I applied as quickly as I could to be one of the first in line! I didn’t get my hopes up much because the job market wasn’t at its best and because it was an Administrative Assistant position, I was sure there would be an overwhelming amount of candidates applying. Much to my surprise, I got a phone call from the company’s office manager that very next day. My interview was set up for the following day. I had so many different emotions going on inside me, I couldn’t think straight. I was nervous, excited, anxious, overjoyed, and most of all, determined. At this point, my hopes were up. I’m a very competitive person, so I saw this as a competition. I was one of the few that got called in for an interview, so I was going to fight to land this job! I
I believe that all of the men that contributed their story to Bob Greene’s “Cut” were affected by rejection and humiliation as children. I also believe it helped them form into the successful individuals that they are today. Sometimes good can come out of a bad situation. I was pretty lucky as a child, because I did not experience rejection. And if I did, it had no effect on me as an adult that I can remember. It was later on in life where I experienced not only rejection and humiliation, but total and complete disrespect by my co-workers. Although, because of it, I feel that it pushed me in the direction I’ve needed to go in.
Over my 10 year administrative career, I’ve held more jobs than I care to mention. I worked for temporary agencies, I’ve worked for big corporate companies, I’ve worked the back office at a Doctor’s office and on and on and on. They were all dead end jobs that barely paid enough for me to be able to pay the rent on my 2 bedroom apartment, let alone enough to be able to feed my son. As I was searching the job boards online, I saw an ad about an amazing career opportunity in my field that paid double what I had been making. Even though I felt it was a long shot, I applied as quickly as I could to be one of the first in line! I didn’t get my hopes up much because the job market wasn’t at its best and because it was an Administrative Assistant position, I was sure there would be an overwhelming amount of candidates applying. Much to my surprise, I got a phone call from the company’s office manager that very next day. My interview was set up for the following day. I had so many different emotions going on inside me, I couldn’t think straight. I was nervous, excited, anxious, overjoyed, and most of all, determined. At this point, my hopes were up. I’m a very competitive person, so I saw this as a competition. I was one of the few that got called in for an interview, so I was going to fight to land this job! I