SECURE the Job Journey - Day 39
Plan for the Day
Send Thank-you note for the interview yesterday
Apply to at least 3 jobs on the spready
Find job listings at the at key companies and send them to my contacts who work there to learn more about them
Send messages to 5 folks each with the following keywords in the job title/headlines
Technoeconometric Analyst
Econometrics
Life Cycle Cost
Geospatial Consultant
Climate
Prep for the GIS Analyst interview tomorrow
What I Actually Executed
Tasks 1, 2, 3, & 5. As for Task 3 I got to 7 apps! Me and Task 4 just stared at each other.
Results/Updates
I got an email for an Energy Consultant Position!!! …with a side of two rejection emails. Per the ushe (usual) I got folks hitting me back and scheduling calls.
Reflection
I’m in between being frustrated with myself and trying to exercise self compassion. I’ve been struggling with my focus.
While prepping for my interview tomorrow, I decided to be simple with my words and go from there. Rather than trying to use the biggest and most fanciful sounding buzzwords, I focused on just being able to explain what I did in my last position in plain simple English and then relate it to the job in question. I feel more confident and I know where to start when it comes to googling the correct terms for things! Bottommest line: I wanna be able to explain my experience. If it means I’m using simple terms, then so be it. At least they can know that I know what I’m talking about. I think my mistake yesterday was trying to use “higher vocab'' and incorporate buzzwords into my answer, which over complicated things. It made me overthink and lose my train of thought a lot. Simplicity is key!!
I feel like I found my flow with some job apps. After prepping for these interviews, I got a better command over my academic, professional, and even personal journey in this space AND I feel more confident. I feel like I have a better sense of what I bring to the table.. Or field (because y’know…? environment…? field…?) Hopefully you laughed at my punny try.
ba dum tiss
Also I think I need a sabbath. In the middle of my nighttime study I felt a nudge in my spirit to just clear off all the plans I had for tomorrow. Part of me wants to fight it, but tbh I can kinda see how these past couple of days (honestly… weeks), I have been filled with worry and anxiety about my productivity levels. I feel like at this moment, the biggest faith exercise I can do is just rest. Not over-plan my day and beat myself up when I fall short.
Rest.
I have been operating from a place of FOMO with my overplanning trying to be productive. Honestly, I feel like God wants me to pause and just spend a day in gratitude instead of stress, comparison, and anxiety. I mean despite how I feel like I did in yesterday's interview, I still can be proud that I even made it that far. I have another interview tomorrow, AND I just received news of another one for the Energy Consultant position for this week as well!! I hear you, God. I’ll rest. Let’s let all the good things this week simmer.
I won’t be behind. I’ll be refreshed.
I’m seeing that I’m a busy body out of fear.
