Hello. I’m sitting here at the office. I thought we were going to get out early before our NYE vacation, but it appears we are not. I’m half doing a little bit of work to prep for the insanity that’s going to come at the first of the year, but I also have a college football game on and I’m writing an entry, so there you have it…
Yesterday was a little bit of the same. I “worked from home” but mostly had job interviews!
Boring work stuff ahead, but I need to write this down:
The first interview was with the iconic product company. It’s an old school manufacturing company and it would be a similar situation to what I’m doing now - old school stuff. Not a ton of design creativity, but creativity in an innovative kind of way. As in, find new innovative ways to manufacture product to make it more profitable. I get that. It’s okay, but not as much fun as bringing fresh new development to the table.
I video chatted with the Sr. VP Marketing (who would be my boss) as well as the Sr. VP Sales (who would also kind of be my boss as well - you know how sales can be, right?). I don’t have the super warm fuzzies, but again, these are manufacturing dudes. And there’s nothing wrong with that - I just have to go in knowing what I’m getting into IF I choose this company.
I just got a super formal email back from the sales VP. It was so stuffy the email almost sucked all of the oxygen out of the room! Not sure what to think about that. Just kinda…oof, that’s dry.
The second interview was with a NEW opportunity that has just come up. I had a phone call with the HR Recruiter of a MASSIVE company that everyone globally would know. It is for a Senior Director position with a multi-multi-multi BILLION-dollar company, and I can already tell you that I think it’s more than I could chew. I would actually love a position working under this position, but I don’t think there are any openings. It would be a job much, much bigger than any job I’ve ever had in my career, and I would have a very large staff and…y’all. It’s a dream job but I’m scared of it!
It would also require a relocation across the country. I would be fine with that because I actually really like the city where the company is headquartered, but again, HUGE MOVE.
The HR Recruiter wants to set me up with an interview with the VP I would be reporting to. The recruiter sent me an email after our talk saying, “I appreciate you taking the time to talk to me about the Sr. Director [Badass Creative Position] opportunity, and I enjoyed getting to know you better. I think you would be an excellent fit for our team here at [GIANT CORP].”
Really? Do you really think I’d be an excellent fit for the team or are you desperate for someone to fill that role???? It’s funny, she linked with me on LinkedIn and I could tell she’s reaching out to all of us who specialize in this particular creative role. She’s linked with two of my former colleagues at [Another Giant Corp], and I already asked (via text) one of them if they’d interviewed. The one I texted said yes, but that it wasn’t a fit for her because it was more of a Product Development role…and that makes me think that maybe this IS the right fit for me - I have TONS of product development experience.
Another person the recruiter had linked with was someone who currently works at the local company I’m targeting. I want to ask her what she thinks about this role, but I don’t know her as well as the other person I talked with and it might be weird that I even know she’s talking with this company.
ANYWAY. All of this to say, the ball is really rolling now! Manifestation and intention DO work when you have finally had enough. Ha.
Honestly, I know that the job market is simply on FIRE right now. There are so many opportunities out there and so many people shifting and moving around that the gigs are pretty ripe for the picking. I just need the right break!
So yeah. Goal is to find a new gig in the first quarter of the year. Also to make sure that my health stays intact because that would definitely be a factor. I have much more to say about this in other entries, but it’s actually time to get out of here for now.
Determined,
GS
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