Job Hunting Chronicles

Happy Tuesday 📰 I know one bad experience shouldn't speak for an entire population, but this morning I had yet another recruiter miss our scheduled Teams call 💻 • No text 📲 to tell me something came up • No email 📨 to say they needed to reschedule • No phone call ☎️ to apologize Just silence 😶 while I waited... And people wonder why cat 🐈 sitting is my favorite job 🤔 If you're a recruiter or hiring manager and have scheduled 📅 a call or meeting with a candidate, please have the decency to cancel 🚫 it if you're not going to show up. The world 🌍 can be a pretty small place and while I usually don't publicly shame anyone, you can bet your salary💲that I'll mention you by name to friends, family, and colleagues looking for a job. It only takes a few seconds 🧭 to send a quick text 📲 or email 📨 but it can save your reputation forever. #freelancer #FreelanceWork #FreelanceLife #WorkFromHome #RemoteWork #CatSitting #CatSitter #JobHuntingChronicle...

#MerryMonday  📰 I love getting texts like this 🥰. She's a new client but I can tell she's going to be a pleasure to work with. For those looking for a job, remember it's ok to think outside the box 📦 #freelancer #FreelanceWork #FreelanceLife #WorkFromHome #RemoteWork #CatSitting #CatSitter #JobHuntingChronicles

Happy Friday ✨️ If you're looking for a job (or even if you aren't), maybe it's time to go after your dreams. It's ok to change careers, do something totally different. Is there something you truly love doing that could bring in some money? If so, this is your sign to explore it. Have a great weekend! #freelancer #FreelanceWork #FreelanceLife #WorkFromHome #RemoteWork #CatSitting #CatSitter #JobHuntingChronicles

Happy Thursday 📖  Today is #WorldBookDay and these are some of the books I've read* on freelancing. I'd love some recommendations. Have you read any books that have been helpful in your freelancing career?  *or they're in my TBR pile  #freelancer #FreelanceWork #FreelanceLife #WorkFromHome #RemoteWork #CatSitting #CatSitter #JobHuntingChronicles

Happy Tuesday 📰 Has anyone received this kind of notification? I'm wondering why if a hiring manager thinks I'm qualified for a position they're hiring for and wants me to apply, why didn't they just send me a message (or comment on one of my posts if they weren't able to message me) instead of clicking some button that sends me this message? This seems kind of lazy and puts all the work on me (and let's be honest, job seekers are already doing a lot of work that's leading to nothing so I'm wondering, is this even worth my time?). Is this the kind of manager I'd want to work for? Probably not... #freelancer #FreelanceWork #FreelanceLife #WorkFromHome #RemoteWork #CatSitting #CatSitter #JobHuntingChronicles

#MerryMonday  📰 If you know me well, you know I love my page-a-day 📅 calendars. They are the pictures 🌄 to my daily "good morning" 👋 posts, and they are the papers I use to write ✍️ down my daily gratitude 🙏 entries each night 🌃. Buying them is one of my favorite shopping 🛍 days of the year. So when I saw 👀 today's page on my Friends calendar, I knew it was the perfect illustration 🎨 to a recent interview I had. I asked what the company did to ensure that employees didn't get burned 🔥 out. Clearly, that caught them off guard 😯 so I reworded it and asked the broader work/life balance ⚖️ question. I might as well have asked if they were serial killers because no one could actually answer the question 🤷. I wasn't looking for a 5 point plan 📑, just something that showed the company cared about their employees as people. My mistake 🤦🏼‍♀️ Recruiters, hiring managers and companies, remember that you're being interviewed, too. It's a 2 way street...