post #47 - take no news as a "no" and move on

Happy Friday 🚧

We're on day 5 of the repaving of the streets in my complex 🏢 and it looks like they are right on schedule 🗓

I mentioned I was going to use this week to go through messages and emails 📧 as well as follow up ☎️ with some people who had reached out to me. The good news is I am caught up on messages and emails, the bad news is it's clear I've been ghosted 👻 by several recruiters. My list 📜 of these so-called professionals has surpassed the 50 name mark. These are all recruiters who reached out to me about a position - I didn't initiate contact with any of them. I've spoken 📱 multiple times with some of them, had back and forth emails 📧 with others, interviewed 🖥 with a few of them, and am waiting on job descriptions 📄 from others. The inability to close the loop by these people is frustrating 🤦🏼‍♀️, and having some of them reach 📲 back out to me about a different position (while ignoring the fact that they've previously ghosted me 😮) is what prompted me to actually start the list in the first place.

Job seekers, I know it's a really brutal job market right now, especially for Gen X (I know some people just can't get past the age thing). Don't dwell on a position (or person). Take no news as a "no" and move on to the next opportunity ✔️

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