Friday, September 30, 2011

Abandon all hope, ye who enter here...

That's what it feels like when entering the realm of job searching.  Job hunting can wrench the gut of even the most experienced job seekers.  Do not despair, friends.  We can work (no pun intended) through the process together!
My two main goals of this blog are to be informative and encouraging.  Looking for a new job; let alone finding a career, can be confusing, isolating and disheartening.  I have waded through the drudgery of crafting resumes, trying on suits, and smiling through interviews.  I feel your pain . . . 
However, being in human resources, I have also sat through interviewees’ stories of cut up underwear (yep!) and received applications filled in with glitter pens and Xeroxed notebook pages submitted as cover letters.  My posts will hopefully offer some insight into the minds of those working through the hiring process as human resources (HR; I have been surprised at how many people do not what HR stands for) representatives.  Maybe this insight will help smooth out some of the bumps in the road along the way to reaching your dream job.