ç'est la vie RN

Category: Job hunt

  • Waiting season

    Waiting season

    Since having passed the six month mark without a job, I’ve been like, “Lord, now what?” So many emotions tend to bubble up when we don’t know what happens next. I have been intentional about using my moments of angst to fuel my faith. I went to church Wednesday night. The sermon was about what happens during the waiting. Pastor Bryan Carter referenced King David and how he was anointed as king more than a decade before he actually was appointed to the position. Pastor Carter shared 3 attributes about the waiting time:

    • 1. Waiting time is testing time.
    • 2. Waiting time is working time.
    • 3. Waiting time is NOT wasting time.

    As I have reflected on my own situation the past couple of days, I can say I know these 3 things to be true. The YouVersion app started going over Psalm 23 this week for the verse of the day. This morning was verses 5-6, and what spoke to me through the spirit was, “You have anointed my head with oil; My cup overflows.” It was a rhema word. I remembered Pastor Carter said anointment comes before the appointment. During my interviews last week, instead of saying all the right things I know everyone wanted to hear, I answered with the truth. I can honestly say I feel the antointing God has placed over this area of my life. And when I read those verses this morning, the Holy Spirit told me my appointment is coming. Do not be afraid of the challenges that will arise; I can be reassured God’s presence will be with me. And all the overflow from my cup will spill into the lives of those that surround me. Isn’t that goodness worth waiting for? If you are in a season of waiting, remember this…

    • God wants to see your true character during the test(s).
    • God is always working during the wait.
    • God wastes nothing. He uses every season.

    Thank you Pastor Carter for message. Hope y’all have a great week!

  • Why do they make it so hard?

    Why do they make it so hard?

    Mini rant about the job hunt…why do some of these jobs make it so difficult to view the status of your application? Believe it or not, some companies don’t even have a portal! You get the “Thanks for submitting your application” screen, and who knows if it even got to where it was supposed to go. There is this one health system where I had to Google search to get to the login page. I requested my user name. Got an email with the user name and a link. Click the link, it goes to the job postings and another link says edit your profile. Click that, and it forces you to either use a LinkedIn or Google account. No thank you, the old fashioned username/password will do. So I asked the not so smart bot how to login to my profile. It takes me to the portal login, but when I enter my info, it still reverts back to the edit profile option. All this to say, no one should have to go through this to access a job application submission.

    I read an article last week that said companies are stating there are a lack of qualified applicants for job postings…hmmm, really? If they would have asked me, I would have said: 1. The talent and acquisition (recruiting) space needs improvement, 2. Job postings should be tailored to what actually is required and not some unicorn fantasy posting, because 3. Many candidates are capable of learning new things (and no one cares about what you know when they give you extra responsibilities in a current role). What I feel the companies who responded to the article meant to say was, “We have enough people in our organization that partially know what they’re doing, so we can’t risk having to train someone when the people who should know, don’t.” And that, ladies and gentlemen, is my frustration for the day. But I must remind myself…

    “The LORD will fight for you; you need only to be still.” Exodus 14:14 NIV