Yep,I’ve been gone due to a three day migraine that kept me in bed the entire time… at least it wasn’t another 12 day one, which I thought would eventually kill me, at the time.
Jobs: I really really really wanted one particular job that I applied for, at Arkansas’ largest newspaper, as website assistant. The hours were 11 pm to 5 am which is really perfect for me. I applied and went on the job interview and tested. I thought I did well. THEN a couple of other people tested and interviewed after me, and one of them was called in to a second interview, meaning he/she is their first choice. I’m really bummed out about not getting this job, I was sure it was perfect for me. So, since I don’t have the education to match my experience, I’m sure now that I can’t get any job doing what I want to do. Back to the secretarial field? God forbid! Back to substitute teacher? NO, please! I know I’m a great web designer, but again, no education that everyrone seems to want. Liquid Protein Extractor here I come (to repeat Mac).
IM STRESSED OUT!!!!
Sorry to hear about the migraine and the job. It sucks when people don’t take your experience into account. Similar thing happened to me back in my 20’s. I was the only inside person who applied for a job, but because I didn’t have experience in this one particular software, they decided to go with an outside person instead, even though I told them I could pick it up quickly. I had self-taught myself everything I knew, because the buggers didn’t think it was worth paying for classes. Funny how they used my knowledge once I had it, though. Anyway, the person they hired only made it in the job for 3 month. Guess who had the last laugh?
Don’t give up, Mel. Just like with the smoking, you gonna achieve what you set out for yourself. Maybe you could offer to do the job for free for the first couple of weeks to show them you can do it, and after that time they could decide to hire you or not.
Heh heh, you caught one ey’?
Thanks Skye.
Shame on you mac, lol
I think I should write a letter to the editor—
I have heard this so often. It looks like presumably opportunists can’t recognize real and committed people.
PS don’t give up on nicotine patch to quickly cause lack of nicotine in your body can initiate migraine.
I found out that my local health department will send me a full 3 month supply of patches, they’re on the way!
That’s great news about the patches, but sorry to hear about the job and migraine. I haven’t had a migraine since 2002 (when I got out of AF), but I have not forgotten how bad they sucked. The only good thing about mine was that I was able to sleep and it didn’t hurt in my sleep.