Posted by TexasChic on June 13, 2006, at 18:55:01
In reply to 2nd therapist visit, posted by TexasChic on June 12, 2006, at 18:59:46
This is part of what he said to me via email:
'Your skills and abilities are well rounded, and will be an asset to a creative department without question. However in the process of interviewing candidates we were able to more closely match our needs with a few other designers. I will keep your resume on hand, just in case, and will be happy to forward your resume on to other hiring managers I know in the area, if you would allow me.'
So I guess that's not a complete and total rejection. I wish I knew what made those others more closely matched. Oh well, this Friday I have the interview with the home office of a major department store. It really is the best opportunity so far. I'm pretty excited about it.
I'm going to go online and study up on some interviewing skills. I also am working on spiffing up my portfolio, which I think just might make 'the' difference.
One thing in my favor, the job involves photography, which I have experience in. I took a black and white photography class at jr college and got an A in it. I can put some of my pictures from my final project in my portfolio. I chose still life as my theme, which my teacher discouraged me about, saying it would be too difficult. But I did it anyway and he loved it. I went out to the country and found this ancient gas station. It worked out really well for black and white photography. Plus my Grandpa had all this junk in his backyard like an old washboard and signs and stuff like that. It was really cool.
One other thing that might look good, I worked at a portrait studio while going to school. So maybe this combination of experience will be my edge, considering not every graphic artist is trained in photography. We'll see.
Today went really well at work (I stayed home yesterday). I felt cheerful and way more okay with everything than I did Friday. My boss told me I will be able to stay over the summer and not go on layoff, which will be better for me money wise. I had told him Friday that I didn't want to stay because the people there were too mean, but I know staying is the smarter choice. Plus we have 4 day weeks over the summer, so it will be a little easier. And now that I'm not so upset, I kind of like the challange of not letting the bitchygirls get me down.
Anyway, I'm rambling, so I'll go now.
-T
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