From Rejection to Resilience

Your life experience teaches a valuable lesson !

These challenges stopped me.

You have had great experiences. Not everyone has such a positive outlook. Because the beginning is often difficult, and almost everyone has experienced one or more bad emotions. I also went through the same starting phase as you. Full of enthusiasm and perseverance. I wish I could regain the feeling at that time :)

The pathway to success is marked with rejection. It's the only way to learn and do better to succeed.

You are right..you just have to keep trying. When I wasn't working a regular job, I worked at Temporary Services. Constantly learning new stuff and getting used to dealing with People. Never out of a job very long..seemed that most of the jobs I had, just came to me. God always watches over me. I have the best Guardian Angels, and I keep them busy. LOL My first jobs were kind of given to me, then after Business College which I flunked Accounting. Have sinced learned it with experiences in other jobs. The only job that was a hard one to get was a Keypunch job at a manufacturing company that made BlueJeans..Big Yank Cowden. I went in for the interview, but was not asked to take a test. I figured the guy didn't like me. About 2 weeks later, I saw an add for the same place, and called about the job. He didn't even remember me, but invited me for an interview. I told him I had worked on the same system at Trane Co. and mentioned I had come in before for an interview. He asked about taking a test. Told him I had not been offered one. He took me to the computer room and gave me a test. I did 18,000 Keystrokes with 1 error. Went back into his office and he was so impressed. He told me he would hire me right that minute, but had other people sceduled for interviews. I didn't have a phone, so he told me to call him 2 days later. I did, and started the next day. I learned that sometimes it pays to check back even if you think you didn't make it the first time. I worked there over 6 years. When I moved to FL, had to start at minimum wage...found out in a tourist town you made more money in a service job than an office job. LOL Love them Tips!

I'm currently employed in a low paying job and, at the same time, is looking for a job that pays well considering that I was recently admitted to the Philippine Bar and with all the inflation that's been going on. I find job hunting pretty difficulty and time-consuming. Employers take too long to respond to applications, interviews happen after a month or more from the time the application was submitted. Rejections were sent to me via email and the reason of rejection are usually quite vague to me. Right now, I'm currently waiting for the results of a final interview that I had last month. Hopefully, I get hired this time around. These past few months really taught me to persevere, and to never lose hope so easily. I became very mindful in terms of spending, and my patience have increased. Moreover, my understanding to everyone's desperation took a different turn as I now finally understand their sentiments by heart.