Mental health day!

[judecorp]

I'm really discouraged about this whole job thing. In the past week, I've come across three social work-type professionals who have basically told me, "Run, don't walk, away from [potential job]." Now I'm becoming increasingly anxious as my fears (about a poorly-run organization, about lack of communication, etc.) seem to be confirmed by other professionals. And I'm kicking myself in the ass for waiting over two months for this, and turning down other employment possibilities.

In these two unemployed months, I could have been logging supervision time for my independent license. I could have been building a job history and accruing vacation and sick time. I could have been receiving health and dental benefits, let alone a paycheck more substantial than unemployment compensation. Basically, I'm feeling like a really big dumdumhead.

My other laid off coworkers are all gainfully employed in careers, while I sit at home and curse the potential job and my own stupid decisions. I know there's no way I could have known this would happen, but perhaps I should not have turned down those interview opportunities, thinking I had a good thing locked in. After all, now there are /no/ good job postings, and I have burned my bridges with almost every youth-focused social service agency in Columbus, and I'm worried that I will be once again returning to my desperate situation from last summer, where I basically had to take any full-time social work position that was offered to me. It's very frustrating.

I got a tip from a friend about a potential job vacancy in the near future, as someone we know is leaving town (and leaving her job). Yesterday I called the organization and left a voicemail message inquiring about the rumor and expressing my interest in hearing more information. I haven't heard anything back and I'm just sinking further and further down into a "screw it" attitude. I think I'll spend the day in my pajamas.

Comments

[mermil.livejournal.com]

this may be a hugely dumb suggestion, but if you're feeling as if you are treading water in your career, you might feel better picking up random part-time work. I worked in bookstores to pick up extra money all through college and I loved it. If I had the dough to live without needing to work, I think I'd go back to working in a bookstore.

This way, you wouldn't have as much time to brood but you would have enough time to do a thorough job-search when you needed to.

[judecorp.livejournal.com]

Unfortunately, I'm making more on unemployment than I would be at a part-time retail job. Otherwise, I'd go work at a coffee shop somewhere.

Thanks, though!

[prettyvacantone.livejournal.com]

Why are those people saying that your potential employer is such a bad place to work?

[judecorp.livejournal.com]

Well, the worst thing I heard was this woman who said, "Run as fast as you can. I waited for months for my position there, only to find it one of the worst-run social service agencies in the area, with talk of court problems for misappropriation of funds."

:(

[prettyvacantone.livejournal.com]

Oh yikes. That's awful. :( Where were these people with their advice back before you accepted the job?

I'm sorry, sweetie.

[judecorp.livejournal.com]

Come make it up to me.

[prudentlike.livejournal.com]

If you are spending your day in pajamas I could see if I can drag Dave down there to return your kity carrier..

[judecorp.livejournal.com]

I am still in my pajamas. This is fact.

Who is Dave, and why does he want to see me in my pajamas?

[prudentlike.livejournal.com]

I'm sill in my pajamas too. :)

Dave is dvoss1856... and he and I are supposed to hang out this afternoon before I go to work.

[judecorp.livejournal.com]

Call me if ya wanna stop by!

[rizzo41.livejournal.com]

You want to go to my job for a few days just to get out of the house? Everyone calls me Judie anyway. No one would notice.

[judecorp.livejournal.com]

Heh. Sure, except that no one's called me Judie here in years. :) (I still answer to it, though.)

You can come here and sit in my jammies.

[prudentlike.livejournal.com]

Feh.. Sorry I couldn't make it today. There just aren't enough hours in my day...

[rizzo41.livejournal.com]

I'd love to!

[judecorp.livejournal.com]

I have cool jammies!

[judecorp.livejournal.com]

It's okay. Soon though, right? We want to get the cat fixed.