Though not as bad as un-employment having to work at a job you don't enjoy for a supervisor that is oppressive can in some ways be worse. What really frosts the cake for me though has been a string of interviews that have not resulted in a job offer.

I don't want to seem like I'm complaining. Just listing the companies who haven't hired me would be a "Who's Who" list and part of me knows that for each interview I have obtained there are quite literally hundreds of applicants that didn't get that opportunity. But to come so far and invest so much and still walk away empty handed is disappointing and discouraging.

Prior to this I had gotten every job I interviewed for. It's like a loosing streak for someone who took his team to the championship every year for a decade -- practically unheard of and very disturbing!

I guess it's time to take down the book on interviewing and read it again. Maybe I'm letting my job frustrations at work show through or possibly coming across as desperate. Or maybe my self confidence is being interpreted as pride. Sometimes I think I need to specialize but maybe instead of another certification or more training what I really need is an interview coach.

posted by Aland at 5:30 PM
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I think it's good to examine yourself and know who you are but I wish others would just accept it when I tell them I'm a Christian without insisting that I associate with one denomination or another.

Some folks accept it as enough when I tell them I'm non-denominational but still that's more about who I'm NOT instead of who I AM (or more importantly who HE IS).

I have tried the non-traditional "I'm a follower of the WAY" but that just confuses all the Christians who think I'm some kind of new-agey radical. I've encouraged some by communicating my interest in home fellowship (home church?) but that's really a method and a place not WHO I am.

Ultimately, I want to be identified with Christ because He is living in me so I still like the term Christian but somehow that's just not good enough for folks anymore.

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