Lately I have become much more aggressive in my job search but I am not sure how well this is paying off for my self-esteem. In the past week I have been following up on positions that I had either interviewed for or positions I was very interested in obtaining. During my follow up calls I found out that the companies had decided NOT to fill the vacancy for the positions that I had applied. What the!? My question: What the hell is going on? Don’t you companies know that there are thousands of unemployed people out here who are putting in some serious time to smooze and kiss your ass so we can get a job? I have learned an entirely new skill set in my job hunting career. I might as well call job hunting a career because I spend more time trying to get a job than anything else in my life.

I have basically learned an entirely new skill set in my career. Writing! I know I do my fare share of writing in this journal but I believe my true talents lie in writing correspondence. I have an entire range of letters that I have become adept at drafting. Let’s see there is the networking letter, the Thank You letter from networking, the Thank You letter after an interview, the follow up letter when I haven’t heard anything after an interview and several variants in between. The one letter I do not have experience with to date is the letter of acceptance. That one could take a while.