Want to know what I have dealt with over the last 5 years? And these are just the facts; this isn’t even the crazy serious parts of what it all adds up to! But go ahead, enjoy this little math trivia blog.
· Over the last 5 years I have applied to 156 jobs
· That averages out to just over 31 jobs a year
· That averages out to 2.58 cover letters made, resumes uploaded, and references attached every month.
In that time:
- · 4.5-number of boxes of resume paper used
- 3-the number of boxes of letter length envelopes I've finished
- · 14-the number of states I’ve applied in
- · 2- the number of times I’ve been condescendingly lectured over the phone by human resource people for contacting departments directly
- · 1-the number of times I was personally told to contact a department directly by a very high ranking college official
- · 1, the number of times I was told by a mentor and college dean that a university needed me and my position like they needed a hole in the head
- · 12, the number of applications I have sent to Wake County Schools in Raleigh, North Carolina
- · 5, the amount of times I have been kicked off university job sites after an hour long application process because I don’t have a specific experience they were looking for.
- · Countless, the number of times I have had to upload a resume to a website and then had to fill-in my work experience in addition to the resume that ALREADY shows my work experience
- · Countless, the number of times I have prayed the same prayer and the number of times I have tried to twist it into something new even though it’s still the same.
- · 4, the number of professional interviews I have gone through…out of 152 job applications
- · 3, the number of times I can remember being told by strangers I waited on that I shouldn’t worry, God has something special planned for my life
- · 2, the number of times I’ve applied to my high school alma mater
- · Countless, the number of times I have been told it only takes 1 job…does it still count if it doesn’t come along until you are 80?
What does this all add up to??? If you figure it out let me know.
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