Being a Wendy Whiner May Cost You Big Time
Posted by Amanda Liimatainen in Recruitalicious, tags: interviews, jobs, Wendy Whiner
Looking for a new job? Landing interviews but not offers? Apparently, your resume has caught many peoples’ attention, so why aren’t you closing the deal and getting that offer you deserve?
Could be…….Negativity. When you talk yourself up by putting others down, it damages the perception others have of you.
Here’s a story about yours truly.
I had a job that I didn’t like anymore for a variety of reasons. One of the largest, was my direct manager. I was looking for a new job. I hadn’t interviewed in a couple of years. Let me rephrase that, I hadn’t been the one to sit in the candidate seat for a few years. I landed an interview at a good organization and was excited. I scheduled it for the end of the day so I didn’t have to skip out on work and planned to bring a suit along in the car and change on the way there. Oh, I had it all planned, right down to accepting the job offer they were surely going to extend.
The morning of the interview, my work cell phone rang. It was my father. He called to tell me that my older brother had died. Pause for a moment and let’s talk about what this post is NOT about. It is not about my loss; who, what, when, where or how. It’s about getting through an interview and remaining positive.
