Day Six: Progress

I never thought I'd be doing this again this week. I thought I'd be back to ironic jibes at the unemployment situation and sharing anecdotes about funny things that happened in my life as an unemployed bum. I had hoped to be in work, or at least have a clearer picture about the situation I was going to find myself in.

The reality is somewhat diverse.

Let me explain. I initially made my 'zero hour' a 'zero week' and then a 'zero fortnight'; in the week I expected to hear back from three applications, I heard back form one, so elongated the deadline to see if the dregs would slip out if I waited a little longer.

So here we are on day six. Really, the action started happening on mid-week last week when I decided that waiting just wasn't exciting and I emailed one of my contacts to see if I could bump start something into happening. This was successful and we scheduled in a meeting that happened earlier today.

Then on day five I eventually heard back from one of the three jobs (in the negative, but at least I heard) and then yesterday (yes, Sunday) I was asked to apply for a job with a company that I thought had forgotten me and erased all traces of my CV and cover letter from the known universe.

Things are certainly on the up and the meeting I had this morning made me a very busy girl indeed. I have three projects to work on; they're things of my own invention that are in various stages of completion, but after speaking to someone 'in the industry' I have a direction, some targets, and it finally feels like I'm getting somewhere with it all.

So I still may not have heard from the two other jobs I've applied for, but I have a potential job, and a very large potential opportunity on the horizon that I never even considered last week. It's not so much that good things come to those who wait, but good things come to those who don't give up.

Day six is proving to be a vintage...