bitful

I went for an interview last week and I was offered the job yesterday afternoon: I am probably going to be working just a few desks away from where I sit now, but I will take on a different role, and this is something that I have been after for a couple of months now.

I failed to get this job during a first round of recruitment (I sucked; the woman they hired dazzled). The disappointment was great and it was not easy to pick myself up, but when I heard that one additional similar position had been created and was going to be advertised for, I did everything that I could think of to get it.

I hardly left the flat after work. I scoured the web for literature both on interviewing techniques, and on the specific subject matter I was going to be tested on. I spent late nights and especially early morning before work just reading, taking notes, summarising and memorising lists, key points, personal achievements and sector trends. I switched treadmills for trade journals and listened to industry-related podcasts on the way to work. I was very focused.

I am dead chuffed and dead tired now. The fact that after years of contracting I will be an employee again (albeit on a six-month contract) feel like an achievement, and this is odd when you consider that I am going to take home less money at the end of the month. However, I will hopefully benefit from basic rights such as holiday entitlement and sick pay which so far I had to provide for myself and that have been taking a big chunk out of my current contracting rates.

Now I can't wait to go to work today to check that it was not just a dream.

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