When it rains, it pours

Life is strange isn’t it?  It can take 18 months of applying for jobs, sending out your CV, and painstakingly writing cover letters, and then all of a sudden everyone is interested in you at once. 

Yesterday I was expecting to hear about the job I was interviewed for last week, but instead I received a call from a recruitment company specialising in temp jobs which I sent my CV to about three weeks ago.  The recruitment lady wanted to know if I was interested in a temporary position which begins on Wednesday.

Because I still hadn’t heard from the other job, I was reluctant to agree to take the temp job.  It seemed foolish to accept a two week long job when it might jeopardise my chance of getting a permanent full-time position.  Instead, I agreed to contact the people who had interviewed me and ask whether they had made a decision, and if I was not the preferred applicant I could contact the recruitment lady and we could arrange a temporary job.

I’ve had no job offers for a year and a half, and then all of a sudden I have two potential jobs.  Based on my experience of just about everything in life, it is either all or nothing.  A flood or a drought.  When it rains, it pours.  Look at Japan for example, they’ve been living safely for year after year, then all of a sudden they get not one, but three disasters all at once.

Obviously, having two potential job offers is nowhere near as catastrophic as what is happening in Japan at the moment; but to me, after a year and a half of rejection, to have two companies interested in me at the same time does feel like it should be on the six o clock news.

UPDATE

I’ve just received an email from the company I had the interview with last week to inform me that they have offered the position to someone else.  I called the recruitment company back to let them know I’m officially available for any temporary jobs, and I’ve got an appointment to visit them on Thursday to find a suitable temp position for me.  Apparently, after talking to me yesterday, the recruitment lady thought I would be more suitable for some other jobs she has coming up soon which are more relevant to my degree and what I want to do.  Some windows might have closed, but I think a door just opened.