My first job interview tomorrow!

[elle13 15]

After 3 weeks of sending out resumes, I have my first job interview tomorrow! Was starting to think I wouldn't get anything with my UK degree and experience.

Only you lovely people here would understand how it feels to be a foreigner who left a great job in her home country and is trying to land that first job in the US.

[Mufmer 24]

After 3 weeks of sending out resumes, I have my first job interview tomorrow! Was starting to think I wouldn't get anything with my UK degree and experience.

Only you lovely people here would understand how it feels to be a foreigner who left a great job in her home country and is trying to land that first job in the US.

BEST OF LUCK...

[Cathi 5,747]

After 3 weeks of sending out resumes, I have my first job interview tomorrow! Was starting to think I wouldn't get anything with my UK degree and experience.

Only you lovely people here would understand how it feels to be a foreigner who left a great job in her home country and is trying to land that first job in the US.

congrats, interviews and work are hard to come by here. But just fyi, 3 weeks is not a long time. It took my husband 4 months to get an interview, he has a degree in computer engineering with years of experience in his country, his interview was at walmart, he got a job loading trucks, hurt his back on the job and workers comp denied it. He took walmart to court and won, but only after they forced him into an unpaid leave of absence for 8 weeks. Judge ordered workers comp to pay his back pay(only 60% minus the 20% he had to fork over to an attorney) and his medical bills, and ordered them to put him back to work light duty. A week after returning to work they fired him. So now he is in the middle of a wrongful termination suit.

He just started working in his field as an intern 3 weeks ago, the low man on the totem pole. He is happy to be working and getting experience here, and he really loves his new job, but it isn't even close to what he was doing in Jordan. Getting your foot in the door in your field of expertise here is no small feat.

Best of luck. Don't get discouraged if you don't get the job(I pray that you do), my husband was depressed when he wasn't getting any bites. I just kept encouraging him to send his resume, he sent it to literally hundreds of companies and things are finally looking up after being here almost a year.

[elle13 15]

Thank you! I know 3 weeks is not long and I am very grateful to hear back after sending out many resumes. I really pray I get it. Will report back

[dwinge 34]

Best wishes !!!!!

[highlander08 9]

Good luck, you get what you focus on in this life.... if you focus on not getting any work you wont. !!! what you think about you bring about... just look at your life situation and compare it to your predominant thoughts...!!!
Whether you think you can, or that you cant, either way you are right. watch the documentary, you can get a used copy on amazon for a few dollars now... The Secret. www.thesecret.tv every day for 5 - 10 minutes close your eyes and see yourself doing what you want for a job or vacation, whatever.. just believe you are worthy and deserving and god will find a way to get it to you. as long as you don't put limitations on how it can happen... its like daydreaming but you create what you want to see happen in your life....

Edited August 26, 2013 by highlander08

[Laura. 90]

Good luck

[LucidSofia 59]

That's great, good luckl!!!

[elle13 15]

Well that's done. The interview went on for 1.5 hours in total! Just happy to have an interview experience and now waiting to hear. They agreed to my expected salary which made me wonder if I lowballed too much should have asked for more.

[elle13 15]

congrats, interviews and work are hard to come by here. But just fyi, 3 weeks is not a long time. It took my husband 4 months to get an interview, he has a degree in computer engineering with years of experience in his country, his interview was at walmart, he got a job loading trucks, hurt his back on the job and workers comp denied it. He took walmart to court and won, but only after they forced him into an unpaid leave of absence for 8 weeks. Judge ordered workers comp to pay his back pay(only 60% minus the 20% he had to fork over to an attorney) and his medical bills, and ordered them to put him back to work light duty. A week after returning to work they fired him. So now he is in the middle of a wrongful termination suit.

He just started working in his field as an intern 3 weeks ago, the low man on the totem pole. He is happy to be working and getting experience here, and he really loves his new job, but it isn't even close to what he was doing in Jordan. Getting your foot in the door in your field of expertise here is no small feat.

Best of luck. Don't get discouraged if you don't get the job(I pray that you do), my husband was depressed when he wasn't getting any bites. I just kept encouraging him to send his resume, he sent it to literally hundreds of companies and things are finally looking up after being here almost a year.

Thanks for your well wishes. Sorry to hear about your husband's situation. Yes definitely don't give up on applying. I'm going to keep applying until I find something!

[binky 0]

let us know when you hear back!

[atenea26 5]

Congratulations on your interview! I'm moving on October 20 and I am very stressed already trying to put together my job search. Hopefully it won't take too long either to get a call from somewhere

[elle13 15]

Well as a post-interview update, I got a call from the hiring manager saying they're still interested and that I am still in the running for the position but they need a few more days to work out the details.

In summary: I'll need to wait and see

[TBoneTX 45,273]

Fingers crossed!

[agnesb 47]

Well as a post-interview update, I got a call from the hiring manager saying they're still interested and that I am still in the running for the position but they need a few more days to work out the details.

In summary: I'll need to wait and see

Good luck! Thats good news :-)