Yes it is true what they say, “job interviews are like first dates minus the cocktails”.

Well it’s mostly true. Your stomach is doing backflips all morning, you apply your eyeliner with such precision even Michelangelo would have been proud. Your collar won’t sit straight and you’ve managed to button your shirt wrong at least 3 times. Your “about me”* is rolling off your tongue and you are nervous as hell. 

It’s been a long time since I’ve had to put myself back out there and look for a “real job”. Surviving from random sporadic acting gigs is just not going to cut it anymore.  So here I am again back at square one, searching through job sites like an addict begging for their next fix (constantly and desperately). Sending out countless emails, anxiously awaiting phone calls and almost but not quite desperate enough to take job offers that are 10k less than what I need to live on.

My eyes are sore from the never-ending application forms and I’m starting to feel completely rejected and deflated. The same way I feel when a guy doesn’t call. I turn my phone on loud + vibrate; I even give them their own special ring and text tone (so I don’t get excited when any other ordinary person calls). Yet still nothing. What did I do wrong? What did I say? Every single possible “mistake” is running through my mind until I reach the ultimate conclusion I must be too ugly/fat/boring or something pertaining to the aforementioned.

In reality or the job world, it’s not you it’s your resume.

I had the distinct pleasure to interview for an amazing designer last week and although I know I have absolutely no hope in the world of getting the job, I’m still happy to know I am now on their radar. One day I will have enough experience and I will be back in that show room amongst the gorgeous collections breathing in the sweet scent of leather and laughing at my poor young self.

It’s a tough business life; you’ve got to be resilient.

About Me – Generally asked at the beginning of most interviews, after you’ve just got yourself comfortable and are starting to feel at ease you’ve got to get right back on your toes. Basically you are expected to blow a little smoke up your own ass but without being too cocky.