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I switched my work organization😉

First of all thank you for coming here to read my blogs. I haven't posted for a long time now and believe I will be more consistent going forward.

 I joined a new organization 2 days back and it feels like the best decision I have taken in a while. I believe we must all keep looking for growth in all aspects of life. Be it career or health or emotional growth.
Sometimes you get stuck in a loop of doing things and no matter how much you work hard you are never appreciated or more problems arise. A similar situation happened to me in life where I felt no amount of work is getting me out of this loop. 
I had some really crappy work surrounded by tough people to handle. When I decided to switch my job for monetary and other reasons it was very hard to get any interview calls. 
The key here is to keep believing. I never believed because market is bad and stuff but my husband kept constantly applying to jobs on my behalf.
I had some mental breakdowns due to the work wherein I heavily applied for jobs one week and next week I just crash on my couch.

Whenever I met my friends I asked them for referrals and also checked in with whoever I knew for job opportunities. I started getting calls only in January (I was searching almost 4-5 months back😬). I got rejected in few interviews and few people literally ghosted after taking interviews. I attended a interview in the mid week of January in the organization I joined.
It was 2 weeks and I dint receive any information from them. I was depressed thinking I will be stuck here forever. But one fine morning of Jan 29 I decided to get out of the house to nearby coffee shop with free wifi. I started applying to jobs again. It was afternoon and I decided to go back home for lunch and some pending office work.
I received a call from HR saying I got the job. I was soo excited. This call was soo magically because I got it on the same day I started believing and stepped out again to apply.

Next thing I know they call me back telling the interview they took was not valid as the platform they used was not approved. They immediately asked me to attend one more round.
I freaked out. I managed to do it but little did I realize this was just for formality and they had already sent the offer letter once the call started. Only after the call was over I checked my mail because my husband was constantly calling (He logged into my account for applying to jobs and was receiving my mails ever since😑 His way of making sure I don't miss out any calls when I have those mental breakdowns wherein I quit job portals search and mail reading for a while). 

I also learnt very important lessons from my rejected interviews. I was not fully prepared for the questions they asked, In some interviews I was too nervous I blabbered few details on my work exp and this went into a loop of questions where I got stuck, some interviews I dint give optimized solutions to problems they asked. 

Takeaway:

  • Never stay in an un-appreciated place.
  • Always stay where you feel valuable.
  • Always learn and upskill yourself, I missed out many opportunities as I decided to go only for a specific language related to mobile app development. If I had put in some time to explore the other language I wouldn't have to wait this long for a successful interview. I'm still adamant about it but have decided to be more flexible.
  • Learning only 1 solution to a problem was a mistake and I lost an opportunity because I dint provide an optimized solution.

All the best if your looking for a job change. But if your already happy in the job, never stop learning💖

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