I don't mean to go all old-school with the Aaliyah lyrics, but it's true! Unfortunately, that fabulous job I landed a few months ago ended. The company decided to close down and re-evaluate its business plan. Back to the drawing board.
The weekend before that happened I had made a spontaneous weekend trip to New York City to visit friends, fall head over heels, have some fun, go to a fashion show and not be a tourist. You know, the usual. It was an amazing weekend that deserves its own post at some point. Being in NYC on 9-11 and going to Ground Zero on the actual day was one of the most moving, eeriest feelings I had felt in a while. God Bless.
Was it a blessing in disguise or mere coincidence that I came back from my dream city to no job? Was this a sign that NYC is next in the cards for me? Well, last week I ventured back out to NYC for an interview! Now, before anyone gets too exicted, I didn't get the job but it was an incredible experience. Here's the breakdown of the application process that lets me know that I'm getting closer and closer to landing a job:
600 applicants, 150 phone interviews, 30 selected for group interviews, 8 selected for individual interviews with the potential of selecting all 8 for the job.
Well, I made it to that 30 breaking point, which I thought is pretty great! There were 16 in my group interview and I thought I was solid, positive, enthusiastic and knowledgable. Unfortunately, I didn't get to check out my competition in the second group. But, just landing a job in NYC was like no other feeling. Those nerves and emotions that were stirred up in me have given me more fuel for the fire!
The whole experience felt like I was on a segment of Donald Trump's show or The Apprentice. The group interview experience wasn't as intimidating as I expected. The company spent an hour and a half going over the company and the position. Then they had each of us go around for three minute candidate speeches and one minute passion speeches. We also broke up into small groups and decided what would make a great market to open up a segment of the company in. They then walked us out individually and that was it! Just had to wait for the phone call that night to see if you were selected to individually interview the next day.
Besides not landing a second interview with the company (Thank God for good friends in the city) , I had another amazing weekend in New York City with music concerts, another fabulous, VIP club experience, and much more.
I'm still searching for jobs in Tampa. My family is here so I'm not writing off Tampa and would love to stay here. But, I'm focusing a good amount of energy on searching and applying for jobs in New York City. When I'm there it just feels right. Words can't describe it. I'm at a point in my life where nothing is tying me down and I'm able to go and do whatever I want to so I want to give NYC a shot and see how I do.
Who knows ... the new title for this blog may be something like "Little Girl. Big City," "New in New York," or "Empire State of Dreams." ... or some play off of some of those. :-)
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