finally posting this :]
image id under the cut!
[ID: A screenshotted poem. The poem reads:
i will stay.
i will dig my feet into the soft dirt
and weather all that's thrown against me.
i will hold tight to my life and soul and heart
and build my new body out of clay
i will not falter. i will not lose.
i will stay.
life will be mine again
i will nurture this hatched chick of hope,
until it sings me a soft lullaby
so i can sleep well again.
and i will shelter my bruised and beaten heart
until it beats, proudly, again,
and again and again and again.
i will stand strong despite it all.
i will stand strong to spite it all.
i will live till i love to live,
and stay living until i actually, finally, want to stay.
i will make my life worth living.
like finding dandelions in the cracks of pavement,
and making stories in the stars.
and i will indulge in the act of creation,
like turning soft wheat into sweet bread,
and rain into river into mud,
and this body of mine
into love.
all of this to say, i will live.
i will live for my past self, who never imagined she'd get this far,
i will live for my future self, who loves what he's become,
and i will stay living for every self who almost didn't.
i will live.
and i will stay.
i will make my new body
out of clay.
/End ID]
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A couple job interview hacks from someone who has to give a job interview every single goddamn day: (disclaimer: this goes for my process and my company’s process, other companies and industries might be different)
1. There are a few things I check and a few questions I ask literally just to figure out if you can play the game and get along with others in a professional setting. Part of the job I interview for is talking to people, and we work in teams. So if you can’t “play the game” a tiny bit, it’s not going to work. Playing the game includes:
- Why do you want to work here? (just prove that you googled the company, tell me like 1 thing about us, I just want to know that you did SOME kind of preparation for this interview)
- Are you wearing professional clothing? I don’t need a suit just don’t show up in a ratty t-shirt and sweatpants.
- Are you able to speak respectfully and without dropping f-bombs all the time? Not because I’m offended but because I don’t want to be reported to HR if you wind up on my team.
- Can you follow simple directions in an interview?
2. Stop telling me protected information. I don’t want to know about what drugs or medications you’re on, I don’t want to know about you being sick, I don’t want to know if you’re planning to have children soon, I don’t want to know anything about your personal life other than “can you do the job?”
3. When we ask, “What questions do you have for me?” here are my favorites I’ve heard:
- What does the day-to-day look like for a member of your team?
- If one of your team members was not performing up to his usual standard, what steps would you take to correct that?
- What can I start doing now to accelerate my learning process in this job?
- What are some reservations you have about me as a candidate? (be ready for this emotionally....it will REALLY help you in the future, and I’ve had people save themselves from a No after this, but can be hard to hear)
- In your opinion, what skills and qualities does the ideal candidate for this job possess?
- What advice would you give to a new hire in this position/someone who wanted to break into this industry, as someone who has worked here for a while?
Those are just my tips off-the-cuff. I work in sales in marketing/SAAS, so these can be very different depending on the industry, but I wish the people I interview could read this before they show up.
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