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Monday, September 19, 2005

Tomorrow's the Day

Tomorrow I have my last try on my last exam in order to get my master's. Therefore, tomorrow will be the BIG DAY ! (hopefully not the BIG SHIT day). Needless to say, I have done all I could for it to be the BIG DAY. I will know the result within the next 14 hours.

Surprisingly, I am not nervous, - just a little bit. I guess what makes me calm is that I have done all I could, and now it's just a question of drawing the right question, and playing a successful game with teachers tomorrow morning.

Regardless of the outcome, I will spend the rest of this week's evenings in pubs with friends :). Either celebrating or trying to forget. If you're around in Prague, make sure to give me a call at +420 728 934 383, and come join the party !

Same day, right after my exam I have another job interview, with a very successful czech startup company, where I'm applying for a project manager.

If all goes well, I might have a good job offer sometimes next week.
And yeah, the degree will help too !! :)

Pray with me ! (yes, even if you're an atheist !!)

Ludek

Wednesday, September 14, 2005

Notes on jobhunting

Time has come to look for a new job. I have contacted a bunch of HR agencies, as well as I submitted CV to quite a few companies. Day by day new calls keep coming on my mobile and I schedule my interviews.

Many people are afraid of interviews on HR agencies, and to tell the truth I expected something more challenging too. The fact is - the better you present yourself and the more excited "consultant", the better chances are he'll/she'll find an adequate job for you. In any case it's just a play and I know I depend on how good the "consultant" is. So I rather started contacting companies directly.

The good thing about it, is that HR agencies interviews are a good test. You learn what people ask about your CV, where to add more bolstering, what they don't understand, what to highlight to the HR managers later on.

Today I had a first "real" interview at T-Mobile. After series of tests I had with the agencies I was really relaxed and took it rather as fun. And the interview really went well, - mainly because of that. Good feeling. Well, actually it's been a suprising feeling. I don't feel the job is good enough for me !! ;-) Something to think about in the next days. I would like to try more offers, and perhaps try a more creative job, or something where I will be more in contact with different people. The T-Mobile job is a good one though, good company, good starting salary, but ..... not too exciting or anything.

Right now I am thinking - I should really try some high-fly jobs in the coming days - if not anything else, then just for the sake of trying it. I might not get it, but there are chances that it could work. What a different start to my post-AIESEC life would that be ?

In any case, today was a good day, now I know I can get a really good job. Well till the next week :). Now it's high time to open my books and work on preparing myself for the last exam on tuesday 20th. Pray with me !! ;-) I may soon be a Master !

Cheers

 
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