After a few weeks I finally landed my first recruiter call. I was so excited ! . It was for a position in marketing. We had an appointment for 3:00 p . m . , and I sat in front of my of phone, in a collared shirt (for some reason), and waited for the recruiters call.

I didn’t hear my phone ring at 3:00, so I waited. 3:05 still no ringing. 3:10 rolls around and I flip my phone over. Two missed calls. I had my Sri Lanka kvinnor phone on silent!

I panicked and immediately called the numbers I had missed. The recruiter picked up and I could hear the disappointment in her voice. She speaks to hundreds of qualified candidates and here’s me calling in late. The conversation went quick, the recruiter was still very nice and informative but I could tell I wasn’t impressing anyone.

I received a job offer! It wasn’t my first choice, but I needed experience and I was willing to sacrifice my passion for that experience. They said , if I did accept, I would need to start within two weeks.

During that same week, I received another meeting invite from a different Esri recruiter for Esri’s support services. At this point, I hadn’t officially accepted the job offer and was thinking to decline the Esri meeting, but something inside told me to just show up. (more…)