My Resignation

My resignation for my current employment is effective today.  There is a mixture of emotions I am feeling but the overall feeling is happiness.  In the past year, I have gone to a total of five interviews.  While that number does not seem high, I was also a full-time student at Johns Hopkins University and worked 30 hours a week.  I can't even tell you how many times I've submitted my resume - hundreds, thousands, etc. times a day!

Previously, I was filled with doubt.  I felt that I wasn't marketable and my experience were obsolete.  I have made a promise to myself that if I am ever in the position of acquiring talent (HR) for a company, I will dutifully send a follow up to those who did not get the position they had interviewed for and the reason(s) why.  I feel that is only fair to those prospects struggling for employment.  Granted, that is what career services are for but in my opinion, I don't find them helpful.  Case-in-point: Hopkins' career services advise me that my resume wasn't detailed enough but I needed to keep my information down to one page.  Um, what?!

Networking, recruiting companies, match.com, e-harmony, what's the difference?  I am not afraid to admit that my first impression is assertive, bossy, whatever.  I don't judge people by their first impression and with the millennials who are tech savvy, is it fair to judge interviewees by their first impressions?  There are many articles stating that narcissistic individuals are the ones who interview well.  In my honest opinion, I prefer someone's work to speak for them.  I much rather have a quiet, awkward, hard-working, team-player who is incredibly smart than have a sociable show-off who does mediocre work.  #Team Underdog FTW.