Jul 26 2008
Job hunting for TheItalianVoice
In this period, I am again dealing with the constant thought of the job hunting.
It is really psychologically stressful, especially if you live in Italy and if you already changed your job some times, like I did for several unwilled reasons.
photo by abuigues
Here you never know what to expect from an interview; in fact, if you changed a lot of jobs, some recruiters may think:
1) that you are very adaptable and flexible and is obviously good;
2) that there is something wrong in you, so maybe you are a goof-off.
So what is the right behaviour to have? What to say exactly during the interview? How to introduce yourself and your working experiences?
I guess that in Italy nothing is ok when you talk about the job, never! If you say that you are flexible, they will think that you are not reliable; if you say that you want a steady job, they will surely end up looking for someone with a more modern mind.
I am also noticing a substantial difference about the job offers in my region, which is the Emilia-Romagna, and my future place, which will be in Piedmont. Maybe I am prejudiced, but it seems that here we have more varied job offers, in many more fields, while there they only offer positions in two or three fields…
Well, I do not mind. I know the job hunting is always hard, I guess everywhere, especially in this era, but I also know that it can be quite stirring in my situation, as I will have the chance to start all over again, choosing exactly who I would like to be and this opportunity comes only a few times in life or maybe only once.
I absolutely do not want to waste my time, I have so many ideas in my mind to explore just before and after my relocation to low Piedmont.
Now I only need a 10 days-vacation to Belgium with my parents (fortunately I was able to plan a little getaway this year, I will say good-bye later, as we will leave only on July 31st), then I will start to move the last things and to really think about my future in Novi Ligure.
Yay, it sounds very exciting!
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Great that you have time to get to Belgium…I am off there in September, going to stay in Brussels and going to the Grand Prix…what part of piedmont you going to be in??
@ Anne: I’ll visit the Flanders, but unfortunately (I guess) I won’t be able to visit Brussels. I’m going to move to low Piedmont, the city is called Novi Ligure, in the Southern province of Alessandria…it’s quite close to Liguria
Have a nice Sunday, kisses!!
Have a great time in Belgium Desi. Sorry we never got to meet in Florence. Perhaps we can set up another time when you swing thru here. Good Luck on the job hunt!
baci!
@ Katie: You don’t have to be sorry, my friend, because maybe we’ll be able to meet sooner than what we think, unfortunately my life changed a lot in these last days…but I’d be very happy to meet you!!!! So we’ll decide more later
Good luck to you too, ciao!