The Beginning.

"No one's interested in something you didn't do." A quote from one of my favorite Canadian bands, the Tragically Hip. An interesting, yet very true postulate. Who really cares what you could've done, or what you should've done or even what you can and will do until it's actually done. This currently describes how I feel about my current situation.

I am 24 years old, and while studying for my GMAT exam (with hopes to get a fantastic education and an incredible job, as advertised by many institutions...we'll get to that later), I'm currently unemployed. I quit my fairly well paying job a bit over 3 months ago, thinking it was going to be an easy transition into something I enjoyed a lot more. As some would say, I had a perfect job. I worked great hours, had a decent salary with incentives, and had December and January off, paid. The latter may not seem incredibly important, however, when you live in Winnipeg, Manitoba, and you have the chance to leave for two months in the winter, you thank God and get out of there ASAP. The issue was I got complacent. I came in every day to work, tried my hardest, and was successful, but I reached a point where I simply wasn't learning anything new. It was that time I knew I had to get out and reach the next stage in my life.

I'm starting this blog for a number of reasons. I've now spoken to a few different people about this process, and find that I'm learning more and more about the politics in career hunting than I ever thought I would. Some of these things, I felt it would be nice to share. Secondly, I'm a standard recent grad, with a little bit of experience and a good amount of drive. I've read numerous accounts of people pulling amazing stunts to get their ideal job (stalking CEO's for one), but none that I could relate to. I will be talking about the things that I will go through, while trying to find my ideal job. The things that don't go on a resume, or application or cover letter, however, are probably much more of a mental and emotional test than I've had in a while.

Will you like it? I don't know. Can't answer that. I can't promise it will always be well written, or even coherent in some parts (pending on how tired I am). But hopefully some of you will be able to relate (if someone actually reads this). Hopefully it will spark conversations and arguments that will be written about...(see next post). And if no one reads this, then at least I have my own diary of this experience.

Rob Baral