Dear New & Returning Readers,
Helloooooo, everyone! Welcome back to my blog! As you know I only blog when I feel inspired and hopefully feel that I have some wisdom or tips to impart. I love helping people and that will never end. Several people have encouraged me saying I should really charge for my services and insider knowledge. Seeing that I gained all this wisdom via experience or by reading, I can’t imagine why anyone would pay for what I consider free advice…
In the future (like 20 years from now), I may send out a survey to see if there are services you feel aren’t fitting your needs as an executive assistant, admin person, job hunter, college graduate, young professional, business owner, executive, CEO, or anything else you can imagine to see what type of help people crave. OR if you want to EMAIL me why you would PAY to hire someone like me, I'd love to hear your thoughts. Are you looking for networking advice, job hunting advice, resume services, interview prep, career navigation, LinkedIn self branding, or getting mentored about career/life? And what sort of online content you would pay for?
In the past I had been approached for various consulting gigs, which I’ve all turned down for one reason or another, despite how lucrative they were. In the end, I know running a small business is a lot more work than people initially realize and my interests lie in helping CEOs/Owners run and maximize their business. Being a business owner is not the path that I wanted to take and that’s okay!
So today I’m answering a reader’s question via my love of helping others! Today's reader asks the below.
"Today I had an interview and just as I arrived, I got really sick and wasn’t feeling well at all. I don’t know if I ate something bad or just had some sort of reaction. I seemed okay if you saw me. However, I could definitely tell something was really wrong. The interview went less than ideal, it may have been my worst interview ever. This was not my #1 dream job if that helps. During the interview the guy asked me if I was okay as I seemed to be in visible pain and extremely agitated. I didn’t want to bring up something negative in case it sounded like an excuse so I gave profuse apologies that it wasn’t my intention at all. I mentioned I was having a bad day and rarely react the way he described. I didn’t want to go into a long explanation because it’s embarrassing. So I minimized it so he would know this was a rare occurrence and the interview continued. We both agreed the role was not a great fit for me because it wasn’t the right type of tasks and responsibilities so we concluded the meeting after about an hour. Afterward, I sent a thank you card and explained my behavior. I sincerely apologized. I wrote I felt really ill from a bad reaction while stating it would not happen again. I explained I knew I could attend the meeting or reschedule. However, I wanted to keep our commitment because it’s important to me to overcome obstacles and stick to a promise I made and to deliver. What you would have done if you were in my situation?"
