Things have been quiet on the life front as of late. My life has really consisted of the usual things. Wake up, Work out, Work, Cook, Eat, Sleep. Rinse Repeat. Add in some fun random times with Heidi and that is pretty much my life right now. But this is really the calm before the storm (couple of big weeks coming up with Valentines Day and Aviation Geek Fest over the next two weekends).
One thing that has surprised me this week has been the process of looking for a new job (yes my time at DUA is coming to and end, that is a story for when I finish up, not after). I haven’t been through a proper interview process since before my time at Sunlover, well over 10 years ago. I haven’t even really updated my resume since I started the process for working over here in the USA, and even that was the first time I had done it since I started at Sunlover. This whole process is new for me. Thankfully I have some help.
I have David helping me out with interview tactics, resume preparation etc coming from his perspective as a Career Counselor. Something he does all the time, on a day to day basis. Then I have Heidi helping me from her teachers perspective, which to be honest can sometimes put me on the defensive when I shouldn’t be. She is trying to teach me speak American and also helping me to translate my resume from Australian English to American English. This isn’t an easy process for Heidi as I am a stubborn person at times, really stubborn.
But either way it is a long road ahead of me. As I play the waiting game with the USCIS (anything involving an immigration process is heavily spent waiting, lots and lots of waiting) I have time to prepare all the things that I had taken for granted back home. One thing that caused me to have a bit of a meltdown with Heidi yesterday was all over a folder for my resume. Over here that would be called a Portfolio but the folders I wanted don’t exist over here and by the time I had conceded and gone with Heidi’s suggestion, I then realized nothing would work over here because the folders are all the wrong size. Why can’t the USA use proper paper sizing!
It will be an interesting couple of months as I work towards getting a new job and earning some money. It is a time to decide whether I stay with the career I have or the kind of jobs I have stuck with over the last 10 years, or do I go for something different. Time will tell!