Editor’s Note: Sorry for the interruption folks, but it has come to my attention that, in trying to make my blog as readily available on the internet as possible via search engines such as Google,  the availability has invited a plethora of site-spamming bots that have begun to leave hundreds of inappropriate comments and advertisements on my earlier blogs. Neither myself nor the Achievement Center’s for Children endorse these ads, so please do not click on them if you can avoid it!

Also, a quick retraction from my last blog; I recently was under the impression that Microsoft’s new motion-controller for the XBOX360 game console would be capable of reading sign-language. Unfortunately my sources were inaccurate in saying so, and I just wanted to clarify any confusion! 

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Hello everybody—welcome to week 10!

This week I am in the process of waiting for a callback from the Rehabilitation Services Commission, where I have submitted an application for a position. My counselor told me I was very qualified for this position and she thought I’d score an interview easily, but then I found out there were 95 other applicants as well, but only 38 positions to give out! I have never really been in this situation before, and let me tell you—the waiting game stinks!

While I am in the middle of the job-seeking process, this experience is kind of strange for me because I am so used to having control over my own life. In school, you are able to complete the assignments you are given and get feedback in a quick and timely fashion. When it comes to job-seeking, however, you do not necessarily know what the employer is looking for from you. All you can do is submit your resume and pray, basically. One variable that, regardless of how well-qualified you are, you cannot account for is how qualified the other applicants may be. Since you don’t necessarily get to meet these people, it adds to the curiosity of the situation.  

One way that I am dealing with the stress of waiting is searching continually for new job opportunities, thus allowing me to focus on possibilities rather than focusing on getting one specific job.  

Here’s one thing I learned this week- being a person with a disability or being an able bodied person is no different when it comes to waiting to find out if you are going to get an interview- it’s hard! Hopefully I’ll have lots of news (good news, fingers crossed) for you all next week…so in the meantime, why don’t you all share with me how you pass the time in situations like this!