I need a verbal/written hug

[moolooman]

It has been one week of , and last night I got the email.
Someone tell me I'm a good guy. RB, you're online, you can start.

[Richard_BenoitEnglipedia Drone]

Well... I just don't know what to say guy...

Mainly because I don't know what the MEXT you are talking about!

And as far as I can note, you are still walking in a winter wonderland... so it can't be that bad, can it?

[moolooman]

MEXT me. You're right.
I got to the last four of my dream job, again, and it didn't come through. Again.

[Otaku]

Michael Jordon got cut from his high school basketball team.

The owner of Englipedia (me) got rejected from two previous ALT jobs, despite me knowing more about the job than all the other ALTs in the BoEs put together.

It just goes to show great people (toot! toot!) are often not seen. But, you can't hide a diamond forever. It shines too bright!

You just got to keep telling yourself everything happens for a reason and ride the rollercoaster until the sunshine comes again.

[jeisensei]

Mooloo, you kick ass and you know it. Don't let stupid people get you down. If you let them get you down they will step all over you just for fun.

[Paul]

[moolooman]

Cheers guys. Jei, they aren't actually stupid people this time. They didn't quite see my way this time.

[jeisensei]

Cheers guys. Jei, they aren't actually stupid people this time. They didn't quite see my way this time.

Now now. You know that if people don't see things your way they are stupid. (Well, that is what I try to tell myself when I am feeling down about something like this...it makes me feel a little better in the end.)

[peet]

Their loss.

I've also had my fair share of professional rejection.

Interviewing can be a total crapshoot sometimes. Unless you have a skilled interviewer, they inevitably measure your ability to bullshit or make any kind of impression as much as, if not more than measuring your professional abilities.

[azuhlLt.]

Everything happens for raisins. I had a really nice job I was looking at, I think I did quite well in the interview and was there 30 mins before the event. My Japanese isn't fantastic, but I managed alright. As I left, there was another ALT going for the same job, I wished him luck and he just grunted. Twat. I think he got the job too. I would have taken care of the kids as well as taught them, it was a smaller community BOE. Ultimately, they said I didn't have the experience, which is fair enough, but I was quite honestly, perfect for the job (imo).

What I'm driving at, with this self-absorbed anecdote, is that no matter how good you are for a job, ANY one thing can make the interviews change their minds...even your shoes. Either way, keep trying and they will see how much you want it and are driving for it. You seem like a nice guy with bags of humour, use that humour now and glide over this issue, don't feel down, don't feel bad, and don't ask what you might have done wrong. Just smile and wait another year, you'll be fine.

EDIT: Popped my Oxford comma in.

[Jeimuzu]

Ha ha ha... loser.

Oh wait!!! That's not right.

I feel your pain, I've missed out on a couple of dream jobs in the past. It can be a bit of a gut punch but hang in there and keep on fighting.