Sometime last week I was juggling nine different job opportunities, meaning that I was actually contacted and somewhere in the interview process for nine different positions.
Today I am down to six jobs and I can tell you that the deeper I get into these interviews the harder it is to manage them all! One job fell off simply because the hiring manager and I couldn’t stay connected, proving that eight really is enough! It was an interesting job, but for a major network and I have no experience in that industry, and the title was lower than my previous position, so I just had to let it go. Survival of the fittest!
So, what is still in play?
Active (odds of getting to next round in parenthesis)
1) Niche apparel company – L.A.
- HR phone screen – conducted 3/8
- Hiring manager is currently traveling (odds 90/10)
2) Construction materials – Denver
- HR phone screen – conducted 3/8
- Hiring manager is currently traveling (odds 65/35)
3) Women’s apparel and bath products – Ohio
- HR phone screen – conducted 3/13
- Hiring manager phone screen – pending (odds 90/10)
4) Major perfume/cosmetics/couture fashion house – NY/NJ
- HR phone screen – conducted 3/13
- Hiring manager phone interview – scheduled for 3/20
5 & 6) Apparel company (2 jobs) – Atlanta & Connecticut
- HR phone screen – conducted 3/8
- Job 1 = Hiring manager phone interview – conducted 3/16
- On-site interview to be coordinated – date TBD
- Job 2 = pending, HR manager balancing against outcome of job 1
Dead or presumed dead
1) Mystery company in Northeast
- Phone screen with recruiter. Not pursuing, agreed that job requirements weren’t matched closely enough
2) Hand-held device covers (start-up company) – Atlanta
- HR and hiring manager phone screens conducted.
- Interview with hiring manager was odd, didn’t get the feeling they had enough metrics and structure in place and he probably thought I was too “old school” in asking about that kind of stuff. I haven’t received an official rejection, but at this stage if I get called back it is obvious that I am considered second-string to them…. and “nobody puts Baby on the bench!”
3) Major network – Atlanta
- Never connected with hiring manager (swapping v-mails), job fell through cracks
