I Dare You to Drink the Vinegar

My latest job interview on Wednesday was quite possibly the worst job interview experience that I have ever had. I felt exhausted, was running and late and did not have time to eat or drink anything before going in. I did not realize that I would be facing a panel of 4 people. The panel interview is quite possibly the most intimidating type of interview; nothing is scarier than 4 people that you do or don't know asking you questions that you can see they are scoring you on. The types of questions that were being asked were completely reasonable. However, I had not engaged in any preparation which I now see was a huge mistake.  I have long been on a kick of just winging it and letting the cards fall where they may, with limited success. Brainstorming possible questions that would be asked and how I would respond to them would have been very advantageous. As I write this now I also realize that presenting myself as having prepared responses would have been a good characteristic to pr...

I received a call from Vancouver Coastal Health recruitment yesterday requesting I come in for an interview for the Tertiary Mental health unit staff nurse position I applied for a couple weeks ago. With this interview comes a great sense of relief at the possibility that I will only have to go back to work at Detox for four weeks when I return from my maternity leave in January. It's amazing how work actually effects me even when I'm not at work. I'm greatly enjoying this time off from Detox. I was not really thinking about work at all until a coworker who is temporarily filling in my line facebook messaged me to ask when I'm retuning to work (I guess she was under the impression that I was taking the entire year of leave and thus that she would have a temporary full-time line for an entire year). This was a reminder of the deep anxiety that I constantly feel at work. This in turn triggered some anxiety about actually returning to work in a place that I find detrimenta...

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