The poppies simply didn't align...

But I did get to do some "networking" with a VP in the industry, which I haven't done since I was "right-sized". (Hey, I'm looking at the bright side.)

On a serious note, things could have definitely gone worse. I put in my application with the builder a week and a half ago... Fast forward to yesterday, and the Northern California Regional Sales and Marketing VP leaving me a message on my voice mail asking for a call back....

As a result, last night I started my usual interview-prep homework. Printing out any and every article I could find on the company, researching the companies privately and publicly-held data, as well as their current status in the Nor Cal market. And the job description. Yes, a run through of the job description might be good...... But wait. Had I even read this? What is all this clerical/administrative crap? "Will administratively service marketing and sales staff as needed"? "Will answer phone calls from customers and answer questions that fall under scope of knowledge"?.......Flashback to an 18-year old me in a cramped, a/c-less cubicle, licking envelopes for some rehab facility's direct mail campaign... and I start to panic. "Sales and Marketing Coordinator" started to read as "Coordinator to the Sales and Marketing Departments"...

...You probably don't see much of a difference, do you? Um, switch out the word "coordinator" with the word "bitch" and you'll read it as I do.

Yeah, I've found that you can throw the word "marketing" at just about anything and get away with it. I triple-dog-dare you to scroll down one monster "marketing" job search listing page and NOT find a receptionist or administrative assistant position. Because we're all glorified secretaries right? ...Pardon my rant.

To wrap up this god-awfully-forsaken scattered pile of a post, the VP basically called to tell me that my experience didn't fall in line with what they were looking for. In other words, he felt that my talents would be put to waste. In fact, they weren't even sure they'd be hiring from the outside because they weren't sure this position merited the hiring of another full-time person.

And there we have it. Again, it could have been worse. Orange poppies or no orange poppies. I'm back at square one. With a little less faith in "signs".