A Break in the Cycle

I scored a job interview on Thursday with a pretty well-known vocational school for a position as an Enrollment Recruiter. I had an orientation to go to on Tuesday first, which I was told a "few" other people would be attending, just to get a feel for what the position would be like. The "few" turned out to be 52. And I turned out to be the youngest in attendance.

First thing's first, they asked everyone to get up, introduce themselves, and give a "one minute" explanation as to why they would be a good fit for this school. I had the pleasure of being the last person in the room to go. (What HADN'T been said?) ...It didn't help that I was literally one of two people without any prior HR or recruiting/enrollment experience.

So I had it set up in my head. You know... The clearly defined bullet points of why I'm the perfect candidate. And I'm sure you know how that story ends.

But I must have done something right.

...In addition to my inexperience and my flubbed-up one-minute first impression, I was surprised to get a call back because out of those 52 hopefuls, they were only planning to hire 4. That would give me a 7.7% chance of actually landing this gig. ...I don't quite know how many people got the call back, so I don't know where my percentage stands now, but I'm told it should have increased. You know, slightly.

So I'm off to fill out the ten essay questions my interviewer sent my way and would like me to have completed before Thursday. All past situational-type customer service experience questions. Good times.

Keep your toes crossed.