I started this new year off completely optimistic. I was fully convinced that 2023, was going to be my best year yet. I had done the groundwork to achieve my goals and I felt that it was finally about to pay off. I got my Maryland real estate license and I ended the previous year being signed to a new brokerage. I was excited to get back into real estate and make more of an effort than I did in the past. I was interested in joining networking groups and meeting new people; I even brainstormed ideas to use social media to my advantage.
The main reason I was excited about the new year was because of the job I was getting. Or so I thought. Last year, I searched for a job in social media and I didn’t quite find any positions or companies that caught my eye. After months of doing random searches, I found the perfect company. This company was in the field I wanted, their mission aligned with my morals, and the job description made me an ideal candidate. This job was almost too good to be true, and it was; because they weren’t currently hiring for any positions.
A couple of months went by and I received an email from them stating that they were currently hiring, and they wanted to know if I was still interested in the position. I met with their operations person and she said I was a good fit for the position. I then met with the talent manager that I would be working under and we had a great conversation; and she also agreed that I was perfect for the position. The next step was to meet with the person I was replacing, but that never ended up happening. I was told that I would hear back from them in the second week of the new year.
Those first two weeks went by and I hadn’t heard anything back. After the third week, I decided to reach back out and express that I was still interested in the position and excited to meet whenever it fit in with their busy schedule; but I never heard anything back. I was ghosted by my dream company! It made me sad to think that they would do something so unprofessional, so I decided to reach back out to the operations person I previously met with. I stated that I understand that they may have decided to go in a different direction and that I would like to be considered for future positions; and I again, never heard back. It was a dagger to my ego because I took it so personally. I would’ve rather been rejected than ghosted.
This situation left me feeling sad and unwanted and it took me a couple of weeks to get out of the funk it had put me in. I’m a strong believer in “what is meant to be will be” and even though I had wallowed in self-pity for a while, I knew that it was for the best that it didn’t work out, even if I didn’t believe that in the moment.