It was a spectacular turnround at Medinah when Europe won the Ryder Cup 2012. Many of us were awake till the early hours watching the celebrations after the unbelievable, but true, outcome. Yet another victory for the Europeans despite all looking like it was lost.
This is a lot like your job search. For hour upon hour, day after day, week after week, you scour the job vacancies and all seems lost or very difficult. But you have to take the spirit of Seve Ballesteros and be sure that it will come right in the end. Never give up. Keep trying and your reward is round the corner.
I've recently heard of several of my connections finding roles after considerable lengthy periods of not much success in their job hunt. And why did they get jobs? Because they never gave up. They believed in themselves, knowing that eventually somebody else would believe in their competences. The spirit of Seve was alive for them.
As for me, well I'm doing an interesting interim role within a public sector organisation which is facing unprecedented levels of change. Its a fascinating role at this time, trying to keep Business As Usual, while the challenges are constantly being posed.
Of course, my aspiration remains for a full time permanent role and so I keep up my connections with recruiters and trust that one day my Ryder Cup moment will come.
As always here's a link to my profile, so if there's a role you want to discuss then please give me a call or drop me an email. And please feel free to circulate this blog. Thanks.
(C) Iain Williamson 2012
