Things I Miss About School:

I never thought that I would miss GRADES!

In school I hated grades because I always felt like I could never get the right ones. I thought grades were unfair, pointless and an inaccurate portrayal of students.

Now I miss grades. Not because I want to walk around touting an A+ on my chest or anything like that, but because I miss having an unbiased evaluation of my performance. My grades were someones honest opinion of how I was doing, if I was progressing, and if I had room for growth. With grades there was possibility, measurable progress and satisfaction in KNOWING you did a good job.

Enter Adult Life....

No teachers, no syllabus, not grades; freedom right?

It certainly doesn't seem that way.

IT'S HORRIFYING

I find myself constantly second guessing every decision I make. I've been used to having everything spelled out for me: guidelines and abstracts telling me what i need to do to get an A. Now I feel like I'm groping my way down a path that I'm not even sure is the right one. I go through the motions, trust my instincts, and when I don't get the outcome that I had hoped for, I'm stumped. How am I supposed to improve if I don't understand what I did wrong, or what I could have done better.

When interviewing for jobs, I will look at my resume and talk about my experience and feel great! I see myself as a well qualified young professional who has a lot to offer an employer. So why hasn't anyone else seen that? I feel like it must be the things that I'm saying or the way that I've worded or not worded something that is turning people off. It couldn't be that I'm not qualified or a bad fit, because I see over and over again incompetent, lazy or underachieving people get the jobs that i want. So what is it? What are they saying that is so tantalizing to an employer that they want to hire the proverbial "that guy" every time?

I would like to institute a national grading sheet for adults. So that interviewers, agents, managers and hiring personnel need to supply AL those brought in for an interview with an evaluation. If you decide NOT to hire someone... please tell them WHY. And while you're at it, suggestions for improvement wouldnt' hurt either.

Far fetched? Impractical? I don't think so, but I doubt anyone would go along with it. There seems to be this desire to keep the secrets of the trade just that.

Well, all I have to say is that for every job/employer who has not hired me, every production that thinks I don't have the right "kind" of experience:

You have missed out on adding a dedicated and hard working member to your team. Someone who you, no doubt, would never regret hiring. I am consistent, driven and love a challenge. I do not settle for mediocrity, I am a forever student, and I am basically awesome in any other way...

Any takers?