Real Life Application

I look forward to every week when the new assignments for upcoming weeks open up.  I've been so inspired by all the readings and videos.  I had an opportunity this week to apply some of the things I've learned in this class when a job opportunity came up.  A former student had posted a job opening on a Facebook group for a developer, which I knew I wasn't qualified for.  But I felt prompted to click on it anyway, and I followed through on that prompting.  When I got to the company's website, I saw that they also have an opening for a designer, which I'm still not quite qualified for but I come really close.  I contacted the person who first posted the opening to find out more details, and then I spent a day working on my LinkedIn profile and my Behance portfolio, both of which were required to apply for the job.  I also followed through on a prompting to post about what I was doing to a group of friends on Facebook who are fellow homeschool moms.  Several of them are ten years or more older than me and I've watched them start to go through this process of moving into the world of paid work, and framing their decades of full time mothering as an asset to potential employers.  Several of them offered good advice, and one in particular was very helpful with my resume.  Before taking this class, I would have never followed that first prompting to click on a job opening I wasn't qualified for, would never have been brave enough to share what I was doing and ask for help, and would never have dared to apply for a job that is a bit of a stretch.  Whether I'm hired or not, I'm so glad that I applied and went through the process of starting to work on how to present myself to potential employers.  That is also something I've learned from this class, just because an experience doesn't have the outcome you thought you wanted, doesn't mean it was a waste.  It can be just another steppingstone on the path you were meant to follow.