"Life is like riding a bicycle - in order to keep your balance, you must keep moving."
~Albert Einstein
~Albert Einstein
With my traveling adventures behind me and epic amounts of debt ahead of me, I have officially come back to reality and it is not as peachy as I had hoped. With the decrease in jobs offers and an increase in student loans, I had to make some decisions quick. Do I stay in Charleston and fight for a job or do I move somewhere else and do the same? Should I return to food and beverage to make some extra money or continue to be over worked and underpaid? In the end I did not have choose because my tendency to chat up strangers resulted in a job offer.
When I received the position requirements, it said that I must have "reliable transportation." I considered the fact that the organization most likely assumed that this meant a car, but I figured that I could just blow them away at my interview and then casually mention that my idea of transportation was a bike. This little detail has managed to become a big one for so many people. One of the first questions people ask me when I mention that I am car-free is "Well... how do you get to work?"
So when the time came for my interview, I hopped on my trusty Specialized steed, dressed in business bike-friendly casual (thankfully leggings are in style right now) and made my way down King Street for my meeting. Had I been in a car I probably would have missed the building and been late but instead I was early enough to have a little cool down period pre-interview. The meeting was going fantastic, so I decided to drop my little transportation bomb and see what happened when the smoke cleared. Here is how it went:
Me: "I saw on the requirements that I would need reliable transportation. I just want to let you know that I do not own a car, but instead I bike everywhere."
Her: "Well, is it reliable?"
Me: "Yes, I have never missed a meeting, even when I lived in West Ashley."
Her: "Then I don't see any problem."
And without hesitation she moved to the next question. And yes, I got the job.
For all those people that told me not owning a vehicle would stop me from being able to get a job, well, I just burst your bubble.
To celebrate my new job (yes, now I have two jobs) here are two fun bike things:
Really, this whole website is fantastic: http://www.instructables.com/id/Bikes/
Here is a video sent to me by Mr. Kelley:
When I received the position requirements, it said that I must have "reliable transportation." I considered the fact that the organization most likely assumed that this meant a car, but I figured that I could just blow them away at my interview and then casually mention that my idea of transportation was a bike. This little detail has managed to become a big one for so many people. One of the first questions people ask me when I mention that I am car-free is "Well... how do you get to work?"
So when the time came for my interview, I hopped on my trusty Specialized steed, dressed in business bike-friendly casual (thankfully leggings are in style right now) and made my way down King Street for my meeting. Had I been in a car I probably would have missed the building and been late but instead I was early enough to have a little cool down period pre-interview. The meeting was going fantastic, so I decided to drop my little transportation bomb and see what happened when the smoke cleared. Here is how it went:
Me: "I saw on the requirements that I would need reliable transportation. I just want to let you know that I do not own a car, but instead I bike everywhere."
Her: "Well, is it reliable?"
Me: "Yes, I have never missed a meeting, even when I lived in West Ashley."
Her: "Then I don't see any problem."
And without hesitation she moved to the next question. And yes, I got the job.
For all those people that told me not owning a vehicle would stop me from being able to get a job, well, I just burst your bubble.
To celebrate my new job (yes, now I have two jobs) here are two fun bike things:
Really, this whole website is fantastic: http://www.instructables.com/id/Bikes/Here is a video sent to me by Mr. Kelley:
3 comments:
CONGRATULATIONS!!! :o)
so, what is the job?
that video was amazing!
Also, what are your jobs? Congrats too!
Boo-yah.
Burst that bubble. Burst it.
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