Rock On

It’s been an awesome week, thanks to events like what I’m going to describe.

UW’s co-op system works likes this. There are two rounds of postings for jobs, with the first round of jobs consisting of far more desirable postings, and the second round of jobs being less so. First round jobs are posted in the first two months of each four month term, and second round jobs are posted after those two months. Every job receives a number of applications, which then get evaluated for interviews, and the candidates that are chosen are then ranked by the hiring company on a scale of 1-9, with 1 being a guaranteed offer to 9, which is the lowest possible score. It is also possible to get ‘not ranked’ from the hiring company, which takes you out of consideration for the job completely. First rounders get a number of perks, including rankings for jobs being released at the same time, so that candidates (now referred to as ‘keeners’) can pick and choose which jobs they want out of the ones they were interviewed for. Second rounders, generally get… shafted.

Guess which round I’ve been slumming around in for most of my jobs?

So this past week, I’ve been pretty anxious over multiple priorities, with one of the highest being my unemployed status. My housemates and other people in my program had mostly found jobs, so it was starting to become slightly stressful. However, I found myself blessed with three interviews early on in the week, so that gave me hope. I nailed the first interview on Wednesday, which was for a position as a coordinator at a tutoring centre. I got ranked first, meaning I got the job offer. Now, this was incredibly exciting in one way, since I could finally focus on my studies and do well on my exams, get good marks, get a good job and find fame and riches and glory from thereon. On the other hand, the job sounded like total crap. The offer would expire the next day, so I had one night to make my decision. There was a lot of pressure on this, because my next four months rested on this fateful decision.

What did I do?

I decided to start reading Bill Hybel’s Too Busy Not to Pray on a whim, while trying to fall asleep. I’ve stopped reading it for a while due to laziness, but that night I had absolutely nothing to do so I picked it up again. I then came across the following passage (emphasis mine):

“How do you pray a prayer so filled with faith that it can move a mountain? By shifting the focus from the size of your mountain to the sufficiency of the mountain mover, and by stepping forward with confidence. As you walk with God, your confidence will increase and your prayer will have power.”

I knew what I had to do from there. The next day, I rejected my offer for the tutoring placement, and placed my faith in God helping me to ace my next interview.

Lo and behold, I nailed it.

I’m going to be in downtown, working for RBC, starting September. BOO YEAH!