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Originally Posted by reb569
I'm sorry that you are struggling in the job search process. Back when I got my current job over 12 years ago now, I sent out 2 to 3 resumes every day for 6 months and got 3 interviews. Luckily one for was the company I work for now.
I sometimes think of moving on to another company, but the thought of going through resume update, job search, cover letters, interviewing, rejection is just too much for me to handle right now. Besides, even though I know I am underpaid for what I do and my potential for advancement is limited, my job is very secure because I'm the only person on my team that can do the work I do.
Anyway, I'm glad that there were people here for you during this time.
I know quite a bit about what you do (I've dabbled with it but you've done it on a regular basis). A lot of people don't know a lot about it. Are you interviewing for jobs where you would be the key person? Or jobs where you are one of many?
How you handle the interview in each case could be different. For example; if you are interviewing to be the key SEO person on a team, you may be being interviewed someone who really doesn't understand it and you may be able to turn that to your advantage. Interviewing for a team of experts though would be totally different.
Keep trying. I'm routing for you!
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You're very lucky!!!
And thank you very much as well.
I am interviewing for jobs where they know little about SEO and for jobs where they are SEO experts.
And therein lies the problem.
What I want is to be surrounded by other experts in my field and have a Director of SEO above me so that I can truly learn the ins and outs by working and collaborating with others in my field and position.
I am the solo in-house expert right now in my job and that makes it very hard on me as I have to figure out every little issue on my own. Collaboration helps with the learning aspect and with finding solutions.
The interview yesterday was with a digital agency that specialized in my field (SEO), and I spoke with the company owner who is a thought leader in the field and who writes "how-to" SEO guides and expert-level articles.
He was concerned about my content strategy approach, but the problem is, I have not been able to implement today's content marketing best practices because my boss sucks (basically), and I gave up on trying to change her ways. She excludes me from the content creation process and has ignored my content development suggestions so far, so I gave up.
So I only can rely on the content marketing or content creation that I've done in the past (for blog posts, articles, and on-site resources).
I have read up on today's best practices for content marketing and thought that I had answered his questions around this accurately.
But the fact that he had concerns about my ability to succeed because of this, well, it just left me feeling suicidal.
I KNOW I can do this, and I KNOW with proper study and application of what I've learned along with my creativity that I can succeed in his company.
But now I fear I won't proceed forward because of this concern of his.
And now I also fear he personally won't want to hire me, especially if he finds someone else who has more content development and content marketing experience than I do.
ARGH!!!! This is SO maddening for me. My current position has hindered my progress and success in this business.. or rather, my jerk of a boss has hindered my success.
I know it is silly to become suicidal over a not so great and challenging interview, but that is where my mind went after failing so many times.