Job Hunting vs. Dating

You can't tell me there aren't parallels... Just because some article decides to point this out
(http://careers.msn.com) doesn't mean they were the first to come up with this analogy...I know I'm not either. That's fine.

I went to this event earlier this year called "Pre-Dating," which was speed-dating, ie spending like 10 minutes with someone and deciding if I liked them or not. This was basically one glorified job interview because as I met with each guy, they would almost invariably ask me to explain my job to them. Don't people know that they are not only defined by the jobs that they do? Apparently not. I doesn't matter since I didn't match up with any of those people...I was insulted at first but then thought, "Do I really care?" No.

I had a recent job interview and it reminded me of a date because I could tell it wasn't going especially well because there were all these awkward silences and me, sitting there uncomfortable. It's like Carrie said, "First dates are job interviews with cocktails." (If you don't know who Carrie is, that's your problem ;o)...Not mean, just honest)

See, connection is such an important component to a work environment/ dating situation and it so hard to come by that you spend a lot of time wondering how you got it wrong on both fronts. It is hard to 'just be yourself' because in these situations, you become a like a version of yoursefl...and it is not until you are hired for a job or actually dating someone for the real you to come through.