Job-Hunting

There once was a girl named Vim,

Her prospects looked rather dim,

After finishing uni,

And turning a little bit loony,

Job-hunting began to get grim.

Applications, research and more,

CV’s and cover letters galore,

Vim’s heart began to sink,

She really needed to think,

About how much, she could endure.

Boring format after boring format,

Her CV became a doormat,

Vim needed something fresh, something new,

Slowly an idea began to stew…

Typing away all night,

Her hair was a worrying sight,

Her research soon became fun,

She wanted her project finished and done,

Her ideas churned, in the moonlight.

Her fingers were tipping and tapping,

Like the alphabet clapping,

Vim began to finish,

Her fears began to diminish,

Her thought process securely mapping.

She finally fell asleep,

Her papers were all in a heap,

Tomorrow would be a better day,

When she could finally say,

“I am NO LONGER a sheep.”

She awoke with a smile,

Time to put her theory on trial,

A list of companies she had,

None of them remotely bad,

All stacked up in a towering pile.

Time to make a proper brew,

She knew what she needed to do,

Vim had more than just a list,

She put job searching in a twist,

To her theory, she stayed true.

Through the night, she had on her research hat,

Not only finding jobs, but specific companies that,

she thought were compatible with her,

And only a few there were…

What made her piles of paper so tall,

Was that Vim had been thorough all in all,

Finding examples of why she wanted to work,

And why she wasn’t an average office clerk,

Her back was finally off the wall.

She spent hours discovering companies she loved,

She hoped they would fit her hand like a glove,

Looking at all the work that they did,

Vim was excited, just like a kid,

And all she needed was a self-motivated shove.

She put her efforts into her cover letter,

She was free from her restraint fetter,

Perfect it had to be,

No longer glum was she,

Vim: a self-proclaimed go-getter.

It’s important to walk off the beaten track,

To stop your cover letter from becoming whack,

It’s easy to get lost, in the crowd,

And forever live on a uni cloud,

Before you crash back down with a smack.

Really find companies suited to you,

And let your enthusiasm shine through,

If you can show real passion,

Honestly, anything could happen,

And you can find your dream job too.

What the future holds we’ll never know,

But doing something different is worth a go,

You don’t want to sit back and regret,

Getting caught up in the careers net,

After three years, that’d be an awful blow.

So despite what you hear, the future is still bright,

There are so many careers and jobs in sight,

Just think carefully before you apply,

And give unorthodox methods a try,

And your career could take a great flight.

Throw away all the humdrum advice,

And listen to your personal vice,

Don’t worry if you’re told you’re wrong,

To your own morals, stay strong,

Otherwise you could pay the price.

Employees will be able to see,

That you’ve done your research, hopefully,

Just remember to make job-hunting fun,

It’ll show through, when you’re done!