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Terrifying Fact of the Day: I am a senior in college.
“A few months from now, I will no longer be in the sheltered world of Spring Arbor University. I will be an independent adult…and I have to be ready for that”. I have heard this fact repeated over and over again this week. I have been asked if my résumé is all set to prepare for jobs. I have been asked to research my chosen field---and it has been suggested that I should spend as much time as possible reading, preparing and tweaking myself to be ready for what is coming.
While I wholeheartedly agree that I absolutely have to prepare for the job market and for the competitive world that I am soon to find myself in, I am also convinced that all of these preparations can be taken to far…or at least in the wrong direction.
I am not going to allow myself to be prepared simply for the purpose of looking good…seeming impressive or beating the competition. I plan to work in a ministry capacity In the kinds of job that I am looking at, I do not want to be hired if I am not a good fit for the position, and I am really not sure that I want to beat any competition who also badly want to serve God.
Rather, I want to continue to become a better servant of God and of people. I will press on to becoming a better leader and a better follower this year. I will study the most effective ways to love people…and I will practice what I learn by spending time with the people that I love on this campus.
In terms of the interviews and processes that are to come, I will learn to accurately represent myself on paper so that those who could hire me know what they will be getting. That needs to be my goal this year.
I want to do little, that is merely for the purpose of getting hired, and lot for the purpose of becoming the kind of person who will be a blessing to my future workplace.