Interviewing for Non-Existent Jobs

I've been with my present employer for about 3 years. To date, they have not come through with financial and professional promises made at the time I was hired. I've attempted to talk to them, but it seems to have fallen on deaf ears and I'm getting the brush off. I decided to start looking for a new position. I recently had interviews with 4 different companies. All interviewed me for non-existent jobs, even though they told me they had openings when they called me for the interviews. I had to take time away from my present job without raising red flags. What is the deal?
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There are a number of different ways to interpret these interviews.

#1.You're wrong.There are jobs there.
#2. There are jobs there but they don't see the fit in you for gthe
jobs so it seems like a graceful ways to back out.
#3 There is no job but they are exploring the possiility of creating
one with you in it.
#4 There is no job currently but they are considering firing someone.
#5 They want to pick your brain and get free consulting.

Those are the choices I see and I will never know which one it is.

Keep kissing frogs until the Prince shows up.
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So how do you keep from getting down when you have mentally resigned from your job already and feel trapped? And how do you mask your unhappiness?
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Ah, grasshopper! Such is a great question.

You are not trapped because the decision to leave is the first step to freedom. Yes, you may be going to the same crummy job with a manager who is an idiot AND you will be leaving . . . .only not as soon as you want (at least not NOW. This second. Immediately.)

You see unless you manage your emotions you risk replacing the current situation with an equally bad one. So it's important that get focused on defining, refining and meeting your goals and holding on to your frustration, rather than just fleeing.

Does that make sense or do you need more?

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Defining and refining goals at my current job, or in finding a new job?

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Defining and refining goal for your next job and putting them in priority order/

Otherwise, how do you know with certainty what you're aiming for? You'll know what you are running away from, but not what you are aspiring to.


Jeff Altman
The Big Game Hunter

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