LinkedIn has the tendency to send me job opportunities. It can be quite annoying, especially as most jobs don’t correspond to my profile or interests. Being an underpaid “happiness officer” for a French dating-app never really appealed to me. Still, I never turned off the notifications, as one never knows if something interesting might come up.
This morning, when I checked my emails, my dear friend LinkedIn had once again sent me a list of jobs that might interest me. And to my surprise, there actually was a position that was ready to spend my day perfecting my profile and reformulating my CV for. It was the job I had dreamt of doing when I was a teen and that influenced my decisions regarding my studies and activities during and after high school. Working as a Political and Economic Reporter based in Paris, what could be more fitting for me? I studied Politics (with a year of Politics and Economics and two papers research about the Euro Zone) for exactly that job.
Observing my own reaction, I realized that this still is my holy grail of a job. Being a correspondent for a serious publication (The Wall Street Journal isn’t too bad, is it?). So, imagine my shock when I saw:
“This job is no longer accepting applications”.
So, why did I receive this job in the first place? I was asleep at the time the email was sent out, I am not desperate for a job (my business is quite successful thus I am rarely blogging) to the point of checking my email for LinkedIn job suggestions at 23:00…
Of course, accepting such a job would have implications for my family life (it’s all a question of organisation). I am about to be 30 and now is the best moment to start a real career, and the best would be to do so in a field and a specialisation that has been on the radar for 15+ years. I guess I should now find a way to get in touch anyways, if not I might have regrets in the future…
Solveig Werner 
Argh! How annoying! I was all ready to wish you luck and had even started crossing my fingers for you! I am irritated on your behalf 🙂
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well I found the application form on their website, so just send of my application, gingers are crossed…
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How annoying! But get in touch anyway… maybe you just needed the reminder …
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I did find a form online, so hoepfeully my application will make it onto the right pile (no idea how many applicatnts they have…
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Sometimes, it doesn’t matter. My first job was created for me because I fit their bigger picture not the job ad.
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That’s great, especially fora first job.
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It was 🙂
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I would still contact them, Solveig. It would not hurt and if there is still a chance, go grab it. Best of luck to you!
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I filled out the online form (it worked on the website just no longer on LinkedIn and send an email to the person it said one will be reporting to (they didn’t give a name, but it was fairly easy).
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Reading through the comments I ma glad you did try to contact them. Who knows, maybe they will still see? You can only find out if you try.
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I filled out the application form, but there was no cover letter option, I found the the person to email to and send an email from the heart and not the cover letter textbook…
we’ll see
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Oh that sucks. Maybe it was an error, or they had to edit the job posting and it is back up on the site again. You should check!!!
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Tip for LinkedIn
https://bizemillenial.wordpress.com/2018/09/21/coolest-networker/
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