The Importance of Getting the Application in Early

I know what you are thinking: "No, shit. It is obvious that getting an application in early helps your chances of getting an interview and an offer." But, that is not what I am actually saying here.

What I am saying is that by getting the application in early, I have a lot more time to prepare for my interviews and take care of other business, as opposed to sitting at my desk and writing secondary application after secondary application with the knowledge that others are already interviewing. Talk about a bunch of unnecessary stress.

There is little else worse than spending a summer punching away at applications and draining your bank account, especially when you are holding down an 8 to 5. Inevitably, all that application stuff just sits and stews in your brain making it impossible for you to concentrate during work, let alone during a staff meeting. Of course, there is always more coffee, but then you have the unenviable task of making, in my case, 2 or more bathroom trips during an hour and half meeting. People always ask questions, like "are you feeling well today?" or "is everything all right? I have noticed you have not been yourself." Trust me, the last thing you want to do is lie to a co-worker who is not "in the know" by making up some fake illness.

But, would you really not want a reason to get out of a staff meeting anyways? That is a whole other discussion that really does not belong on this blog.