Trust in the Lord and lean not on my own understanding

I´ve been experimenting more often in the kitchen these days, since I´ve nothing much to do except surf the net for jobs, try to make my resume better etc. Its pretty tough with the resume writing, because there´s so much stuff to take into consideration about.

-How many pages of resume should I write?

• Stephan says: 1 cover page + 2 pages of resume. I researched online for german resumes and its also 2 pages mainly. This would be the same in Singapore too.
• My Japanese friend and her American hubby say 1 page, cos HR people don´t have time to read more than 1 page.
  
• My dad: Sent me examples of resume writing and the one for business had only 1 page

- Should I write it in german or english?

• Problem: If I want to tailor make my cover letter for various companies (i.e. If I apply for sales and marketing, I should beef up on my marketing skills and if I apply for intercultural communications, I should structure it with more interpersonal skills etc.) Hence, If I want to make it in german, this means for every cover letter I write, Stephan has to translate for me such that it sounds like its written by a native german speaker and not like a "english-translated-to-german" resume.
• Problem: Stephan´s time is like gold these days. He came back at 11pm today and our weekends is like having no weekends at all. So, if he has translate all my cover letters etc, this would literally mean no time to do anything else. Plus, the question is, "Is it really necessary to do my resume in german? Would it be giving people the wrong impression of my german skills and I might end up being offered a job that requires only 100% german proficiency?" (I´m just thinking out loud here)

So, the other thing is I´ve been trying to figure out names of people that can send my resumes to. I intend to send resumes to companies even if they don´t advertise for vacancies (i.e. blind resumes). So, that´s taking time too, to find out first the name of these people (through contacts as they don´t publicize stuff like that) and then followed by the address of these people.

Never thought that applying for jobs can be so tough. I honestly didn´t have much problems applying for jobs after I graduated in Singapore. As a matter of fact, I went for a 1-month mission trip to Kazakhstan before I got a job and when everybody was clamouring for a job interview.

It was a blessing in disguise too, cos applying later meant that I didn´t have to start work as early as the rest and I could go to Germany for 5 weeks before I had to start work. God was so amazing and granted me a job in the 2 weeks when I was in Singapore, after Kazakhstan and before I went to Germany.

And the amazing thing is, contrary to popular belief, all these happened without me having any contacts with anybody or pulling any strings. Just a simple, normal job application and interview. I remembered telling my interviewer at PWC that I could only start work about 1.5 months later, since at that time I already bought my air ticket to Germany and was not willing to give up my trip to Germany for a job. So yes, God is more than able and willing to perform miracles. I pray that I will continue to trust Him, even if this means applying for jobs in a more difficult job market and a foreign work environment.

I did feel a bit discouraged today, cos I got 2 rejections for job applications that I applied randomly last week (so fast!). Its a bit "coincidental" that the rejections arrived on the SAME day, one via email and the other via post. Its as if like someone is trying to discourage me and pull my spirit down. Do pray for me that God will open the right door for me and that I would not be discouraged and would learn to take rejection in my stride.

I don´t want to be impatient either, because I sense that God is teaching me that its not just the "right job", its also about "His right timing" so if there´s a reason why I´m unemployed at this time and season of my life, its not a mistake either and I should not be putting pressure on myself or allow others to put pressure on me.

I´m really beginning to realize that God takes us at our word! One of my spiritual resolution for this year is that " I will grow in faith and trust in God" and that is simply the repeating theme of what I´ve been learning day-in-day-out in almost every obstacle I face.....wah, very difficult leh...... But I know that I need to be led through fire, if I want to come out as gold. One thing I know for sure is that, God knows better than me and I can´t learn trust unless I get out of the water. Geez, I long to swim back into the boat when the waters get too rough, but I keep sensing God telling me to TRUST, TRUST, TRUST. Please pray that I will learn this simple but oh-so-difficult lesson.