I hope you can endure one more bit of advice. This is my personal belief about things we want in general.
Persist. You have a clear goal. Over time there will be other job openings. Monitor them and keep applying. And remember this quote from Winston Churchill: “Never give up. Never never never give up.”
You have my best wishes for your efforts.
The great Sir Winston had another bit of advice on career choices: Do what you like, but LIKE what you do!
Best of luck to you!
Winston Churchill said many things worth remembering and, perhaps, repeating. One of my favorites is the following.
Nancy Astor: “If I were your wife I’d put poison in your tea.”
Winston Churchill: “If I were your husband I’d drink it.”
One of my favorite Churchill quotes comes from an exchange between Sir Winston and the famous playwright George Bernard Shaw. Shaw sent Churchill two tickets to the opening night of one of his plays with the note “Here’s two tickets, bring a friend if you have one!”
Sir Winstons reply? “Can’t make the first night. Will come to the second night if there is one!”
That is as good as his retort to Lady Astor. Incidentally, George Bernard Shaw would have said “Here are…”