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Manda
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I got an interview next week for the job I got asked to apply for aftervthe last interview, which is nice.
Now just have to try and prepare for it, when I'm a little intimidated by the job description, eeek
Glad I bought a new interview suit now ![[Smile]](smile.gif) - last one was a little tired and bit too obviously polyester looking
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Janine
The Endless Simmer
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A new set of business clothes, in a color and cut that makes me look good, always boosts my spirits & confidence.
Of course the job I'm on now, I didn't try too hard to get -- I wore a red & white checked form-fitting long-sleeved mock-turtleneck. It looked like I made it from a greasy-spoon-diner's tablecloths. And the odd pattern on the skirt is not describable. So I know they wanted me really really bad to hire me.
That, and the fact that they are moving me around more and training me to do several things (they want people cross-trained to cover vacations and sick leave) -- those factors let me know I might maybe have a longterm future there.
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Evensnog
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Update: Corporate didn't take the expected 2 months to make their decision. Pending approval of my background check (not something I'm worried about), the job is mine.
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Jonm
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Informal tip-off that a job I'd set my heart on I haven't got.
This is all hopeless
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Manda
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Interview tomorrow, eeek
Still, I got onto my professional training courses for September Now just need to pick one.
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Ethne Alba
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hum
still no paid employment but a far clearer idea of where I want to be.....once this dratted training is done and dusted.
Do please pray that a specific training pack is in the office today- i really, really don't want to be wasting time again.
I think, with a good wind following, I may be able to start applying for paid employment after Easter........hmmm...thanks
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rufiki
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I have been summoned for an interview in two weeks time. This will be my first in three and a half years, so I'm quite nervous!
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Eigon
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I'm so glad I'm just on a placement rather than actually working in the Action 4 employment office. I can walk out at the end of next week.
Out of 11 staff who were there when I arrived, three months ago, 7 have left, the latest giving her notice in yesterday. The manager is erratic, constantly changes her mind, and has no sense of priorities (the lack of a reciept for a £1 purchase of toilet rolls merited three separate phone calls on the same day - never mind that the staff can't put the clients in placements and have nothing else they can do with them).
If they offered me the job tomorrow, I would probably take it because I need the money - but I would be out of there as soon as something else came up. Rather like the staff that are left, in fact.
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Jahlove
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Didn't get the job I interviewed for; I have asked for feedback but doubt I'll get any.
Another civil service position was advertized yesterday, on the net and in the local paper (this is something I went for last year, turned up again). I rang for an application form - phone person couldn't find it - the nearest she could get was somewhere in Bristol, even though I quoted the reference number and postcode, as requested in the ad. "Oh, leave it with me", she said, "if [IF!!!] I find it, I'll put you on the list".
Rang again just now quoting reference number and post code - phone answerer said "there should be 3 letters at the beginning of the reference number".
"There aren't", I replied.
"Well, I can't send you a form then"
"That's incredibly unhelpful", I replied.
"You have to meet me half-way", said the bright chap.
He looked again - oh guess what, surprise, surprise, there it is - closing date for requesting application forms is 18 February - he said I'd get a form Two Weeks After That.
Phone bloke is working for the same CS dept. that's advertizing for staff. Who allegedly set so much store by "Customer Service". Is it even worth bothering with an outfit that is such a shambles it can't even find the details of a position they themselves have advertized even when quoted their own bloody reference.
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ebeth
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Oh Jah, the incompetence astounds, doesn't it?
Still sending things off to oblivion...
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Rosa Winkel
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Tell me about it. Looking for work here in Germany requires one not just to send a CV and cover letter, but also often a work certificate. Now I have only ever got one in my life, and had to arrange to get it scanned. Anyway, I see a job, send the documents they want, and then extremely rarely get an answer. ![[Frown]](frown.gif)
Then I look on the job centre website to see that many jobs I have applied for are still, and have indeed been updated. I gather though that the job ads get repeated unless the business tells them not to. So these jobs I have applied for are still being advertised, even with a date from February, when I applied for them in early January. I guess someone else got the job.
All a waste of time. ![[Mad]](angryfire.gif)
Or I saw a job ad for Business English teacher on an English speaking Berlin website, I rung the guy up, arranged an interview. We were to meet outside Ikea as his office was close.
The cunt didn't turn up, or answer the phone or my text message.
Here one needs to send a CV to do a washing up job, even with work certificate. Sometimes one also needs a certificate of health. I don't have one, as I don't have any health insurance, so I never go to doctors and, in any case, it would cost money to get one. It I got a job I could earn enough to pay for one, though. ![[Disappointed]](graemlins/disappointed.gif)
Thanks for reading.
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Freelance Monotheist
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I'm currently in gainful employment but am thinking about changing jobs... Can I join in here?
I hate hate hate the freaking useless agency I'm with, as they have never paid me on time, changed the payment system & have only just informed me, requesting a form they need by tomorrow at the latest, never get back to me re my queries/questions and are incapable of transcribing the simplest information correctly & can't notice differences in price for different travel tickets either. They are driving me absolutely potty!
Plus, I'm reliant on my mum for lifts to the station & it takes me over an hour to get home, if you include waiting for trains &/or buses every night. I'm finding it really tiring, and while I love the family I work for, I'm not sure I can put up with the agency's incompetence & the hours of travelling anymore! My bosses will be moving at the end of the school year, possibly to somewhere that's geographically closer to my home but with potentially much worse/non-existant public transport links.
I've had a v informal interview with friends of friends who want a live-in au-pair from April-ish onwards. I think I've prety much got the job, it's just whether they can offer me a contract or not that is the last hurdle/only problem.
I just hope I can get out of my current job without too much hassle & without causing too much trouble for my current bosses.
The situation in Germany sounds dire, LF! Hope you & everyone else find what you need soon!
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Manda
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Wellll, I got a phone call today, several days earlier than expected after the interview where I wasn't sure how it went (and which I must admit I'm a little intimidated by the job)
And, they offered it to me .
Still a little bit shockec. I asked the lady if I could sleep on it, so I have to let them know by Monday basically.
Will be a proper graduate job, something I can settle into for a while, pay significantly more than anything else I was looking at, and should just abuot be flexible enough to fit in with my professional training course
Yay
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ebeth
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Congrats manda!
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Janine
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Sometimes things actually swing to the "good" side for a change! Some of y'all in tough situations are 'way overdue for your Good Swing. Don't give up!
In my current job -- the one I whined about posts and posts ago --
I'm still helping to run the telephones, set appointments, etc.; when the girls up front get busy I try to hit the phone by the third ring.
Mostly what I'm doing right now is using insurance coding & billing methods to get the practice their money from Medicaid, insurance companies, etc.; also, I make up new files & cases for the new babies our doctors visit in hospital.
Out of left field, now that I've been doing that a couple of weeks, my office's business manager has asked me to also pick up every other weekend at a clinic he runs nearby.
So I figure either he's reasonably impressed with my work and wants me to do similar over there; or, he wants to scare me off with too much work?
Heck, I have no personal life anyway! Might as well...
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ebeth
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Sounds great Janine!
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Geneviève
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Congratulations, Manda!!!
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Amazing Grace
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*Bump*
Fab news, Manda!
I have two good interviews lined up for Monday and Tuesday next week. I'll be in my bunk, re-educating myself about Exchange all weekend (well, I have to emerge to do coffee hour but that's already mostly sorted as we Don't Do Sweets during Lent, so no baking).
Charlotte
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duchess
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yay Manda!
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Manda
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Thank you all
Start in about a week, still very nervous, but once I've had a few days there and find out whether I'm totally in over my head then I reckon that'll be better - hopefully their recruitment process is good and that won't happen.
Fingers crossed for all of those still searching
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Telepath
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Hello kumquats, I'm back. No, no, don't get up. I'm sure you've all been missing me terribly.
(Rolls up sleeves) Well, time to get on with the old prayers.
![[Votive]](graemlins/votive.gif) for all seeking work, whether they're posting or not.
For Janine.
For Evensnog.
For Jonm. I'm sorry you didn't get the job, but it is not hopeless.
For Ethne Alba to be able to start applying for paid employment after Easter.
For rufiki.
For a better job for Eigon.
For Jahlove. In my opinion, it is not worth it, and you would probably be very unhappy there. One person usually cannot function well in a pervasively chaotic system. The innocent explanation is that Phone bloke's position is the one they are seeking to replace and he is the sole source of incompetence there.
For ebeth.
For Liverpool fan.
For Freelance Monotheist.
For Amazing Grace, for success!
For Manda. Hooray for Manda! I pray for your continued success.
Please pray that I'll be guided to the right job, that I'll learn the lessons God wants me to learn, and in the immediate term, that the phone rings today with temp work for next week.
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Take emptiness and lying speech far from me, and do not give me poverty or wealth. Give me a living sufficient for me.
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rufiki
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Thanks Telepath!
I had my first interview on Wednesday. I wasn't at my most eloquent but they asked some suitably leading questions, and I think they managed to establish that I'm not completely clueless! I keep going over it in my mind thinking how I could have answered so much better though.
I have another interview next Wednesday for which I have to prepare a 10 minute presentation on a very large topic ![[Help]](graemlins/help.gif) . The 3rd job I applied for is only a 3 year project but looks very interesting. They have just extended the application deadline by a month, though, so I guess I won't hear much for a while.
So that's me. How's everyone else doing?
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Sandemaniac
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Rufiki,
Is the presentation based on what you've been doing, or what they want you to think you will be doing?
If it's the former, no matter how scary it seems (someone forgot I hadn't been told I had to do one, and I only found out when it was mentioned in passing in an email 24hrs pre-interview...) it gives you a chance to be positive about what you can do, with the fruits on the wall behind you. I found it a surprisingly positive experience.
I'm afraid I can't help on the latter possibility, though.
Good luck!
AG
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rufiki
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The title I've been given is to do with the usefulness of a very wide field of study (which encompasses both my previous work and the new job). So my plan is to start off very general and mention lots of examples. Then I'll move on to give my own previous work as a specific, more detailed example.
It's an exercise in twisting the question to what I want to talk about . But still kinda scary.
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Amazing Grace
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Well, if spare prayers are allowed here, my pal Keith is a wandering academic. He's interviewing at a university in the region and spare prayers would be appreciated for his gainful employment.
(This job would be great because his wife could finish seminary and their Berkeley friends could see them regularly.)
Good thing I checked in ... it's time to get dressed and get busy with my studying. I have a food shopping expedition but will try to not make it last all day ![[Biased]](wink.gif) .
((Telepath))
Charlotte
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neandergirl
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For all those seeking.
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Never will I leave you; never will I forsake you. Hebrews 13:5 NIV
We come from love, we return to love, and all around is love.
Lord, ease our burdens, give us peace and enable us to do your work. Tree Bee
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Telepath
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Praying for each one of you, daily, by name. However I won't keep on about it, because this is not the prayer thread.
No temp work yet for Monday, which is just as well because I've caught a revolting cold.
I do have one day's extra-work lined up, but it's weeks from now, paid poorly and not for ages. But there it is, I was lucky to get that so fast.
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Take emptiness and lying speech far from me, and do not give me poverty or wealth. Give me a living sufficient for me.
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Amazing Grace
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Well, I'm pretty calm tonight, and rested, and firing on my techie neurons. I sincerely hope and pray that I will be tomorrow and the next day at 10 am Pacific for my interviews.
Weather is supposed to clear up, which is a benefit!
*** love all around ***
Charlotte
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Memory Eternal! Sheep 3, Phil the Wise Guy, and Jesus' Evil Twin in the SoF Nativity Play
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Ut unum sint
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I had a really promising interview Monday for a part-time job (20 hrs/week). There is the possibility, I think, that it could later be expanded to full time in future. The last thing the interviewer said was that I was "on top of the pile".
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WTFWED?
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Emma Louise
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Oooh I hope it works out for you *fingers crossed*
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Jenn.
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My husband had job interviews last week and should have heard yesterday. He didn't, but they promised he would hear today. It would be a good job, but it sounds like he may not get the advertised salary. 2 promising sounding people called today, one which would require relocating. Please pray that he gets the right job.
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Amazing Grace
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YAY CAMPBELLITE!
*prayers ascending*
Bad news/Good news: Tuesday interview (that's still today here) got cancelled.
But yesterday's went very well - I am being sent to the next level (talking to another manager at 3 pm Pacific).
It is a very promising opportunity - besides being a great match for my skillset (including dealing with organizations in flux ), the offices are pleasant and I really liked the (hiring) manager. As I drove home I thought, "I would really like to have this job."
Charlotte
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Fingers crossed for Charlotte and Campbellite!!
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Jenn.
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My husband has been offered the job but it is on a much lower salary than we had been led to believe by the agent. We think can live with that though. The car went bang the same day and we need a new one before he starts the new job, so off car hunting this weekend. Thanks for prayers.
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Telepath
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Yay and good luck, Jenn R! I'll pray you a lovely, affordable car
Speaking of cars... yesterday I was supposed to drive to a nearby town to register with a temp agent, but their computers were down, so she rescheduled for today. Whereupon my car won't start. It's nothing serious but it needs to be kept in overnight.
Coincidence? Or is Someone trying to tell me Something? ![[Big Grin]](biggrin.gif) It's an X-file.
I couldn't half do with some work soon, though.
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ebeth
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Good luck to all who have interviews!
I opened up the email this afternoon to find that I have finally jumped a hurdle in the process and am scheduled to talk with someone on Tuesday about a potentially really good opportunity (for me). Yes, a real interview!
Please pray.
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neandergirl
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Fingers crossed for all here.
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We come from love, we return to love, and all around is love.
Lord, ease our burdens, give us peace and enable us to do your work. Tree Bee
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Anglican_Brat
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Yesterday I finally called the Public Service and asked why my resumes were not getting past the screeners. I found out that in the last four months, I sent functional resumes when the Public Service wanted chronological resumes.
So I'm still unemployed. But pray for me, because I would like to work for the public service and hopefully my resumes won't continue to be rejected by the screeners.
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duchess
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Had my resume out 24 hours and already got 2 recruiters calling me. I have an interview set up already at a very big well known company - Thurs.
Feeling pretty happy right now. That, and I cleaned my carpet with the Rug Doctor I rented from Safeway.
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Originally posted by bc_anglican:
Yesterday I finally called the Public Service and asked why my resumes were not getting past the screeners. I found out that in the last four months, I sent functional resumes when the Public Service wanted chronological resumes.
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If they know the difference, then I doubt that policy approach is going to change. Chronological is easier for managers to figure out; functional seems a good idea, until you are a manager who gets somebody who talks but can't do.
I'd send a chronological with descriptors of goals achieved in what time frames...stats count if you don't have much experience.
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rufiki
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Nice one Duchess and Ebeth!
I have heard back from both my interviews. The first, also my first choice, only said that I am a "suitable candidate" but they won't make a decision on the post until late March. The second said that I am on the reserve list, so they are waiting to hear from their first choice candidate which make take "some time".
So the waiting continues...
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Ethne Alba
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update from begining of feb- the pack was not in the office!
finishing the tail end of this training is taking for ever and ever. would really value prayers and advice on this one.
WHY when we get near the end of something- does the it take longer than it ever did before?
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Freelance Monotheist
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I've been vetted & approved for a local nannying job that I thought I hadn't got, as I saw the agency weeks ago & heard nothing til yesterday. Saw them today, and I'm meeting the family on Saturday morning. I just hope we hit it off, as it's prety much perfect on paper (bar the cleaning & the ironing, but I'll get faster at those with practice). On first impression, the agency seems a lot beter than the one I'm with, but I hope they actually are & that I'm not being naive & getting taken for a merry ride again, as I will scream or cry... They can't possibly be as incompetent as the current one, can they?
You never get a second chance to make a first impression, so please pray/cross everything for me on that front!
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Manda
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Just thought I'd pop back and see how everyone's doing. Thinking of you all
Am really enjoying the new job so far, and feel I'm finding my feet a little (as well as you can after 3 days! In a strange way makes me glad I didn't get jobs I applied for earlier (kind of) and makes the fustrating job hunting process seem worthwhile.
Fingers crossed for everyone
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rufiki
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Originally posted by rufiki:
I have heard back from both my interviews. The first, also my first choice, only said that I am a "suitable candidate" but they won't make a decision on the post until late March. The second said that I am on the reserve list, so they are waiting to hear from their first choice candidate which make take "some time".
Had a letter from second place today to say I didn't get the job. First place has recently posted their graduate recruitment, which should be less competitive than the specific post I applied for so I shall put in for that too, to hedge my bets. The graduate posts don't start until the summer though, so not ideal but it would be a permanent job...
ETA: Manda, thanks for posting. It's good to know this will all be worth it in the end!
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Oh yeah, and if I do get this local job, I have to give two weeks' notice & will need to be able to broach the subject with the family I'm currently with-don't want to upset them or anything, they're great, it's just the agency that sucks!
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Freelance, unless you actually insult the family you're working for when giving in your notice, you shouldn't have to worry about upsetting them. However much you like them, it's a job, not a personal friendship. You have a right to give in your notice.
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Yesterday came a perfect illustration of the One Main Problem of working at my job. Or any workplace, any job.
The main problem is, you have to work with (ugh, yuck) people.
I work for a clinic, a practice, a group of doctors -- for the one main, head physician, ultimately; it's her practice, with various partnership and shared-space type ties to her husband's practice. If you had to narrow it down to who (figuratively) signs my paychecks, it would be her -- or her husband, perhaps, as lead partner or majority owner or something like that.
On the other hand, the fellow who interviewed and hired me and who gives me areas of responsibility in my work is the business manager. He's supposedly got the full control of the business office side of things.
The two of them, the physician lady I work for and the younger business officer dude I work for, frequently give me contradictory direction. It's all resolved itself OK so far, until yesterday.
His plans, his detailed orders, placed me in specific direct opposition to her specific, word-for-word directions, re: the way to handle one of my duties. In order to follow his direction yesterday afternoon, I would've had to walk into the midst of a very anxious group of ladies -- all following the doctor's orders to the letter -- and literally, physically, with force, remove patients' files from their arms.
Oooooh, no. They will not do that to me. The matter was addressed with both him and her, specifically, verbally, face-to-face, by me, a few days ago, when I could see this head-butting coming. Again yesterday, I asked him word-for-word what he expected me to do when the doctor noticed me doing things his way. All he said was "Tell her she needs to talk to me."
Uh... yeah. Right. Even if that somehow mysteriously solves the immediate problem, it will leave me branded, in the mind of the doctor I'm supposed to be supporting, as some sort of unpleasant disloyal maverick.
At my teeny tiny pay scale, they want me to settle an obvious, serious power-play problem amongst the physicians, the business owners and the managers?
Hmph. We shall see.
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A few months ago, I applied for a job at a local bookshop. The day before the interview, all the applicants were phoned up to say that the job wasn't going to happen after all.
Yesterday, I got a phone call, from the same bookshop. Was I still looking for a job?
Would I like to come in for an interview on Tuesday?
I really hope that this works out. I don't think I'll make the rent this month (unless the benefits people get their act together at the eleventh hour) and this job is something I'm good at, within easy walking distance, and full time.
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