It's been a while hasn't it, sincere apologies but you see I have been busy at my new job!
A little while ago I got called totally out of the blue and got invited to an interview. Always makes me chuckle when you get that phone call or letter saying they're very pleased to invite you for said interview.
Now this is all very well and good... if you can remember out of the 55 thousand jobs you've applied for just which one you've been invited too.
Now in the past I'm not afraid to tell you that I've actually made a few errors with interviews such as going to the wrong place... asking for whom I thought was interviewing me, turns out there was actually someone of that name working there but was in a different branch. After frantic phone calls from the staff to this manager I quickly realised my error. But ended up walking out with an interview the next day at the wrong place.
I have sat in an interview and told the panel in great detail how great I am at being an activity coordinator, I went into great detail my aims, skills and knowledge only to have 1 of the 3 people ask "Um what job do you think you're here for" my reply "Erm activity coordinator" hence my babbling about how awesome I am at it, only to be told "We don't have activity coordinators in the facility. Cue the tumble weed across the room and creaking door in the distance. Oh dear. I quickly left.
Another example when I went for a senior position expressed my qualifications, work experience blah blah only to be told with a raise of the hand I might add "What job are you here for" "Senior support worker" I beam back, the interviewers response "We don't employ seniors here" "Oh" was my reply. Then if my memory serves me correctly I was actually asked to leave.
So you see where I am with interviews. In my last role in the UK I had NO idea what the job was or what I'd be doing, but am pleased to say at the end of the 5 years I had a fairly good understanding!!
So I rock up to this place after unlike me driving to it first to get my bearing go me hey! (actually Sean drove I just sat there day dreaming about shoes and what not)
I'm interview by 3 people and actually managed to bluff my way through. Wrapping up at the end after demonstrating with my hands that the mini I drive is just a tiny little car and no probably won't fit a wheelie walker in, BUT very proudly I tell them "It fits a week's worth of groceries in"
When asked that inevitable question "Do you have any questions" I shake my head and say "No I think you've covered everything"
Farewells are made and out I go with a skip and a hop thinking I hope I get it. Jump into the car and Sean asks how it goes so I proudly tell him well I thought. He then asks .. so, how much does it pay.. me "Erm I don't know I didn't ask" Sean "Right.. did you ask about when you'd hear back" Me "Nope"
Sean "Did you ask them about holiday" Me "No" Sean "Mad, did you ask them what hours you would be working at least and what the role is" Me "No, but it's no weekends and no evenings they told me that much"
Sean response to all of this is "So you're in there for over half an hour and all you know is that it's no weekends and no evenings.
As the penny drops I realise yes that's all I know. .. BUT they asked if I would consider doing admin / coordination if the position came up. Of course I bellowed at them, most definitely. So 2 things I knew before I got offered it!!!
So with a leap and a bound I quickly gave me notice in to the bug blue box and then went on holiday for my 2 week notice hehehe.
Whilst on holiday I had an email from new job regarding start date. I quickly fired one back asking all the questions I didn't ask in the interview.
The reply was a little unnerving ... to begin with it wasn't full time like I assumed and like they didn't tell me in the interview. I was only casual. GULP. casual. Oh dear, my first thought was Eeek how am I going to tell Sean and how could it not be full time or at least part time. I would never apply for a casual position. (If I'm honest my first though was crikey I'm going to have to cut back on the holidays and weekends away)
Then the pay rate come through which was very attractive and helped deaden the shock of casual hours to Sean!!
Since starting my new community support role I have let a dog loose who has never been out of her front door before. Picture this, me screaming dog at the top of my voice because I couldn't remember what the dogs name was as she ran between my legs to fresh air.
I've been asked if I would marry a lady's 22 year old son as "he's knocking on a bit and I would like grandchildren". She was flabbergasted when I said he's not much older than my daughter and still not put off when I said how very happily married I am. She was quite insistent.
I've managed to misplace an elderly lady whilst accompanying her shopping and actually that may be 2 as I sit here in the mall typing whilst waiting for another to come back from her appointment. She's only 10 minutes late... should I start to worry yet??
I mistaking called a lady Coral throughout her visit only to be told at the end "My name is Anne" well I'm sorry but now you're Coral.
I turned up at a very drunken stoned man's house looking for Rachel and got told in a slurry manner "don't think she's here but do you wanna check" Erm, no I was good. No need to check!
Nothing really out of the ordinary for me.
Can I just add this lady is now 20 minutes late. Eeek.
I started doing my admin / coordination role on Monday and for that first day I got told to "just play around with the computer" so I did for 8 long hours. I read all my emails all of them about 35 times just in case I'd missed anything. I looked at my roster around 100 times. I clock watched about a bazillion times. By Tuesday I'd had enough of playing and asked if I was allowed to answer the phones. .. Yippee yes I was. "Just grab the headset" I was told.
Well grab it I did, but every time the phone rang I felt like bursting in to Britney Spears "hit me baby one more time" it was as much as I could do not to start dancing with the headset on. I then got bamboozled with an email "Here's your clients, please add to the list" what list, what clients. ... help. Help. Help.
I had a meeting on Monday where everyone took a notebook and scribbled furiously so I grabbed mine and did my shopping list.
Phew my client is back I can see her in the distance running into people with her electric scooter. I'd better go and give my assistance.
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