Happy birthday to my (imaginary, only in my dreams, ain’t NEVER gonna happen) boyfriend Ewan!

Posted: March 31st, 2007 under Randomness.
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This morning I went to my appointment at a staffing agency. It went well, though my interviewer went over my resume with me and suggested several changes. Overall, she was very optimistic that she would be able to place me in some jobs, “probably within one week.” I thought she was helpful without being overbearing, and critical while still being constructive. At first, I was a little miffed about the suggestions she started making (I thought my resume was just fine!), till I realized that she was right. So I came home, made the necessary changes to my resume, and I think it looks really good now. Much better. She asked me to email it to her with the changes, which I did. I’m hoping she agrees that it’s better now.

When I arrived for my appointment, there was another girl in the waiting room. She saw one of the recruiters (actually, I think she was a “staffing specialist,” same thing). Turns out that the person I saw was the Vice President of the company. I’m wondering why I didn’t get passed off to another recruiter. Maybe that’s a good sign? She seemed to like me based on my interview and gave me some compliments, so hopefully she’s right and I’ll have a job in the coming weeks…even if it’s temporary, at least it’s something!

Then I had to come home, check my email, and take several (6 total, I think) aptitude tests: customer service, Word, Excel, Access, payroll…and…oh, data entry. I scored the highest on data entry, customer service, and Word. I totally sucked on the payroll one…it was my lowest score. The sad part? I’ve actually done payroll a couple jobs ago. whoops. Guess they won’t be placing me in any payroll jobs, haha.

I just hope this works out ok…and I’m relieved I’ve gotten the ball rolling, at least.

Posted: March 30th, 2007 under My So-Called Life.
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I have an appointment Friday morning with a local staffing agency. Hopefully they can help me find a job, temporary or otherwise. Wish me luck!

EDIT: I went to Target to buy a new outfit, seeing as how I gave away all my professional-looking clothing before I moved (smart…real smart), and DANG clothes are not cheap! At least I’ll look presentable, though!

EDIT #2: Why isn’t Bloglines showing this post as new? ping, I say, ping! oh whatever.

Posted: March 29th, 2007 under My So-Called Life.
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I was literally in the middle of doing kitchener stitch on the toe of my second Roza’s Sock when the doorbell rang. It was the mail carrier and he had two packages for me. When I squeed and said, “it’s my yarn!” my parents kind of made a few comments. yes, yes, I know I have too much yarn, and now it’s sort of being observed…so I should probably A) temper my spending so I don’t get lectured, or B) get a post office box. Good thing they weren’t around to observe all the stuff I bought before I moved.

Still on the job hunt. Yesterday I applied for yet another job…I think I’m up to 8 applications thus far. Haven’t heard anything yet, so I’m going to keep looking. sigh. I HATE job hunting! hatehatehate it. There. I said it. I don’t hate the concept of work, in itself. It’s just the dilemma of trying to find something that one hopefully won’t hate, and even if you are fortunate enough to get interviewed and even hired, you still may not enjoy it. But that’s all part of being a grownup, isn’t it? (That’s also precisely what SUCKS about being a grownup, but anyway.)

I think I’ll knit another sock to make myself feel better.

Posted: March 28th, 2007 under Knitting, My So-Called Life.
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I’m *this* close to applying for a couple jobs at PETA. yes, PETA. The crazy people who picket outside Kentucky Fried Chicken and basically anyone/anything/any organization that uses fur, animal meat, and basically any animal products. Their headquarters is in my area, and I’m all about animal rights…but I’m not THAT radical in my views.

I’m not a vegetarian or a vegan. I happen to like meat! But I also love animals (in particular, dogs). I don’t know. Do you think they’ll even consider me if I’m not 100% behind their views? Plus, I’m not sure I’d be comfortable working for an organization that calls people killers just because they eat chicken, or something, you know?

I need a job, but this is getting a little ridiculous.

Posted: March 27th, 2007 under Working Girl.
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Via Minnie! Click the extended link, ’cause this one is a doozy.

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Posted: March 26th, 2007 under Q & A.
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Before I quit my job in New Mexico, I told the girl who was taking my place (with whom I’d worked for several months) that she could contact me if she had any questions about the job. She’s a really high-strung person with a scatterbrain personality, and her supervisor was new too and barely knew anything about his job (let’s not even go there), so I wanted to be nice and help her out. I didn’t want her to get in trouble for not having anyone there to ask when she needed guidance.

Well.

Since I left that job in early February, this girl has been emailing me quite a bit for work help. No problem, I gave her permission to do that. And I’ve been replying, offering help when she has questions. This took a turn for the *annoying* when she started asking the same questions repeatedly. As in, “how do I handle this type of situation?” when I JUST explained, in detail, how to do so the week before.

ok. A) I have this pet peeve thing about repeating myself several times because when I have to do this, I feel that either the person to whom I’m speaking isn’t paying attention or just can’t retain information and should probably write it down, or something. B) I don’t work there anymore, and my invitation for help was, is, and always has been a COURTESY for her. I don’t *have* to continue helping her. I’m 1,900 miles away in another state and I’m certainly not getting paid to help her out!

I was more ok with helping her in the beginning, when I hadn’t left NM yet and when she was still fairly new to my old job. However, not only did I leave her a “dummy book” chock-full of instructions on the job, but all those repeat questions she keeps asking me? duh, refer to the previous emails she’s sent me on the subject or print them out if she’s not saving them! arg! grr!

Once again, being Ms. Nice Girl seems to have bitten me in the butt, somewhat. (People have also told me I was TOO nice in the divorce and should have fought for money, etc.) Anyway, I’ve started deleting some of the really dumb emails that are just plain common sense (NO, you should not write off a $900 big screen TV if you can get it repaired instead, genius!!). And I’ve also been ignoring some of her emails that address issues she really needs to learn about herself. Simple things that she can ask people over THERE about.

The way I see it, if she has a genuine concern that somehow involves the work *I* did when I was there, fine. Contact me. If she has asked around and no one else can help, fine. Contact me. But asking me for the eleventy-umpteenth time how to do a markdown or chargeback voucher? Girl! Learn!

There, just had to get that out of my system. What do you think? Did I set myself up to be annoyed repeatedly when I offered to help her? Should I politely tell her to bugger off and learn it herself? Or should I quietly ignore the majority of her emails, while still replying to the legitimate ones?

Sometimes I really HATE being Ms. Nice Girl.

Posted: March 26th, 2007 under Mad Rants.
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