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There's still a chance....
I'm not quite giving up on the windmills yet. C'mon, employment gods! -
Dear Powers That Be:
Please, please let me get hired at this company I'm coveting. I would be so very excited about working in the renewable energy field. Windmills are awesome!
Humbly yours,
Me -
Talking Like Shakespeare
Here do I wish thee a joyful Talk Like Shakespeare Day and suggest that thou get thyself to the playhouse of La Costa (Elston and Central Park) on Monday next or through the 30th of May. There shall many lovely, warlike maidens enact for thee the Tragedie of Macbeth! Come join the Bard-ly revels! http://www.babeswithblades.org/Macbeth.html
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Update
Alive.
Temping.
Rehearsing.
Tired. -
I. Want. This. Job!
Well, I got the aforementioned face-to-face interview, and holy cow do I want this job. I think the interview went well, but of course it all depends on my competition. I have confirmed that I would not, in fact, have to wear a suit (my outfit today was remarked upon as something that would be "perfect" for the office, woohoo!), and I am getting ( Read more... ) -
Unemployment: Week...6? I forget.
Resumes sent: 87
Interviews: 1
Hideous awful temp gigs: 1
Blood pressure: rising
Temp agency #2 called last week asking if I was interested in a one-day data entry assignment. They warned me that it would be repetitive (sp?) but stressed very clearly that it was a ONE DAY assignment that could possibly turn into a few days. Within an hour of my ( Read more... ) -
Only for you, Corus Bank.
I finally caved and applied for a customer service job. I couldn't resist--it's at the North Center branch of my bank, and I really dig them. They're big on employee training and development, and wouldn't it be nice to work in a place where intelligence and hard work might actually open some doors? Also, I love the idea of a 30-mn. commute (on a ( Read more... ) -
Unemployment: Week 5
Resumes sent: 79
Drafts of cover letter: 3
Interested parties: 0
PowerPoint skills: respectable
Thanks to my dear friend Kat I now have a rockin' cover letter. Pity I wasted the first, oh, 60 resumes by pairing them with a letter that was absolute drivel. Truly, this is the toughest audience I've ever had to write for. But hey, new letter, new ( Read more... )