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I haven't really been talking much about this because I was afraid of jinxing it, but at this point, I'm not even sure what I really want anyway, and it's going to be what it's going to be, so here goes.
I applied for a job in May. Didn't hear back, so after a few weeks, I completely wrote it off. Then, at the beginning of August, I unexpectedly got a call for an interview. The job is far from here, and they let me do a video interview. I thought it went fine, but I didn't have a strong feeling about it one way or the other. Video interviews are kind of awkward and it's just hard to get a feel for it, I think. Twelve days went by, and I had pretty well put it out of my head again, when the woman in charge of hiring called to say that she had narrowed it down to "a few" candidates and wanted to do a second round of interviews. She asked if I could travel there for the interview and they would schedule their other interviews around mine, as all of the other candidates they wanted to do second interviews with were local. Luckily, my grandfather is super helpful and was able to book me plane tickets to go there for the interview last Monday. I felt like it went really, really well, but of course, someone else's could have gone better.
Anyway, at the end of the interview, she told me that she hoped to make a decision within the week. I'm still not sure if she meant by the end of last week or within a week of the interview, but either way, by today, in theory. Every other step of this has been lengthy. I mean, I didn't even get the call for the interview for two and a half months after I applied. So I realize that her goal of making a decision within a week doesn't actually mean that she necessarily will make a decision in that time. But I am sitting here going absolutely crazy today.
I've already decided that if I get an offer at a reasonable salary (it's probably going to involve a pay cut, but as long as it's not too huge a cut, that would be acceptable), I'm going to accept it, but I'm not even totally sure I want it. It would be a big change, which in itself would not necessarily be a bad thing, but I like my job now and change is scary. Location-wise, there would be both big advantages and big disadvantages. But anyway, moving is scary too because we'd have to sell our house. It doesn't seem to be a bad time for doing that, but I'm afraid of putting it up for sale and having it linger.
Right now, I just want to know something one way or the other so that I can start making plans or put the whole thing behind me. I'm not made for comfortably waiting around in limbo!
That completely sucks being in limbo. I hope that you get an answer one way or another so you can rest your mind.
Thanks! I wish I could just quit thinking about it because I feel like my phone never rings while I'm actually expecting someone to call.
I haven't really been talking much about this because I was afraid of jinxing it, but at this point, I'm not even sure what I really want anyway, and it's going to be what it's going to be, so here goes.
I applied for a job in May. Didn't hear back, so after a few weeks, I completely wrote it off. Then, at the beginning of August, I unexpectedly got a call for an interview. The job is far from here, and they let me do a video interview. I thought it went fine, but I didn't have a strong feeling about it one way or the other. Video interviews are kind of awkward and it's just hard to get a feel for it, I think. Twelve days went by, and I had pretty well put it out of my head again, when the woman in charge of hiring called to say that she had narrowed it down to "a few" candidates and wanted to do a second round of interviews. She asked if I could travel there for the interview and they would schedule their other interviews around mine, as all of the other candidates they wanted to do second interviews with were local. Luckily, my grandfather is super helpful and was able to book me plane tickets to go there for the interview last Monday. I felt like it went really, really well, but of course, someone else's could have gone better.
Anyway, at the end of the interview, she told me that she hoped to make a decision within the week. I'm still not sure if she meant by the end of last week or within a week of the interview, but either way, by today, in theory. Every other step of this has been lengthy. I mean, I didn't even get the call for the interview for two and a half months after I applied. So I realize that her goal of making a decision within a week doesn't actually mean that she necessarily will make a decision in that time. But I am sitting here going absolutely crazy today.
I've already decided that if I get an offer at a reasonable salary (it's probably going to involve a pay cut, but as long as it's not too huge a cut, that would be acceptable), I'm going to accept it, but I'm not even totally sure I want it. It would be a big change, which in itself would not necessarily be a bad thing, but I like my job now and change is scary. Location-wise, there would be both big advantages and big disadvantages. But anyway, moving is scary too because we'd have to sell our house. It doesn't seem to be a bad time for doing that, but I'm afraid of putting it up for sale and having it linger.
Right now, I just want to know something one way or the other so that I can start making plans or put the whole thing behind me. I'm not made for comfortably waiting around in limbo!
Oof! I hope the decision is passed down to you very very soon!
I haven't really been talking much about this because I was afraid of jinxing it, but at this point, I'm not even sure what I really want anyway, and it's going to be what it's going to be, so here goes.
I applied for a job in May. Didn't hear back, so after a few weeks, I completely wrote it off. Then, at the beginning of August, I unexpectedly got a call for an interview. The job is far from here, and they let me do a video interview. I thought it went fine, but I didn't have a strong feeling about it one way or the other. Video interviews are kind of awkward and it's just hard to get a feel for it, I think. Twelve days went by, and I had pretty well put it out of my head again, when the woman in charge of hiring called to say that she had narrowed it down to "a few" candidates and wanted to do a second round of interviews. She asked if I could travel there for the interview and they would schedule their other interviews around mine, as all of the other candidates they wanted to do second interviews with were local. Luckily, my grandfather is super helpful and was able to book me plane tickets to go there for the interview last Monday. I felt like it went really, really well, but of course, someone else's could have gone better.
Anyway, at the end of the interview, she told me that she hoped to make a decision within the week. I'm still not sure if she meant by the end of last week or within a week of the interview, but either way, by today, in theory. Every other step of this has been lengthy. I mean, I didn't even get the call for the interview for two and a half months after I applied. So I realize that her goal of making a decision within a week doesn't actually mean that she necessarily will make a decision in that time. But I am sitting here going absolutely crazy today.
I've already decided that if I get an offer at a reasonable salary (it's probably going to involve a pay cut, but as long as it's not too huge a cut, that would be acceptable), I'm going to accept it, but I'm not even totally sure I want it. It would be a big change, which in itself would not necessarily be a bad thing, but I like my job now and change is scary. Location-wise, there would be both big advantages and big disadvantages. But anyway, moving is scary too because we'd have to sell our house. It doesn't seem to be a bad time for doing that, but I'm afraid of putting it up for sale and having it linger.
Right now, I just want to know something one way or the other so that I can start making plans or put the whole thing behind me. I'm not made for comfortably waiting around in limbo!
Oof! I hope the decision is passed down to you very very soon!
Post by Dave Maynar on Sept 20, 2016 12:22:53 GMT -5
In the continuing adventures of our hiring process, my boss stated they would have me check the social media of the top candidates after the interview. They came by my desk today to drop of the names. I was provided with the name and address of each candidate. They had no idea current employer and name of their college would be more helpful. It was a good reminder for me of how there are differing levels of connection to technology still.
P.S. One of the candidates has an instagram name of (name)diesel101. Adorbs.
In the continuing adventures of our hiring process, my boss stated they would have me check the social media of the top candidates after the interview. They came by my desk today to drop of the names. I was provided with the name and address of each candidate. They had no idea current employer and name of their college would be more helpful. It was a good reminder for me of how there are differing levels of connection to technology still.
P.S. One of the candidates has an instagram name of (name)diesel101. Adorbs.
Aw man, I was hoping for a handle that was much more incriminating!
In the continuing adventures of our hiring process, my boss stated they would have me check the social media of the top candidates after the interview. They came by my desk today to drop of the names. I was provided with the name and address of each candidate. They had no idea current employer and name of their college would be more helpful. It was a good reminder for me of how there are differing levels of connection to technology still.
P.S. One of the candidates has an instagram name of (name)diesel101. Adorbs.
Aw man, I was hoping for a handle that was much more incriminating!
Yeah. I reported back to them that all three candidates I was given were very benign. I did have a high tension moment when I searched a name with the town they live. The results included several hits for a person with that name from that town (<2000 population) who had been arrested in 2010 for six counts of child molestation but had gotten off on appeal. It turned out to not be the same person though which is probably a good thing.
Aw man, I was hoping for a handle that was much more incriminating!
Yeah. I reported back to them that all three candidates I was given were very benign. I did have a high tension moment when I searched a name with the town they live. The results included several hits for a person with that name from that town (<2000 population) who had been arrested in 2010 for six counts of child molestation but had gotten off on appeal. It turned out to not be the same person though which is probably a good thing.
In the continuing adventures of our hiring process, my boss stated they would have me check the social media of the top candidates after the interview. They came by my desk today to drop of the names. I was provided with the name and address of each candidate. They had no idea current employer and name of their college would be more helpful. It was a good reminder for me of how there are differing levels of connection to technology still.
P.S. One of the candidates has an instagram name of (name)diesel101. Adorbs.
Did you look at their linkedIn profiles as well? Or just Facebook/Twitter/Instagram?
In the continuing adventures of our hiring process, my boss stated they would have me check the social media of the top candidates after the interview. They came by my desk today to drop of the names. I was provided with the name and address of each candidate. They had no idea current employer and name of their college would be more helpful. It was a good reminder for me of how there are differing levels of connection to technology still.
P.S. One of the candidates has an instagram name of (name)diesel101. Adorbs.
Did you look at their linkedIn profiles as well? Or just Facebook/Twitter/Instagram?
What kind of backwood, under-a-rock living people is your company trying to hire!?
I have a LinkedIn account, but the only time I ever think about it is when I get a connection request. I just went back to look at it because of this post and realized that it says I work at the Nevada Supreme Court and live in Atlanta. Both of those things are wrong. I fixed them.
What kind of backwood, under-a-rock living people is your company trying to hire!?
I have a LinkedIn account, but the only time I ever think about it is when I get a connection request. I just went back to look at it because of this post and realized that it says I work at the Nevada Supreme Court and live in Atlanta. Both of those things are wrong. I fixed them.
In New Orleans the only way to get a job is pretty much by knowing someone and being recommended. I have gotten every single job by someone either recommending me or telling me about the position or by hounding the owner until they hired me (because I knew them). I talk to people all the time here that are trying to find work because they are new to the city, or are trying to switch fields and they all talk about how hard it is to get your foot in the door because New Orleans is all about who you know. I think LinkedIn has actually made it harder to find work here, because of the who you know mindset. I just make sure that all of our clients that I deal with, I connect with on LinkedIn because I am going to need them when it is time to move on. I have been headhunted a few times thanks to LinkedIn as well. It is a great resource for the job hunting, connecting and the workplace in general.
I have a LinkedIn account, but the only time I ever think about it is when I get a connection request. I just went back to look at it because of this post and realized that it says I work at the Nevada Supreme Court and live in Atlanta. Both of those things are wrong. I fixed them.
In New Orleans the only way to get a job is pretty much by knowing someone and being recommended. I have gotten every single job by someone either recommending me or telling me about the position or by hounding the owner until they hired me (because I knew them). I talk to people all the time here that are trying to find work because they are new to the city, or are trying to switch fields and they all talk about how hard it is to get your foot in the door because New Orleans is all about who you know.
I'm having the fun task of finding work in a new field and a new state at the same time. Providence seems like another one of those places where it's all about who you know, which sucks because I barely knew anyone back in Connecticut.
What kind of backwood, under-a-rock living person is your company trying to hire!?
I have had one for about seven hours now. Partly, I think it's industry driven. It's very common with some jobs and not for others. As far as these three go, only one was really a surprise. One has been at another organization for the last eight years and seemed contented until we got their application, so they may not have one because they haven't been on the hunt for a bit. The other is about our age and recently graduated from school, so they may not know about it or its usefulness.
In New Orleans the only way to get a job is pretty much by knowing someone and being recommended. I have gotten every single job by someone either recommending me or telling me about the position or by hounding the owner until they hired me (because I knew them). I talk to people all the time here that are trying to find work because they are new to the city, or are trying to switch fields and they all talk about how hard it is to get your foot in the door because New Orleans is all about who you know.
I'm having the fun task of finding work in a new field and a new state at the same time. Providence seems like another one of those places where it's all about who you know, which sucks because I barely knew anyone back in Connecticut.
That really sucks. Whenever I have thought about moving, that is the biggest stress factor for me. I know everywhere isn't as clicky as here or isn't about who you know, but some places are really like that. Have you started looking for a job already? I hope everything goes smoothly and you are able to break into that field and area's social circle.
What kind of backwood, under-a-rock living person is your company trying to hire!?
I don't have a Linkedin account because their emails are soooo annoying. I want no part of those shenanigans.
You can edit your settings so that you only get emails from those trying to connect with you or no emails at all. The only thing is, if you joined now you might get a ton of connection emails because everyone you do know that is on linkedin and facebook will request a connection. But I get it totally if you don't. All those emails go to my super junk yahoo account that I have had since 1996.
What kind of backwood, under-a-rock living person is your company trying to hire!?
I have had one for about seven hours now. Partly, I think it's industry driven. It's very common with some jobs and not for others. As far as these three go, only one was really a surprise. One has been at another organization for the last eight years and seemed contented until we got their application, so they may not have one because they haven't been on the hunt for a bit. The other is about our age and recently graduated from school, so they may not know about it or its usefulness.
Seven hours? Oh the connection requests are going to come streaming in now! I have had my linkedin account for awhile now. I think I stated it when I was at one job in 2011 and I could tell that layoffs were on the horizon. So I get why someone who hasn't been looking for a new job and has been at a place for a long ass time might not have one. Hopefully you find someone that is a good fit.
Seven hours? Oh the connection requests are going to come streaming in now! I have had my linkedin account for awhile now. I think I stated it when I was at one job in 2011 and I could tell that layoffs were on the horizon. So I get why someone who hasn't been looking for a new job and has been at a place for a long ass time might not have one. Hopefully you find someone that is a good fit.
I think they have made a decision on the candidate based off their direct experience with what we do (which isn't easy to find) and our interactions with them in the past. We are under the assumption that it'll be a "less pay but better environment" switch for them, so it's more in their court as to if they want to take the position at the pay we can offer. That being said, management had a very positive impression of all of the three top candidates, so it doesn't look like we'll be going wrong regardless of the direction they end up going. Takes some of the anxiety of the transition away from me because I was worried about them hiring a weirdo.
I haven't really been talking much about this because I was afraid of jinxing it, but at this point, I'm not even sure what I really want anyway, and it's going to be what it's going to be, so here goes.
I applied for a job in May. Didn't hear back, so after a few weeks, I completely wrote it off. Then, at the beginning of August, I unexpectedly got a call for an interview. The job is far from here, and they let me do a video interview. I thought it went fine, but I didn't have a strong feeling about it one way or the other. Video interviews are kind of awkward and it's just hard to get a feel for it, I think. Twelve days went by, and I had pretty well put it out of my head again, when the woman in charge of hiring called to say that she had narrowed it down to "a few" candidates and wanted to do a second round of interviews. She asked if I could travel there for the interview and they would schedule their other interviews around mine, as all of the other candidates they wanted to do second interviews with were local. Luckily, my grandfather is super helpful and was able to book me plane tickets to go there for the interview last Monday. I felt like it went really, really well, but of course, someone else's could have gone better.
Anyway, at the end of the interview, she told me that she hoped to make a decision within the week. I'm still not sure if she meant by the end of last week or within a week of the interview, but either way, by today, in theory. Every other step of this has been lengthy. I mean, I didn't even get the call for the interview for two and a half months after I applied. So I realize that her goal of making a decision within a week doesn't actually mean that she necessarily will make a decision in that time. But I am sitting here going absolutely crazy today.
I've already decided that if I get an offer at a reasonable salary (it's probably going to involve a pay cut, but as long as it's not too huge a cut, that would be acceptable), I'm going to accept it, but I'm not even totally sure I want it. It would be a big change, which in itself would not necessarily be a bad thing, but I like my job now and change is scary. Location-wise, there would be both big advantages and big disadvantages. But anyway, moving is scary too because we'd have to sell our house. It doesn't seem to be a bad time for doing that, but I'm afraid of putting it up for sale and having it linger.
Right now, I just want to know something one way or the other so that I can start making plans or put the whole thing behind me. I'm not made for comfortably waiting around in limbo!
Well, now I know. Looks like this one wasn't meant to be.
Just fucking kill me already. My boss obviously doesn't realize all the shit that is already on my plate and keeps adding to it. This stupid fucking menu guide is supposed to go to print tomorrow and we are nowhere near down. Plus, I have to type out all the menus because these assholes are submitting PDFs for a formatted ad. How do you think all that text gets in the fucking ad, asshole? Mother fucker, I fucking hate this place today and tomorrow is only going to be worse.
In the continuing adventures of our hiring process, my boss stated they would have me check the social media of the top candidates after the interview. They came by my desk today to drop of the names. I was provided with the name and address of each candidate. They had no idea current employer and name of their college would be more helpful. It was a good reminder for me of how there are differing levels of connection to technology still.
P.S. One of the candidates has an instagram name of (name)diesel101. Adorbs.
Either my boss never checked my social media, or he didn't do a good job, because my twitter is off the fucking wall. I'm glad he doesn't know about my secret rap career.
I'm probably fucked on the social media front too, if they can see it. I try to keep everything private, but who knows what can slip through - or people can find regardless.
I got called into my boss' office this morning. Apparently, I have been extremely short with her and she was wondering if I was mad at her or something. I have been so stressed out, I didn't even notice that I was doing that until she pointed it out. I really need some time off. I didn't realize how close to snapping I was. She understood and was cool and I feel better about talking about it, but it doesn't make the workload, the deadlines and all the other stuff go away. I really need a break.
If a meeting or conference room is not cold, I start sweating from mild anxiety and can't concentrate on anything but trying to stop sweating. I love cold rooms
Partly, I think it's industry driven. It's very common with some jobs and not for others. As far as these three go, only one was really a surprise. One has been at another organization for the last eight years and seemed contented until we got their application, so they may not have one because they haven't been on the hunt for a bit. The other is about our age and recently graduated from school, so they may not know about it or its usefulness.
