My Second Second Interview...

So this week I had three more interviews, bringing the grand total to 6 interviews in two weeks!

I had one for an event planning position with MacEwan College, but I just got a wacky gut feeling afterwards so I have no doubts about getting that position.  Doesn't matter, it was part time anyways and I have this thing called rent that I have to pay monthly...

Then I had my first of two second interviews, this one with Catholic Social Services.  I was prepared for more grilling, but it ended up being just a skills test.  It was only down to two of us for the position, so I have a 50/50 chance of getting offered the position. And then, while in the first second interview, I found out about a second second interview with G2.  I was so excited! I had the interview today at 10 and I think it went well... I really don't want to jinx it so I don't want to say anything more.  Last night I got a call from the CSS lady and I called her back today but still haven't heard from her.  We'll see, but I should know either way by the end of the day.  I'm still really hoping for the G2...

*UPDATE: I did NOT get the CCS job.  They said that it was a hard decision to make.  

The Backyard Bunny...

So, most Edmontontonians will know exactly what I'm talking about when I refer to the bunny infestation! Personally, I think it's kind of cute and totally hilarious, but some people find them to be annoying. Maybe that's what's driven Floppy (we've named him; although now I want to call him Peter Cottontail, after the children stories) to hide in our backyard. For more than a week now, the wild jack rabbit hides in our backyard, near the play set that the previous owners left behind. I've taken some pictures and am sharing in the cuteness. We've also been giving him lettuce from our garden, but if anyone knows what else we can feed him, please offer suggestions!

I just looked out my window while writing the first half of this post and Peter's back, so I ran out and snapped some more pictures. He let me get to within about 6 feet, but I didn't want to scare him away, so I just stopped there. So cute!

2 down...1 more to go....

So I had my second interview of the week this morning. It went well, I think, but I'm getting this gut feeling and having trouble reading it. You know how something just bugs you or makes you hesitate and you don't know why? Anyways, I just had that kind of feeling after the interview. It was just so different. My first interview was with G2 Marketing, as an Account Coordinator. When I was at the office, it felt fun and youthful. When I was at my interview with Catholic Social Services today, it felt really formal. Maybe I'm not looking for formal...I don't know. My interview tomorrow is with the City of Edmonton, specifically the Edmonton Police Service in their Corporate Communications department. I'm still really excited about that position, despite the fact that it's only for a 6 month period. But I think that if I got offered both positions today, I'd probably pick the G2 job over the CCS job. The other problem is that CCS will be making their decision quickly, while the other two will probably take at least a week. The more I think about it, the less enthusiastic I am towards that job. I don't mean to be so picky but I want to find something that I can stay at for a few years and I'm worried that I'll get bored too quickly. I think I need to make a Pro/Con list for the positions...

Friendships & Loss...

With my unemployment, I've had a lot of time to reflect on my life, specifically my friendships.  I love PL and he is truly my best friend.  I would say the next person I'm closest to is my big sister, who lives in Vancouver right now.  The distance makes it hard though.  And as I think on my girl friends, I really don't have anyone else who even comes close to being a best friend.  I have three friends, M, E, and C, who are all good friends.  But none of them come close to being a best friend.  I think that we "spark" with members of both sexes.  I think there are people you meet who you just click with and you have a friendship or more (depending on your sexuality).  I had a spark with a coworker, S, and we were best friends for about 18 months.  We worked together, and hung out after work a lot, but never fought.  Then I went back to school and left the company we both worked for.  And she met a boy.  I went from seeing her daily to see her once every 3 or 4 months.  When I eventually called her on it, she gave me some lame excuse that she wanted to give me space while I was going to school, so I could focus on it.  And I realized that she had turned into one of those girls who get in new relationships and disappear.  She's engaged to this doofus now (I don't like him based on the fact that he's obviously not encouraging her to have a healthy life outside of their relationship) and even though I'm done school, we talk only by email about once a month.  I feel like I'm always being ditched by girlfriends.  My friends always seem to move on to better people, and I'm always left behind alone.  

Lately, I've felt that I'm becoming a 60-year-old hermit and I've really been wanting to go out.  My entire life I've been wanting to be further along than I actually am, for example, while in junior high I wanted to be in high school, when in high school I wanted to be in college, in college I wanted to be finished, and now that I'm finished, I just want to get married.  So instead of appreciating every part of my life, I'm constant trying to push myself forward, which is not necessarily a bad thing, but I'm worried that one day I'm going to reflect on my life and realize that I missed out on just having fun.  But unfortunately, I have no one in my life to do that with.  Out of the three women I mentioned before - M, E, and C - two are married and one just ended a relationship (and isn't really the partying kind of person).  I'm just scared that I'm going to look back on my 20's and wonder why I became such a reclusive bore!

From losing 1 to gaining 3...

I can't believe it's been 10 days since I last posted something! I thought I would be more active on my blog, with my unemployment.

In the 10 days, I lost an interview (took too long to get back to them), and gained 3!  I had one yesterday that I think went really well, but there's some drama that may prevent me from getting the job.  I was basically told that I would be called for a second interview for next week, but we'll see.  I will explain more of the drama in another post... I have one interview tomorrow with Catholic Social Services and then my City of Edmonton interview on Thursday.  So I'm incredibly thankful for some progress on that front! I'll keep you posted on the success of the other two interviews, probably on Friday.

Another job possibility...

"Your resume has been forwarded to the hiring manager for further review".  Freakin' finally!

I applied for a City of Edmonton job in the corporate communications department of ___.  I'm leaving that part blank so I don't jinx myself. Of all the jobs I applied for , I'm actually the most excited about this possibility, so I'm going to tell you about the awesome moonwalk I did in my living room when I read those 12 little words!

Mostly Moved and Still Looking...

So as my title says, I've mostly moved in.  Being unemployed this past week has certainly helped the process; lots of day time hours to unpack and unpack and unpack!

Our house is even better than I remembered.  It's been total bliss, unpacking in a home where we actually have space to put things.  I'm still working on the office and the master bedroom.  And on the plus side, I need less stuff from IKEA than I originally thought!

And on the other part of my title, I am still looking for jobs.  I just find it crazy that I have heard so little from companies.  I thought Edmonton was a boom town and businesses were struggling to find good entry-level workers? 

I applied for this communications assistant position on August 14th, the job closed on August 18th, and I heard from them about an interview on September 4th. I was completely shocked to hear from them because I had naturally assumed that not hearing anything after 18 days after the job closed meant that I was not going to hear from them ever.  Nonetheless, I have an interview for Wednesday morning next week and I'm totally excited.  

Originally, when I started searching I thought I'd be okay accepting an administrative assistant position in a cool company but after reflecting on it for a while, I realized that I'm not willing to settle.  So I've narrowed my search to communications jobs or temp. admin jobs.  

My big thing is to keep moving forward.  I think if you stop trying to move forward, you start to get into situations that make you unhappy.  Even with our house search.  PL was looking for basement suites in addition to main floors, but I told him that we should push to move forward and only look at main floors.  I just wanted us to be constantly pushing for something better than before. Maybe that's really superficial or shallow of me, I don't know.  Shouldn't we always be striving for better, instead of settling for less?