I got my first unemployment check on Friday! It's a pretty decent amount, given the salary I had at my last job, so it'll keep me housed and fed for a while. I'm still looking at jobs, but I'm focusing my efforts on turning my internship into a real, paid gig.
In other news, I've started another blog: One Nerdy Thing. It's a bunch of musings on a range of nerdy topics (politics, literature, geography, etc.). Check it out, please!
Sunday, October 18, 2009
Friday, October 9, 2009
Didn't want it, didn't get it; however…
Wednesday, interview day, was more than a little ridiculous. The interview was out of the city, quite a ways away for someone without a car, and it took me almost three hours just to get there using four different means of transportation (bus to underground metro to train to cab). The bus and metro are covered by my monthly pass, but the train was $6 each way and the cab (which the interviewer had told me to take from the train station) was $13 for a single ride. Therefore, I arrived at the interview out of sorts, short $25 (I had to pay upfront for both train tickets), and not really wanting the job. Therefore, my interview (two, actually), was pretty bad. I couldn't feign enough interest in the job nor could I explain why I was really there in the first place.
Determined not to pay another $13 cab fare, I decided to try to take the bus to the train station. Despite having printed directions from one of my interviewers, I couldn't figure out which side of the street to wait on. Then I realized that I only had a $20, which I couldn't use on the bus. After a number of phone calls with my dad (thanks again, Dad!), some directions from someone on the street, and well over an hour of walking, I finally made it back to the train station. The only good thing about this was that I ended up on the same train that I would have taken had I been able to catch the bus.
Late this afternoon I found out that I didn't get the job. No big surprise. I really didn't want it and it showed. However, hours after I wrote my previous post, my boss at my internship told me that she wants to make my position paid. She couldn't promise anything, nor could she promise a full-time job, but it seems promising. I plan on talking to her about it again next week and perhaps we can get the ball rolling on that.
Determined not to pay another $13 cab fare, I decided to try to take the bus to the train station. Despite having printed directions from one of my interviewers, I couldn't figure out which side of the street to wait on. Then I realized that I only had a $20, which I couldn't use on the bus. After a number of phone calls with my dad (thanks again, Dad!), some directions from someone on the street, and well over an hour of walking, I finally made it back to the train station. The only good thing about this was that I ended up on the same train that I would have taken had I been able to catch the bus.
Late this afternoon I found out that I didn't get the job. No big surprise. I really didn't want it and it showed. However, hours after I wrote my previous post, my boss at my internship told me that she wants to make my position paid. She couldn't promise anything, nor could she promise a full-time job, but it seems promising. I plan on talking to her about it again next week and perhaps we can get the ball rolling on that.
Tuesday, October 6, 2009
Job Interview!
I had one yesterday. It was just an initial phone interview, but it was about 15 minutes long and it seemed to go well. That was confirmed when I got an invite for an in person interview tomorrow. This isn't necessarily my ideal job, plus it's a contract position, but at this point I need something. Plus, I'd be working for an awesome company, though, because it's a contract position, I'd actually be getting my pay and benefits from a different company.
This is exciting because I could get a job offer, but also because if that happened, I'd have some leverage at my internship, where I really want to work. I feel that my work at the internship should be a real job, one they pay me for; if I get a job offer elsewhere, I can go in and say, "Look, you keep telling me what a great job I'm doing and you don't want me to leave. I've got a job offer elsewhere, but if you can give me a an equal or better offer, I'll stay here." (I won't say that exactly, but that's the gist.)
In other news, I'm keeping grad school as an option, so I'm going to a grad school fair next week. I want to see what's out there so I can make an informed decision. We'll see how this all shakes out.
This is exciting because I could get a job offer, but also because if that happened, I'd have some leverage at my internship, where I really want to work. I feel that my work at the internship should be a real job, one they pay me for; if I get a job offer elsewhere, I can go in and say, "Look, you keep telling me what a great job I'm doing and you don't want me to leave. I've got a job offer elsewhere, but if you can give me a an equal or better offer, I'll stay here." (I won't say that exactly, but that's the gist.)
In other news, I'm keeping grad school as an option, so I'm going to a grad school fair next week. I want to see what's out there so I can make an informed decision. We'll see how this all shakes out.
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