Well, the First Job never called, so I think I'm in the clear.
The Interview at the Second Job went well, although there were a few snags. (1) I misunderstood what the job was. I thought it was pulling files off damaged hard drives. It's not. It's taking files from hard drives, converting them to TIFFs and indexing them to a database. (2) I got the idea that this is a Very Entry Level job. As in, they're looking for kids, and I'm WAY overqualified. Mainly a comment he made about "My resume may be scaring people off." (3) The job is more machinework than actual document creation.
However.
I qualify for virtually everything else they do on top of the job they're asking for (creating guides, digitizing video, making legal briefs look pretty. It is NOT a multinational corporation about to move everyone over to India at the drop of a hat and it's NOT phone work.
I think it's going to come down to money now. The Job I Don't Want to Do for $14.25? Or the job that could get me going down the Document Creation world for $12 an hour? Dunno...I'll play that game when (if) it happens.
I talked to Nikki for an hour about everything...I'm pretty scattered to begin with, and very phone-o-phobic (tech support does that to you - I have to concentrate not to answer with the Dell Spiel) so it was a semi disjointed conversation from me. I tried, though! She sang some songs for me, and I can't get over how much I like her voice.
And now I'm fighting sleep. I'd nap, but my nap would quickly become an 8 hour sleep, and that would screw up my sleep scehdule even MORE.
...maybe a little nap...
The Interview at the Second Job went well, although there were a few snags. (1) I misunderstood what the job was. I thought it was pulling files off damaged hard drives. It's not. It's taking files from hard drives, converting them to TIFFs and indexing them to a database. (2) I got the idea that this is a Very Entry Level job. As in, they're looking for kids, and I'm WAY overqualified. Mainly a comment he made about "My resume may be scaring people off." (3) The job is more machinework than actual document creation.
However.
I qualify for virtually everything else they do on top of the job they're asking for (creating guides, digitizing video, making legal briefs look pretty. It is NOT a multinational corporation about to move everyone over to India at the drop of a hat and it's NOT phone work.
I think it's going to come down to money now. The Job I Don't Want to Do for $14.25? Or the job that could get me going down the Document Creation world for $12 an hour? Dunno...I'll play that game when (if) it happens.
I talked to Nikki for an hour about everything...I'm pretty scattered to begin with, and very phone-o-phobic (tech support does that to you - I have to concentrate not to answer with the Dell Spiel) so it was a semi disjointed conversation from me. I tried, though! She sang some songs for me, and I can't get over how much I like her voice.
And now I'm fighting sleep. I'd nap, but my nap would quickly become an 8 hour sleep, and that would screw up my sleep scehdule even MORE.
...maybe a little nap...
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Date: 2004-02-17 01:08 pm (UTC)Hold out for the job that will get you on the path you want. So what it is less money. Less money is better than no money and if you are heading in the direction you want, the rest will work itself out. Don't be fooled by the $14.25 an hour job. Concentrate on the $12 job.
Your in my prayers/thoughts/blessings/spells. My best to you.
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Date: 2004-02-20 07:21 am (UTC)