This last week was a very hectic and busy week. I knew it would be because I had Parent/Teacher Conferences to attend, but on top of that I had 3 interviews in 3 days right in a row! Yes, good news…but it certainly made for a few late days.
My first interview was with a local high-end automotive dealership that needs an HR Assistant for their region. I was contacted the next day to set up a 2nd interview for this position, which I will attend Monday afternoon. It’s not a bad position at all, but the benefits aren’t worth much to speak of. The best part about this position is the location of the dealership…it’s only about a mile or so from my house. 
The next interview was with a nationwide car rental company to which I had to travel over 30miles one-way just to interview for. This position is an administrative position at a local branch (closer than the corporate office). However, when I arrived for my interview I was greeted by the HR Manager telling me that I would “have to wait a while” because she was “in the middle of a job fair”. I looked at her and asked her why then did she schedule an interview with me for this time…to which she replied, “I didn’t”. WTF? I looked at her and said, “I’m sorry, but yes, you did. You called me 2 days ago and specifically asked me to be here on this day at this time.” She then said, “oh, well if I did I shouldn’t have because like I said, I’m in the middle of a job fair and you’re going to have to wait a while.”
I was NOT impressed by this at all! 
I waited for over 30 minutes (and would’ve only waited 15 more before leaving) before the General Mgr finally went into the HR Manager’s office and INSTRUCTED her to interview me right then after making me wait so long. Needless to say, once I got into her office and she informed me that this position was only $10/hr and gave me the rest of the job description, I knew in that moment that this was a huge waste of time. I was so overqualified for this position it wasn’t even funny! So I thanked her for the opportunity to interview, wished her luck on finding the right candidate and proceeded to walk out of the building.
On my way home from that interview I rec’d a phone call from the Fleet Mgr for another company that I’d sent a resume into about 3 hrs prior. I’d actually inquired about the HR Assist. position with this company, but once the HR Dept. noticed all of my DOT Compliance qualifications, they immediately gave my resume to Fleet. Anyway, after speaking with the Feet Mgr and hearing him explain that he is in need for an assistant and asking if I’d be interested, he scheduled an interview for me for the next afternoon. I went yesterday and spoke with him for over an hour. He seems like a very nice man and has only been with the company for a few months himself. 
The company is the product of 2 other companies that merged last year…so it’s still going through “growing pains” and developmental stages. I’ve been in that position before when I worked for GSW and they were still a small company.
Anyway, he said that he’d let me know sometime this next week, but he also stated that I seem like the type of person who, when given a mission, does whatever is necessary to get it done. Yup…that’s me alright. He also stated that he can tell that I know what I’m doing and that I don’t need a great deal of directions. Yeah, I can take care of things on my own. LOL
So…at least I have a few prospective options here and the latter of the 3 would be the best I think. It is an hourly position, BUT it’s the highest paying of the 3 and is still very close to home (6 miles) and it’s what I know best. I think it would be fun to start this dept from scratch and build it up to where it should be. I like doing that because then I can do it the right way the first time and not have to redo someone else’s idea of what it should’ve been.
Ok…I’m done ranting for now. I’ll let you know how things turn out!
Yup…I’ve now lost 150lbs from my highest weight!! 
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