Apple again
Well, I didn't get the job at Apple.
When I was there, the guy made a point of telling me "I'll be deciding by Friday. If you don't hear from me by then, I've chosen other people." And here it is, Saturday.
I guess I scared him off. As rhianwyn said after I told her about it, "It's only a crap retail job." Well, yes, but it's a crap retail job at Apple. The guy made it sound like the Mac Specialist position was the ground floor for nearly anything in the company. He told me about a Specialist who busted her ass and was recently sent to the mothership in Cupertino for two weeks, to be trained for the Creative position.
That sort of ground-floor opportunity beats the hell out of the typical call center gig.
Oh well! The struggle continues, there's always something else. I just should have practised, I should have remembered what wherdafux_d_cat here told me in regards to being terminated:
Keep it simple. Just use 'terminated' and leave off the rest. When a prospective employer asks for details of the termination, give them a politely neutral, two- or three-sentence summary. Be honest but be brief, just something like, 'They had two separate systems for employees to log into and out of each day. There were occasions where I logged out of one system but forgot to log out of the other. Although it was an honest mistake, the company chose to end my employment with them.'
I wonder why I sabotage myself in these situations. It's getting really goddamn annoying.
When I was there, the guy made a point of telling me "I'll be deciding by Friday. If you don't hear from me by then, I've chosen other people." And here it is, Saturday.
I guess I scared him off. As rhianwyn said after I told her about it, "It's only a crap retail job." Well, yes, but it's a crap retail job at Apple. The guy made it sound like the Mac Specialist position was the ground floor for nearly anything in the company. He told me about a Specialist who busted her ass and was recently sent to the mothership in Cupertino for two weeks, to be trained for the Creative position.
That sort of ground-floor opportunity beats the hell out of the typical call center gig.
Oh well! The struggle continues, there's always something else. I just should have practised, I should have remembered what wherdafux_d_cat here told me in regards to being terminated:
Keep it simple. Just use 'terminated' and leave off the rest. When a prospective employer asks for details of the termination, give them a politely neutral, two- or three-sentence summary. Be honest but be brief, just something like, 'They had two separate systems for employees to log into and out of each day. There were occasions where I logged out of one system but forgot to log out of the other. Although it was an honest mistake, the company chose to end my employment with them.'
I wonder why I sabotage myself in these situations. It's getting really goddamn annoying.