Real Life Stuff
First and foremost, I want to send out the warmest thank yous to everyone who wished me a happy birthday and for all of the cards, virtual gifts, picspams, etc. I really do love you guys and am really glad to have friends like you!!
I know that's really late in coming, but I was waiting to post because I was waiting to hear about some stuff that was going on with me...and then well...I'll be honest, I just put it off more.
I had a really nice and mellow birthday, which was just what I wanted. It was quiet and relaxing and I really needed it. : )
In other news...I spent the week preparing for an interview and sending in all this stuff...taking all of these tests and talking to the staffing agency and even did a phone interview before a real interview was set up.
So, I thought that I would just keep everything on the downlow because to be honest, I wasn't excited about the job, but beggars can't be choosers and it doesn't seem like there are really very many options open right now.
The company isn't really telemarketing (ugh), it's B2B (business to business) marketing. So, basically I would have just been calling and surveying people in a list making sure that all of their equipment worked and if it didn't, or they wanted an upgrade, I would put them in touch with a rep. Easy enough...I don't like badgering people and I have NO sales experience and was not comfortable with the thought that I might have to sell something. I was assured this was NOT sales.
So, I went into the company and had to fill out this paper that seemed strange to me...a questionnaire asking if I knew about the company and had seen the website -- those are pretty standard and justified questions. Then...what was the last book you read. o_O ohhhkayyyy...sure.
When the guy came out to greet me, he was wearing jeans and a ballcap and just walked by me, telling me follow him into this room without really introducing himself or anything. I got up and went into the conference room and with a sweep of his hand, he told me to sit down anywhere I liked and he would follow my lead. I took the seat close to the window and he pulled out my resume and started telling me about his endless meetings he had that day.
Then he said, "So, you're with xyz staffing agency?"
I said yes...he said, "Cool."
He said, "So, you have a degree in CIS."
I said yes, he said, "Cool."
He asked what I knew about the company, I told him and then he gave me a synopsis of the company and then there was a moment of silence where he seemed unsure as to what he was doing and then he took his pen, put it down on the table and said, "Ok...sell me this pen."
Imagine now, if you will, the ultimate deer in the headlights look and I am sure that's what I looked like. I got flustered, my face got red, all thought fled from my mind and I stared at the pen as if it would somehow save my life.
I looked up at Eric and told him that I had NO sales experience and I wasn't good at it...AT ALL.
He said that was ok and to just give it a shot.
He simply stared at me as I stared at the pen and finally, I picked it up and started blurting out whatever came to mind that would make me buy a generic looking black bic pen. I tried to pull of the cap and the whole end of the pen and the ink cartridge came out with it and again...more panic because now I broke the guy's pen.
I stammered a bit more, sweating profusely by now and he said, "All right. That's good. How about I show you around."
He gave me the tour of the building, which ended in the lobby where he told me that if they were interested in me, they would call xyz staffing and they would get in touch with me. He then turned and started talking to the receptionist without another word and I walked out.
Needless to say, because of the little pen fiasco, he decided to pass on me. My staffing agent was none too happy and she called the woman in charge of hiring and talked to her, and she said that if she went ahead and hired me, Eric would be "mad at her." Middle school, anyone?
Anywho...my staffing agent is still trying to get me in the door there, I think, but honestly...it makes me uncomfortable to think that I would be seeing that guy every day knowing that he didn't want me there. And...even with practice...the selling the pen question isn't going to get any easier for me. I am sure that I would get the same stage fright and I would break into a sweat anytime someone brought out a pen which is totally not fair because I LOVE office supplies.
*sighs
So, in summary...I am still jobless and messed up an interview that my brother said people who can't even read can get through. *hangs head
I don't know what I am doing...don't know what I am going to do...and I really am trying not to stress, but you know, it's hard. I know that there's something out there and all of that...it's just getting harder and harder to wait for that opportunity to present itself.
That's what's been going on with me lately...sorry that it's not really happy stuff. I'm not unhappy...just a little more serious than I like to be.
Anyways...I love you guys. Thanks for listening and for being there. *huggles
mustangcandi : thanks for keeping me sane and for being the most supportive bestie ever. You really are the best and I don't know what I would do without you. mwah!!!
I know that's really late in coming, but I was waiting to post because I was waiting to hear about some stuff that was going on with me...and then well...I'll be honest, I just put it off more.
I had a really nice and mellow birthday, which was just what I wanted. It was quiet and relaxing and I really needed it. : )
In other news...I spent the week preparing for an interview and sending in all this stuff...taking all of these tests and talking to the staffing agency and even did a phone interview before a real interview was set up.
So, I thought that I would just keep everything on the downlow because to be honest, I wasn't excited about the job, but beggars can't be choosers and it doesn't seem like there are really very many options open right now.
The company isn't really telemarketing (ugh), it's B2B (business to business) marketing. So, basically I would have just been calling and surveying people in a list making sure that all of their equipment worked and if it didn't, or they wanted an upgrade, I would put them in touch with a rep. Easy enough...I don't like badgering people and I have NO sales experience and was not comfortable with the thought that I might have to sell something. I was assured this was NOT sales.
So, I went into the company and had to fill out this paper that seemed strange to me...a questionnaire asking if I knew about the company and had seen the website -- those are pretty standard and justified questions. Then...what was the last book you read. o_O ohhhkayyyy...sure.
When the guy came out to greet me, he was wearing jeans and a ballcap and just walked by me, telling me follow him into this room without really introducing himself or anything. I got up and went into the conference room and with a sweep of his hand, he told me to sit down anywhere I liked and he would follow my lead. I took the seat close to the window and he pulled out my resume and started telling me about his endless meetings he had that day.
Then he said, "So, you're with xyz staffing agency?"
I said yes...he said, "Cool."
He said, "So, you have a degree in CIS."
I said yes, he said, "Cool."
He asked what I knew about the company, I told him and then he gave me a synopsis of the company and then there was a moment of silence where he seemed unsure as to what he was doing and then he took his pen, put it down on the table and said, "Ok...sell me this pen."
Imagine now, if you will, the ultimate deer in the headlights look and I am sure that's what I looked like. I got flustered, my face got red, all thought fled from my mind and I stared at the pen as if it would somehow save my life.
I looked up at Eric and told him that I had NO sales experience and I wasn't good at it...AT ALL.
He said that was ok and to just give it a shot.
He simply stared at me as I stared at the pen and finally, I picked it up and started blurting out whatever came to mind that would make me buy a generic looking black bic pen. I tried to pull of the cap and the whole end of the pen and the ink cartridge came out with it and again...more panic because now I broke the guy's pen.
I stammered a bit more, sweating profusely by now and he said, "All right. That's good. How about I show you around."
He gave me the tour of the building, which ended in the lobby where he told me that if they were interested in me, they would call xyz staffing and they would get in touch with me. He then turned and started talking to the receptionist without another word and I walked out.
Needless to say, because of the little pen fiasco, he decided to pass on me. My staffing agent was none too happy and she called the woman in charge of hiring and talked to her, and she said that if she went ahead and hired me, Eric would be "mad at her." Middle school, anyone?
Anywho...my staffing agent is still trying to get me in the door there, I think, but honestly...it makes me uncomfortable to think that I would be seeing that guy every day knowing that he didn't want me there. And...even with practice...the selling the pen question isn't going to get any easier for me. I am sure that I would get the same stage fright and I would break into a sweat anytime someone brought out a pen which is totally not fair because I LOVE office supplies.
*sighs
So, in summary...I am still jobless and messed up an interview that my brother said people who can't even read can get through. *hangs head
I don't know what I am doing...don't know what I am going to do...and I really am trying not to stress, but you know, it's hard. I know that there's something out there and all of that...it's just getting harder and harder to wait for that opportunity to present itself.
That's what's been going on with me lately...sorry that it's not really happy stuff. I'm not unhappy...just a little more serious than I like to be.
Anyways...I love you guys. Thanks for listening and for being there. *huggles
mustangcandi : thanks for keeping me sane and for being the most supportive bestie ever. You really are the best and I don't know what I would do without you. mwah!!!