Developments
Work has been pretty busy the past few weeks. Did I tell you we had another resignation? We had another resignation, and of course it's the coordinator whose spot I was 'temporarily' filling in while he was on secondment, so thanks, other coordinator. Much appreciated.
Anyway. I also had the discussion about the role I want to end up in, and I've been promised that as soon as they find a coordinator to fill my current and the original role I was meant to be in (but never eventuated because, guess what, coordinator went on secondment) I'll get to focus on reporting and data analysis.
Because I've finally realised what I want to do in business development. I'm actually good at Excel spreadsheets. I enjoy playing with numbers to help us determine key clients and where we should be focusing our efforts. I want to do more of it. I like taking in information and creating something coherent and useful from it.
So we'll see if that eventuates.
In other news, in one of my fits of frustration I applied for some jobs. I actually got called for two (which turned out to be the same job, one from the firm and the other from the recruitment agency) - and I had a second interview for it today. I messed up, I was late (I relied on trams when obviously, by now, I should know to never ever trust public transport), I was so nervous they could tell and got me some water and told me to relax, and the interview was shorter than scheduled.
Which is why I'm okay telling LJ about this, because when it was a possibility I didn't want to risk it. I didn't really want to leave Wolframs, but I am disappointed I didn't do better. Oh well.
This week has been very long, and I just want to sleep in on Saturday but there are rental places to inspect at ridiculous times. I am very unimpressed with the realities of living in Melbourne, which is weird because I'm still glad to be back. I just want to get to the next stage - where I'm renting with Rex and the job has become more enjoyable.
In other news, I have new glasses. The frames are secretly tortoise shell (you can't tell till you're up close and the light is just right).
Anyway. I also had the discussion about the role I want to end up in, and I've been promised that as soon as they find a coordinator to fill my current and the original role I was meant to be in (but never eventuated because, guess what, coordinator went on secondment) I'll get to focus on reporting and data analysis.
Because I've finally realised what I want to do in business development. I'm actually good at Excel spreadsheets. I enjoy playing with numbers to help us determine key clients and where we should be focusing our efforts. I want to do more of it. I like taking in information and creating something coherent and useful from it.
So we'll see if that eventuates.
In other news, in one of my fits of frustration I applied for some jobs. I actually got called for two (which turned out to be the same job, one from the firm and the other from the recruitment agency) - and I had a second interview for it today. I messed up, I was late (I relied on trams when obviously, by now, I should know to never ever trust public transport), I was so nervous they could tell and got me some water and told me to relax, and the interview was shorter than scheduled.
Which is why I'm okay telling LJ about this, because when it was a possibility I didn't want to risk it. I didn't really want to leave Wolframs, but I am disappointed I didn't do better. Oh well.
This week has been very long, and I just want to sleep in on Saturday but there are rental places to inspect at ridiculous times. I am very unimpressed with the realities of living in Melbourne, which is weird because I'm still glad to be back. I just want to get to the next stage - where I'm renting with Rex and the job has become more enjoyable.
In other news, I have new glasses. The frames are secretly tortoise shell (you can't tell till you're up close and the light is just right).