I'm currently doing temp work for a consulting and investment firm. They are getting ready for a conference and, of course, want as many people to come as they can possibly get. This past week and a half I've spent all day on the phone making follow-up calls to CEOs and CFOs of micro cap companies regarding a brochure the firm mailed to them. Did I ( Read more... )

Manpower (a temporary placement agency) called me yesterday with a long-term clerical position they needed to fill working for a company that does background checks. It sounded interesting so I said sure. What I also heard but failed to process* was the phrase "temp-to-hire" even though they asked for my resume and I sent it to them. I had an ( Read more... )

I got an interview with SOS staffing services for a temp to hire position the end of April. The guy at the company said the girl they were replacing was still looking for a full time position so she hadn't officially quit yet, but that they'd let me know when she left. I kind of wonder if they didn't hire someone else. I have to admit I didn't ( Read more... )

Last time I applied for work through a temp agency I was at a job within two weeks. It's been almost two and no news of even a prospective position. I applied with Manpower on the 4th (see previous entry). I sent in an on-line application to Kelly Services on the 11th and was e-mailed "Thank you for your intrest in Kelly Services. We are reviewing ( Read more... )

I've been worrying about the debt that Chalain and I have racked up. His business is doing well enough to get the bills paid but there's not a lot left over right now for other things and any extra he makes I'd like him to keep for business expenses that may come up. I talked it over with him and we decided that it would be okay for me to get a ( Read more... )

Chalain can't take the stress being generated from his PM and VP at work. Obviously these guys never got the training about helping ones employees to do their job. Instead they seem to think they should both be telling Chalain what he should be working on with out consulting each other. Chalain has a "bad attitude" when he tries to let them know ( Read more... )

...my job, that is. No more paying work for me. No more hour+ commute. No more having more duties dumped on me than I can get through in a day. No more getting up a 3:30 in the morning so I can shower, blow dry my hair, dress, feed the dogs, empty the dishwasher, eat breakfast, walk the dogs, most mornings wake Chalain up, on Thursdays do laundry/ ( Read more... )