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Texannie
Member
07-16-2001
| Tuesday, November 13, 2007 - 4:09 pm
thanks ya'll!!
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Juju2bigdog
Member
10-27-2000
| Tuesday, November 13, 2007 - 6:41 pm
Texannie, that sounds like an excellent job for you.
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Texannie
Member
07-16-2001
| Tuesday, November 13, 2007 - 9:55 pm
Thanks, Juju..it really does.
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Nyheat
Member
08-09-2006
| Thursday, November 15, 2007 - 6:47 pm
Texannie how did it go?
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Texannie
Member
07-16-2001
| Thursday, November 15, 2007 - 8:19 pm
well....the interview went well. i need to go back and speak with the various department managers BUT, i emailed the woman who interviewed me to ask a few more questions and she included a job description for clarification and it wasn't the job i thought i was interviewing for!!! i emailed back with the job decription of the job i thought i was interviewing for and she said they were the same job..but they have very different job descriptions..same department but different jobs! LOL so now i am stumped.
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Egbok
Member
07-13-2000
| Thursday, November 15, 2007 - 8:53 pm
Hey Annie, I'm glad to hear your interview went good. As for the switch-a-roo, I say just go with it. They probably saw something in you that would fit into the different job description. Of course you need to ask questions. I hope it all works out in your favor!
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Texannie
Member
07-16-2001
| Friday, November 16, 2007 - 6:20 am
I emailed the woman back and she keeps maintaining it's the same job! LOL I have the two job descriptions in my hand and they do have some overlap but they are different jobs...now, if i could pick the stuff i like from each job description, that would be great! LOL I gave the two job descriptions to my husband to read (he didn't know what was going on). He said 'well, the first one sounds exactly like you and the 2nd one you are sort of qualified for but it doesn't sound like something you would want to do.'
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Mameblanche
Member
08-24-2002
| Friday, November 16, 2007 - 7:42 am
I would have included the 2 different job descriptions in the email and asked her which one was more accurate, or if it was a mix of the two. Softening it to seem like maybe you believe it very well may be the same job but that evidently several key elements had changed and would she be so kind as to clarify the discrepancy once and for all.
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Texannie
Member
07-16-2001
| Friday, November 16, 2007 - 10:33 am
I did, Mame.
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Mameblanche
Member
08-24-2002
| Friday, November 16, 2007 - 5:12 pm
In that case the gal sounds like a bonehead for insisting it's the same job when you've included both descriptions in the email. Sounds like she's in denial. Well, best of luck, Annie! Hugs!
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Serate
Member
08-21-2001
| Wednesday, December 05, 2007 - 3:17 pm
OK so I applied for a job and haven't gotten the call to set up an interview but my husband was told that all they are waiting for is my college transcripts and it doesn't matter what my grade point average is [I can't remember if it was at least the 2.9 they require - it was either a 2.5 or 2.7, too bad the won't take the 4.0 I got in high school! -but from the application I had the highest rating so will get the call. So my problem is, we just celebrated Christmas and are very strapped for cash. [Why oh why did we buy that mixer?] It is a government job at the VA. Work dress is on the casual side of business casual, jeans and tshirts on Fridays unless you are involved in a hearing. Any "dress" clothes I have will fit in with the casual side of business casual. I can't afford a suit, and with the highs being in the 20's and my fat ugly calves, pants are preferred. I also have the problem of being short but fat. Any ideas of how to dress professional enough for an interview but not spend bucco bucks?
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Texannie
Member
07-16-2001
| Wednesday, December 05, 2007 - 5:47 pm
do you have a kohl's near you or steve and barry's? great prices. do you have nice black pants and a jacket?
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Chiliwilli
Member
09-04-2006
| Wednesday, December 05, 2007 - 9:15 pm
How about a Value Village, Salvation Army store or any place that takes consignments. I get great stuff at our Value Village store sometimes but not every time. Sometimes they even have brand new stuff. eBay? I LOVE eBay. Do you know anyone you can borrow stuff from until you some money?
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Texannie
Member
07-16-2001
| Thursday, December 06, 2007 - 2:29 am
I love Value Village. And Goodwill too.
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Juju2bigdog
Member
10-27-2000
| Thursday, December 06, 2007 - 8:11 am
Value Village, Goodwill, and consignment stores are my staples as well. You can get SO much better quality of clothes for a fraction of what you might spend on brand new clothes of lesser quality. You just have to be prepared to look closely and be persistent. You might have to go to three stores but you will find something acceptable at one of them. Don't get something inferior just to settle, because the next store will probably have just the thing. Donors come in all sizes, just like buyers do. There is one Goodwill I can't even go to anymore because one of their regular donors wears the same size shoe I do, and they only buy very expensive shoes and then don't seem to wear them but donate them instead. I am full up on brand new Mephisto and Clarks shoes for $7. I have gotten some of my best brand name stuff at the local Humane Society thrift store. And that is how you get some good work clothes for very little money. AND you are doing good things for the planet by not consuming MORE disposable new clothes.
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Serate
Member
08-21-2001
| Thursday, December 06, 2007 - 10:55 am
Thanks for the ideas. There will be NO problem with clothes to wear for the job. It's just for the interview and us spending too much on Christmas [which we celebrated Thanksgiving]. With the weather that's starting right now there will be no shopping until at least Sunday, if then. But I still haven't gotten the transcripts - any day now - so in a sense I can control when I'll get the call. Hubby has tomorrow off so even if they come today he wouldn't take them in until Monday.
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