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Legalboxer
Member
11-17-2003
| Friday, February 13, 2004 - 10:49 am
My interviews this week just get stranger and stranger - I get there 10 minutes early and they start without the director- who arrives on time but 10 minutes after I started - it was her and another woman- its a small nonprofit in north Baltimore that works with women in prison- inside a old row office but its a nice little space- anyway it looked liked they were ready to hand me the job until they saw I cant talk and were concerned about how I would do workshops in prisons- the thing is, I have a computer that talks and have been doing workshops since age 11 - over 17 years- so that is no problem to me- but apparently no one is allowed to bring in computers to prisons and they were worried about that but I am just sitting there thinking in my mind how on earth would a state agency ban a lawyer from bringing in a computer they use to talk- talk about an ADA lawsuit (and I am not huge on ADA laws but still) - but that being said they jump to talking about arranging a time for me to go to a prison to see if I can do the workshops- but if I cant they asked if I would consider a part time job where I would just be in court, grant writing and community presentations- minus the prison workshops- and I am thinking shouldn’t you be offering me the job or something before you assume I will accept the position - and its actually my last choice for jobs since its so low pay and everything but they just acted like they were figuring out a way to have me on board without officially offering - so we will see- one of the women was nice and my age- the other was nice too but was the questioning one and I think things could go either way in getting along with her- but they didn’t ask if I had any questions at the end while they described the organization at the start they never described the job pay etc - which I knew from the job posting but still - it was like - we like your resume, how will you communicate- we will see if you can do this and that’s all- no real normal ending in asking additional questions etc - but like I said, we will see hat happens with that -
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Goddessatlaw
Member
07-19-2002
| Friday, February 13, 2004 - 10:56 am
Legal, I am so sorry I seem to be underaware of your personal circumstances: you can't talk? And you use a computer to communicate?
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Legalboxer
Member
11-17-2003
| Friday, February 13, 2004 - 11:11 am
GAL- well its not like i broadcasted that fact to the whole board - but i thought it would be wrong to leave out that part of the story today - but yes, i cant talk, not since birth, and i use a talking computer- like stephen hawkings uses- or i write in one on one settings too- (although writing isnt always helpful with illiterate clients )
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Egbok
Member
07-13-2000
| Friday, February 13, 2004 - 11:21 am
Legal, my impression of you has just jumped up 200% (if that's possible...LOL!). I'm here rooting for you to get a job that will bring you much satisfaction. Go Legal!!
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Legalboxer
Member
11-17-2003
| Friday, February 13, 2004 - 11:23 am
thanks ms. eggie 
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Herckleperckle
Member
11-20-2003
| Friday, February 13, 2004 - 12:12 pm
Legal, that is strange indeed. Be curious to see how they manage to pull off next steps without stumbling over themselves. So you are going to go through with their requested 'testing' phase? As you know, I am still pulling for you landing that research civil service job anyway, knowing where it can lead. Take it easy. This has been quite a set of interviews you've been through lately. Just let it all settle in for them and you. Sounds like some mighty interesting days ahead!
 
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Sweetbabygirl
Member
08-31-2002
| Friday, February 13, 2004 - 8:23 pm
Legalkins....I am beyond touched that you would share something so personal. With your intelligence, they'd be schmucks to NOT offer you the job!! Had to force myself to go to the interview today....was able to relax once I got there, everyone seemed nice. The lady that interviewed me however, I'll have to get the 411 about from the placement agency. I dunno, I wasn't sure if she liked me or not. Anyway, I had to get tested (dammit!)....after breathing in, breathing out, my scores were good, IMO; got high 90's across the board in software, and think I did okay with spelling/grammar. If they are interested, they will call and I will have to interview again (double dammit!) with the attorneys from the department that I'd be working in.
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Juju2bigdog
Member
10-27-2000
| Friday, February 13, 2004 - 9:48 pm
Legal, I would guess you are the best qualified applicant they have ever had for the prison job, and they are scared to death they might let you slip through their fingers. It is my impression that almost ALL prison work is very, very demanding in the toll it takes on your psyche. You almost have to have a "calling" to do it. If you don't hear that call, you might be wise to pass.
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Herckleperckle
Member
11-20-2003
| Saturday, February 14, 2004 - 1:50 am
Yay for you, SBG!! That's just wonderful you scored so well on those tests. I'll bet you did just as well with the spelling/grammar section. And that means, maybe, maybe . . . keeping up the thoughts and prayers for you til the call comes through. (And they WILL call.) And I will continue to be with you in my thoughts and prayers through the final interview. Sounding awfully good to me!!   
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Mak1
Member
08-12-2002
| Tuesday, February 17, 2004 - 8:14 am
Good luck to everyone in your job searches! I remember how stressful a time that can be. I saw this cartoon today and thought you all might get a chuckle out of it. It's an Awwww photo.

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Herckleperckle
Member
11-20-2003
| Tuesday, February 17, 2004 - 11:44 am
Awww, it is adorable, Mak. Thanks for thinking of all of us. We need all kinds of encouragement to help us keep a sense of humor throughout our searches, that's for sure! 
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Schoolmarm
Member
02-18-2001
| Tuesday, February 17, 2004 - 5:11 pm
I'm back from my three day interview and I'm SOoooo exhausted and have a splitting headache. So nice to be on someone's expense account. Nice hotel, great breakfast, awesome food all around. GREAT faculty, even though they are a bit over worked. They would be fantastic colleagues. The students are smart and participated in class. The college is small, but the department is fairly big with 130 undergrad majors and about 25 music ed grad students. Down side....there is a LOT of snow and cold weather there. There is an internal candidate who already lives there. They can't match my salary, but can come close. TINY offices. They have the same crappy teaching load that I have here. Plusses....smart students, great colleagues, 20 minutes from Eastman School of Music, with library access. I would teach a grad class pretty much every semester. NO elementary education majors in the teaching load. This would be a much better place for me as a single woman to live. Lots of culture in the area and a HUGE game shop, shopping mallS, boating on the lake, Erie Canal, etc. We'll see. I had NO messages about the other 10 jobs while I was gone, but I haven't been home yet.
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Herckleperckle
Member
11-20-2003
| Thursday, February 19, 2004 - 1:38 pm
Congrats, Marm, for making it through that long interview! What an ordeal! Glad you're back home safe and sound. And hope that your headache is gone by now. We're coming up on the 24th, your birthday and the day I said you'd have a job offer/decision. My gal at Leon & Lawrence is on vacation until Monday of next week. I did call L&L and asked the person covering for her if she'd heard anything. She checked for me and nothing at all yet, one way or the other. (I was told previously that the woman who needs to interview me next is swamped with work, so may take a while setting this up. But it's been since last Tuesday, so I am getting nervous.) Nothing else in the works right now. Finally got a crappy, generic thank you but no thank you email from Aetna--how rude after being among the final 4. There is something wrong there. Trying to keep at the job search. A little down right now--just tired, I think.
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Sasman
Member
07-08-2003
| Thursday, February 19, 2004 - 2:07 pm
Okay, finally got a lead on a job from a headhunter in LA! Had very good talk with him and his assistant. Job would be in mid-town Manhattan which is a very easy commute from north Jersey. This happened a week ago last Monday after we had just gotten back from Florida. The headhunter was to arrange an phone interview with the woman with the jobs. But last week she came down with strep throat and the interview was put off to this week. Turns out that this company just landed a big consulting contract with a certain client and they needed to hire a large number of SAS programmers. Then this Monday, her assistant quit without giving 2 weeks notice, so that when she got back from her illness she was way behind and everything was a disorganized mess. Now, the interview should be either today or tomorrow. But they did ask me for a number of references. So, I am on pins and needles!!!!
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Herckleperckle
Member
11-20-2003
| Thursday, February 19, 2004 - 2:36 pm
Wooo Hooo, Sas! Congratulations on the positive movement! I am so glad you posted here--been keeping my fingers crossed for you!! Sounds very promising and I think they're extremely lucky to have found you. Let us know what happens, please!

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Sasman
Member
07-08-2003
| Tuesday, February 24, 2004 - 1:53 pm
When one door closes another opens. The position at Accenture fell through late last week. Then my former boss who hired me at MedcoHealth sent me an email on Friday saying that his new company is looking for someone with my skills. After a number of emails back and forth, I spoke with HR today and have 3 interviews scheduled for this Thursday in Parsippany! Woo Hoo!!
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Herckleperckle
Member
11-20-2003
| Wednesday, February 25, 2004 - 9:29 am
Yay, Sas!!! That's tomorrow!! I will be keeping you in my thoughts. Since it's your former boss, that's quite a testimonial that he wants you again. I'd say it's a done deal unless YOU turn it down! Hip-hip-hooray!!!! Hope it's exactly what you want. That must set a record in bouncing back into the workforce!

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Sweetbabygirl
Member
08-31-2002
| Wednesday, February 25, 2004 - 9:37 am
There is going to be an Open House at the hospital I constantly apply to....when I saw the ad in the paper my first instinct was to say "Feck it!", as I am sick and tired of never hearing anything. However, I figure what is there to lose by just GOING to the damned OH....who knows, maybe I will get a better chance (rolls eyes).
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Herckleperckle
Member
11-20-2003
| Wednesday, February 25, 2004 - 10:13 am
SBG: I think persistence pays off. Read Peachie's thread under "A Caring Community" to be inspired. They'll get to see you, know that you are a real human being, and associate the vibes you leave with them with your application. Just find out if you will actually get to speak with someone or whether it is strictly a cattle-call presentation, fill out the app kind of thing so you will know what to expect and won't be disappointed. Well, I was kinda down in the dumps yesterday, because it had been a while since my interviews with Citibank in Stamford, and I just knew I was moving to the next step, cuz the last gal told me so! But nothing --no feedback--for what I feel was far too long. Got a tiny ray of hope back today. Things are never as you plan them out in your head, are they? My history with this prospect: Tuesday, 1/27: Unexpected phonecall from Leon & Lawrence, the communications placement agency to whom I'd sent a resume months and months earlier. My contact is Beverly, and she set up a personal interview with me a couple of days later about a great Communications Management position at Citibank with their Student Loan Corporation. Monday, 2/2: Phone Interview with Citibank Home Office HR person (Mary) in Rochester. Gal told me she'd recommend me for the next step. Tuesday, 2/10: Personal Interview with Susan, the Stamford HR person at Citibank. Went very well, IMO. Gal told me she'd definitely pass my resume on to the Marketing Division Head, the next step in the hiring hierarchical chain. Wednesday, 2/11: Beverly checked in with me to find out how the interview had gone. We were both feeling great. Bev warned me she was going on vacation the next day but would be back on the 23rd. I was sure I'd hear from either someone at L&L or directly from Citibank well before then. I didn't! (I checked in once with L&L gal covering for my gal, but she had no news for me.) Late Monday, 2/26: My L&L gal returned. I left a voicemail message with her asking if she knew anything. Didn't get a callback. But heck, she needed at least a day to get herself together. Tuesday, 2/27: Beverly returned my call in the morning, consternated that Susan hadn't taken the time to return her calls. She composed an email message to Mary in Rochester, asking for feedback of some kind, even if no. Wednesday, 2/28--TODAY: Bev called me just now to say she'd heard from Mary. Evidently there's been a change in HR in Stamford--with respect to duties. She did say this should be straightened out and that she or someone in Stamford would get back to her within 48 hours. AND that I was definitely still in the running. Whew! Not dead and gone, anyway. Pant, pant. Now, phone: RING!!!!

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Legalboxer
Member
11-17-2003
| Wednesday, February 25, 2004 - 10:21 am
Dont you have any faith in the good old saying "TOLD YOU SO"
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Herckleperckle
Member
11-20-2003
| Wednesday, February 25, 2004 - 10:27 am
Awww. What were you doing, just hanging there, waiting???? Hee hee. Thanks. Now, spill, gal, spill! How was your day at the PRISON??? (Titillating, huh?}
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Legalboxer
Member
11-17-2003
| Wednesday, February 25, 2004 - 10:30 am
I will spill at 1pm EST - Have to go get breakfast - errr lunch
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Sweetbabygirl
Member
08-31-2002
| Wednesday, February 25, 2004 - 10:33 am
<Doing the Ghetto Dance for Herckykins> Actually, I've never been to an open house so I don't know what will happen....I am assuming that I will likely interview with people at the two secretarial booths (Medical Assistants/Medical Secretaries), and that will be it. What I DID do was call the HR office and asked if they specifically needed a secretary with medical experience....I don't want to go all the way down there and be dismissed because I don't have extensive medical experience. I only worked at a private practice for six months, which IMO isn't enough experience. Anyhoo, the lady said that they are looking for someone with good typing skills and knowledge in Word, Excel and PowerPoint....that's me right there! I have a portfolio with Word, Excel and PP work samples, plus I type 72 wam. That, and my 'charm' should get me in, lol!!
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Herckleperckle
Member
11-20-2003
| Wednesday, February 25, 2004 - 10:59 am
SBG, thanks for the moves! You've as much as landed that job on skills alone, and if charm counts, they'll be chasing you down to get you to join them!

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Egbok
Member
07-13-2000
| Wednesday, February 25, 2004 - 11:05 am
Herckleperckle, I am so pleased for you!! Yay!! In fact, I'm so pleased that I think I'll go have a Cosmo tonight and toast to you!!
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