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2003-12-08 News on the Job-Front Tomorrow I have a second interview at the manufacturing company I went to on Friday. I'm not too nervous (so far) because the woman seemed really nice and friendly, but the only bad thing is that she wants to test out my Word and Excel skills. I'm pretty comfortable with Word because, let's face it, I had to write a gazillion papers in college and university. At the same time, I know that there are a lot of things in the program that I don't know. But my main source of concern is Excel. It's such an incredibly huge program and it can be used for a bunch of different things, so my knowledge of it is limited. In college, I took a course where part of the material taught to us was Excel and I had all the formulae written down in easy access. I have kept everything from all my courses in college and university... except for the stuff from that course. A few years ago I was cleaning up my shelves and I found the folder with all those precious formulae and thought, "When am I ever going to need this shit?" And I threw it all out. Stupid, stupid Amanda. And of course, if you don't use knowledge, you lose it, so I don't remember a damn thing. The woman had said that they didn't expect me to know everything and they're pretty good about sharing info, but I guess we'll see. Excel could very well be the reason that I don't get the job. It's not exactly in the industry I'm looking for, but it's still an office job and I need money, so I really hope that one stupid program doesn't fuck me over. * I have a Xmas party to go to on Friday. At the School of Architecture. I got the email invitation last week and I emailed the guy back to make sure that it wasn't sent to me by mistake since I'm not working there anymore. He replied saying, "Of course not! You were part of the gang for awhile!" Hee. I'm super-excited about going, because it's THE best place I worked for. The lack of air-conditioning is very annoying in the summer with Montreal's humidity, but I can take it. The people are great, I love the atmosphere, and I thoroughly enjoyed those 2 years I spent there. My mom met my ex-boss from Architecture, Mary, on the bus this morning. They'd met a couple of times we ran into each other on the bus, so they sat together on the subway and chatted (mostly about me, hee). My mom told Mary about me being laid off, and apparently, Mary said - a couple of times - that when I come to the party, I should keep my eyes and ears open because things can change very quickly. Hmmm... Hinting at something, Mary? So I'm hoping that there's going to be an opening at the School of Architecture soon. The only office person I can think of as being in need of a replacement is Kathleen. A couple of weeks ago I met up with Mary on the bus and she told me that Kathleen hasn't been well this year. So I wonder if maybe she's leaving and they'll have to replace her soon. Mary might be tight-lipped about the whole thing if other people in the office don't know. This isn't to say that I hope Kathleen is leaving, because I really like her. I don't really know how to think about the possibility because I'd love the opportunity to work there again. I guess I'll (maybe) find out more on Friday. I plan to schmooze my way through the people, and hope for the best. Because I really, really miss them all over there. * Now I'm off to look for our copy of "A Time to Kill". For some odd reason, I've been having a weird fascination with Mississippi lately (maybe because the book I'm reading is set there). I could never live there, not for a long time at least, because racism is still an issue. That's just not something I can tolerate, and I'd probably end up like Sandra Bullock's character in the movie. |
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