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deathpixie) wrote2006-02-24 10:27 pm
deathpixie) wrote2006-02-24 10:27 pm
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Another day, another interview...
Another employment agency. That makes four, although I haven't heard anything from the first two for about three weeks now. I'm going to call DaSilva and Associates on Monday, since they actually gave me some hope of finding a work, unlike Read Employment who just sat there and told me I had to do the legal assistant's course before I had a hope in hell, and oh, by the way, you can do that at the education centre upstairs for a fee...
Today's was... mixed. The permanent listings manager was very positive, the temp manager less so. Aced the legal spelling, vocab and Word tests they gave me, need to work on my typing speed. Of course, perhaps doing the test on my laptop wasn't the best idea, but they're letting me retest on Monday once they email me the link for same. Apparently there was lots of stuff I could have done two weeks ago, which is interesting since I've been searching for a month now and didn't see anything advertised by these people before. :P
I think I'll also need to get Hays (the people I interviewed with on Wednesday) to look out for stuff for me - apparently they have a website I can use to keep an eye on listings. And once I've had the chance to work on my Excel and Powerpoint skills (which will involve borrowing the roomie's computer on a semi-regular basis since I have neither on mine and no space to put them) I'll retest and hopefully that'll help. And Global Personell have my resume as well.
In the bad news... spoke to Helena, Bry's stepmum last night, apparently there's a freeze on court positions, as well as in Legal Aid itself. So my contacts and actual experience aren't going to be any use, at least until April.
Have I mentioned how much I hate, loathe and detest job searching? It's been ten years since the last time I had to do this, and it still blows.
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There is some good news - got my bond form today and Mindy's mailing it for me tomorrow. So I'll have $715 in a few weeks to dump on the credit card at least. Checked the balance today - under $2000, which isn't bad, although I'd like to make it go away entirely. But that involves breaking into my savings account, which is earmarked for a new computer. Ah well, I'll work out something.
Today's was... mixed. The permanent listings manager was very positive, the temp manager less so. Aced the legal spelling, vocab and Word tests they gave me, need to work on my typing speed. Of course, perhaps doing the test on my laptop wasn't the best idea, but they're letting me retest on Monday once they email me the link for same. Apparently there was lots of stuff I could have done two weeks ago, which is interesting since I've been searching for a month now and didn't see anything advertised by these people before. :P
I think I'll also need to get Hays (the people I interviewed with on Wednesday) to look out for stuff for me - apparently they have a website I can use to keep an eye on listings. And once I've had the chance to work on my Excel and Powerpoint skills (which will involve borrowing the roomie's computer on a semi-regular basis since I have neither on mine and no space to put them) I'll retest and hopefully that'll help. And Global Personell have my resume as well.
In the bad news... spoke to Helena, Bry's stepmum last night, apparently there's a freeze on court positions, as well as in Legal Aid itself. So my contacts and actual experience aren't going to be any use, at least until April.
Have I mentioned how much I hate, loathe and detest job searching? It's been ten years since the last time I had to do this, and it still blows.
***
There is some good news - got my bond form today and Mindy's mailing it for me tomorrow. So I'll have $715 in a few weeks to dump on the credit card at least. Checked the balance today - under $2000, which isn't bad, although I'd like to make it go away entirely. But that involves breaking into my savings account, which is earmarked for a new computer. Ah well, I'll work out something.
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Plus - my work keeps paying me craploads of money and giving me new and interesting work to do. I may actually go and update my LJ about it now that I think about it . . .
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