My life as a Chez Geek character...

[deathpixie]

Yep, I think I'm officially "The Temp" now. Any way, finished my first day without disaster, and I'm supposed to work again tomorrow. I'll also be taking in a copy of my resume and a covering letter, since they're actually hiring admin assistants there at the moment. Might be able to land myself something. But yeah, answered and transferred phones, took care of the mail and managed to not screw up horribly. Any issues with meeting rooms being overbooked was entirely someone else's fault, given I wasn't there last week.

The people are pretty nice, too, which is good. Hate working in places where the people are grouchy. The Aussie guy, Brandon, especially was decent, although yeah, tomorrow I'm definitely making sure I get lunch. No meetings booked, at least.

Heard from Legal Aid - I missed out on the position, although apparently it was very close between me and another candidate. Rather a nice rejection letter, actually, And there's hope that should something else come up I'll be front runner.

Still waiting to hear from Amy at Hays re the position she got me to redo my resume for. Hmm, should check the phone for messages, since there's no email...

Comments

[nute.livejournal.com]

Awesome. Temping's always a good way to get your feet wet with a new area - you're no stranger to admin work, I know, but a different field focus can throw you off and temping's a good way to get a lot of generalist exposure.

Then again, almost every place I've ever temped tried to hire me on full-time, or I quit. Huh.

[deathpixie]

*nods* That's what I was thinking. A lot of my experience and qualifications are just odd enough (being from the courts) that they don't translate easily into "stuff employers want". And the temping's not so bad - stops me from getting bored. ;)

[nute.livejournal.com]

Believe me, I am the king of "Wow, your eight years of experience... doesn't really translate to jobs outside of crime and supervillainy..."

[deathpixie]

*laughs* With my history in the department of justice, does that make me your nemesis, O supervillainous one?