{"id":3969,"date":"2015-09-24T14:02:40","date_gmt":"2015-09-24T21:02:40","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/bloodinyoursaltwater.com\/?p=3969"},"modified":"2015-09-24T14:03:37","modified_gmt":"2015-09-24T21:03:37","slug":"penny-in-the-air-09222015","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/bloodinyoursaltwater.com\/?p=3969","title":{"rendered":"Penny in the Air \u2013 [09\/22\/2015]"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"secretary10\"<\/a>Remember when you went out for your first job? Remember how you were so nervous you couldn\u2019t sleep the night before the interview. Remember how crushed<\/u> you were when the guy asked \u2018what kind of experience do you have?\u2019, you wanted to shake your fists and say <\/em>I can do anything if someone would just give me a chance. ~ Secret of My Success<\/em><\/p>\n

What feels like weeks ago Toffy told me that my application for Head Office had been passed over because of lack of experience; I was \u2013 at the time \u2013 devastated, but she told me to reapply directly since I was an internal candidate. She helped me rework my resume and my cover email and I dutifully sent them off. I received a response within an hour saying that they would follow up with HR and get back to me as soon as possible.<\/p>\n

To be honest, I didn\u2019t really expect anything to come of it.<\/p>\n

Until I was sitting checking my email last week after the department party and suddenly what I was seeing in my inbox actually registered.<\/p>\n

OHmygod!<\/em><\/p>\n

What what is it?<\/em><\/p>\n

OHMYGOD<\/em><\/p>\n

You\u2019re freaking me out, what IS it?<\/em><\/p>\n

The interview\u2026I\u2026I got the interview.<\/em><\/p>\n

They had sent the interview confirmation the day before, but I hadn\u2019t been properly online yesterday; so I never received it. I agonized for a few minutes over a professional sounding response that included an apology for my delay in replying, I must have deleted it about six times before settling on something that sounded half decent.<\/p>\n

Hell, I suck<\/u> at this kind of stuff.<\/em><\/p>\n

And I read him off what I\u2019d sent.<\/p>\n

No you don\u2019t suck at this stuff, that sounded perfect.<\/em><\/p>\n

I did get a read receipt back in a few minutes, but no actual response. I didn\u2019t get a response until this week, when corporate HR wrote to me to set up a phone interview for tomorrow afternoon. It feels strange knowing that this time I will be the one plastering a sign on the Entertainment Office door reading \u201cConference Call in Progress DO NOT DISTURB\u201d\u2026<\/p>\n

I have no idea what I want from this, not really. This is a job I could do, and do well, but it is also a huge life change if it actually happens, and to be honest I\u2019m not sure if it\u2019s a life change that I\u2019m ready for. That said, it is also just<\/em> an interview; not a job offer, not a guarantee, just an interview. I can say no, I can tell them the truth and say I\u2019m unavailable until June (which, considering that I have another contract locked in after this is technically true), there\u2019s nothing really I can<\/em> do except just see what way the chips fall.<\/p>\n

They say that when you toss a coin you already know which way you want it to land\u2026but right now it seems my penny is spinning in the air\u2026<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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