Saturday, April 26, 2008
New Job!
I am pretty excited because I just got a new job that actually holds some level of responsibility beyond entering newspaper subscriptions all day long. On Wednesday I start at a recruitment agency called InFront Staffing. This agency specializes in labour recruitment. My position is the company resourcer. It will be my job to make sure the list of workers is up to date and can rely on it to send out people when a client calls and needs X amount of people. Should be interesting; I'll get to interview and register candidates, respond to advertisements and implement marketing strategies. It's a rather new company so there is still room to expand and brainstorm new marketing. The whole marketing thing isn't really part of the job description but the owners told me that if I have any ideas that they are most certainly welcome. It's a small company - 5 people in total. So, that's my employment news! Crossing my fingers it goes well - I'm excited to try something new and take on this challenge.
Monday, April 14, 2008
My mass e-mail to you(s)
G'day friends and family,
I think I am just going to be adding my new posts under this one from now on. So in the future, please check in with "Another day, another story." Unless something exciting and spectacular happens, I will do as normal bloggers do and just post stories/thoughts/musings under the one umbrella.
Thought it was time to check in with my sweets again since I haven't done an update since Easter. Since then my gig with News Advantage came to a screeching halt when news from "upstairs" that it was time to go. Honestly, I was sad to leave behind the endless subscription forms, 8 1/2 hour days of entering data, speaking with short-tempered news agencies.... Oh, wait - by sad I actually mean relieved! In all seriousness though, it was really refreshing to work with such a close-knit group of individuals. I had worked with wonderful people in previous jobs but I had never seen a group of people that close! Especially with working in a call centre. However, this might be why they all got along so well. Each individual had to leave a bit of sanity behind when they entered the world of Subscriptions!
That was less than a week ago. Since then I have been busy visiting every recruitment agency in town. Obviously that's an exaggeration but interviewing at three in one day isn't too bad. I'm really becoming quite familiar with the lingo and ways of temp agencies. In fact, I'm starting to wonder how I would do at being a recruitment consultant. I've been told by a few people that I would probably do well in a role like that. Certainly a busy field!
As a result of visiting these agencies, I have been a roller coaster ride but not in a fun way. More like I-should-have-said-no-to-those-cheese-curds-before-the-roller-coaster sort of way. One agency really built up my hopes and said I was practically a shoe-in to work administration in the Logistics department at Apple Computers! Sounded perfect - right in the city business district, casual clothes, fun and young group. My hopes were crushed shortly thereafter. Probably would have worked out but mine and Matt's holiday to Cyprus and Greece falls at the same time some of the employees there are going away... thus why they needed a temp.
Never fear my good people, I was awaken this morning by the soothing, high-pitched sound of my mobile phone. A job awaited me in North Sydney... a receptionist job. Horrible memories of my first few weeks here flooded my mind (Please refer to my early blogs if you need a refresher). I thought to say no for a moment. Then the sensible part of my brain told me that at the end of the day, it would be responsible to go out, make money rather than sit at home and catch re-reruns of the Drew Carey Show and Simpsons (Seriously, do you know how often they play that here?!) In my most cheerful voice (as cheerful as you can get after being jolted awake from a deep slumber), I said "Yes, I would love to get ready right now and rush all the way across to North Sydney." OK, I exaggerate. I did say "Yeeah... I guess I can do that."
So here I am. Another receptionist role which was supposed to run for 3-4 weeks. But as I wrote this I actually got a phone call from the agency that placed me in this role and basically told me that this client is not acting appropriate etc etc that they are pulling me from this role. Well, alrighty then. How about that for live and on-the-spot coverage? Ha ha! I find that funny actually. Well... interesting to see what happens tomorrow. And who says that being a temp isn't exciting? Never know what's gonna happen next!
On a completely different topic, I'm not sure how many people know or I told this next bit to. I am very excited because in June, Matt and I are going on holidays to Cyprus and Greece. Most of our trip will be spent in Paphos, Cyprus where his best friend is getting married. Since we're in that part of the world, we thought we'd hop over to Athens for a few days and see what all the hub-bub is about. It'll be great. The tenative plan for now is to spend a day (possibly two) checking out Athens and then taking a ferry out to one of the islands. I've seen pictures and have always ached to go there!
So I think that is sufficient for now. I'd love to hear from you guys. Let me know what's up in your life! kohlbeckk@gmail.com
Cheers,
Katie Mae
I think I am just going to be adding my new posts under this one from now on. So in the future, please check in with "Another day, another story." Unless something exciting and spectacular happens, I will do as normal bloggers do and just post stories/thoughts/musings under the one umbrella.
Thought it was time to check in with my sweets again since I haven't done an update since Easter. Since then my gig with News Advantage came to a screeching halt when news from "upstairs" that it was time to go. Honestly, I was sad to leave behind the endless subscription forms, 8 1/2 hour days of entering data, speaking with short-tempered news agencies.... Oh, wait - by sad I actually mean relieved! In all seriousness though, it was really refreshing to work with such a close-knit group of individuals. I had worked with wonderful people in previous jobs but I had never seen a group of people that close! Especially with working in a call centre. However, this might be why they all got along so well. Each individual had to leave a bit of sanity behind when they entered the world of Subscriptions!
That was less than a week ago. Since then I have been busy visiting every recruitment agency in town. Obviously that's an exaggeration but interviewing at three in one day isn't too bad. I'm really becoming quite familiar with the lingo and ways of temp agencies. In fact, I'm starting to wonder how I would do at being a recruitment consultant. I've been told by a few people that I would probably do well in a role like that. Certainly a busy field!
As a result of visiting these agencies, I have been a roller coaster ride but not in a fun way. More like I-should-have-said-no-to-those-cheese-curds-before-the-roller-coaster sort of way. One agency really built up my hopes and said I was practically a shoe-in to work administration in the Logistics department at Apple Computers! Sounded perfect - right in the city business district, casual clothes, fun and young group. My hopes were crushed shortly thereafter. Probably would have worked out but mine and Matt's holiday to Cyprus and Greece falls at the same time some of the employees there are going away... thus why they needed a temp.
Never fear my good people, I was awaken this morning by the soothing, high-pitched sound of my mobile phone. A job awaited me in North Sydney... a receptionist job. Horrible memories of my first few weeks here flooded my mind (Please refer to my early blogs if you need a refresher). I thought to say no for a moment. Then the sensible part of my brain told me that at the end of the day, it would be responsible to go out, make money rather than sit at home and catch re-reruns of the Drew Carey Show and Simpsons (Seriously, do you know how often they play that here?!) In my most cheerful voice (as cheerful as you can get after being jolted awake from a deep slumber), I said "Yes, I would love to get ready right now and rush all the way across to North Sydney." OK, I exaggerate. I did say "Yeeah... I guess I can do that."
So here I am. Another receptionist role which was supposed to run for 3-4 weeks. But as I wrote this I actually got a phone call from the agency that placed me in this role and basically told me that this client is not acting appropriate etc etc that they are pulling me from this role. Well, alrighty then. How about that for live and on-the-spot coverage? Ha ha! I find that funny actually. Well... interesting to see what happens tomorrow. And who says that being a temp isn't exciting? Never know what's gonna happen next!
On a completely different topic, I'm not sure how many people know or I told this next bit to. I am very excited because in June, Matt and I are going on holidays to Cyprus and Greece. Most of our trip will be spent in Paphos, Cyprus where his best friend is getting married. Since we're in that part of the world, we thought we'd hop over to Athens for a few days and see what all the hub-bub is about. It'll be great. The tenative plan for now is to spend a day (possibly two) checking out Athens and then taking a ferry out to one of the islands. I've seen pictures and have always ached to go there!
So I think that is sufficient for now. I'd love to hear from you guys. Let me know what's up in your life! kohlbeckk@gmail.com
Cheers,
Katie Mae
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