You Don't Need a Man ... or Want One!

Generally, you're very happy being a single woman. And anyone who has a problem with that... well, that's there problem. Not that you wouldn't share your life with the almost perfect guy. You simply won't settle though. Your life is too good to share with some substandard man!

Do You Need a Man?

This is pretty crazy, considering I am having man problems.
One minute I am content with being alone and the next minute I don't know what I am going to do. I know that in the long run I will be fine.
The fact is I am not ready to give up on my current man. Everyone has their flaws. Truth is I am in love with this man and I feel he makes me a better person.
We will see what happens.

Well here I go again.

I applied for another job position. I wasn't sure that I wanted to until Friday night when I saw a friend/co-worker out at our local bar. She has been sending me job postings for any applicable positions that I might be interested in. She asked me if I had put in my transfer for a current clerical job position and I had told her "no", that I had been a little discouraged since the last interview. She said just put in for it, what is the worst that can happen. I advised her that I hate the damn interviewing process and she said just go in there like they are one of you good friends. I am not quite sure what my problem is when it comes to job interviews. I just seem to clam up. I decided Sunday that I would just GO FOR IT! I updated my resume and filled out the transfer application and submitted it to my team leader.
Today my TL came up to me and encouraged me to be positive. She said going through all these interviews will only make me stronger. She also said if it doesn't happen for me, atleast I still have a job. I said yeah you are right. That made me feel better.
I just received a phone call from the Human Resources guy. He has already set me up with interviews for next Tuesday. He asked me what my current pay rate is and also asked me if I thought this position would be boring. I said it can't be any more boring than what I am doing now. I basically do repetitive data entry all day long. It gets pretty old after doing the same thing for over 2 years.
I am not going to freak out about the interviews. I am just going to go in there with a positive attitude and knowing that I can do anything they ask me to do. He acted like it would be a step down but I believe it will be a step up in the right direction.
Let us all hope that I get this position. Keep your fingers crossed.

No New job for me



So a couple of weeks ago I applied for a new position for the company I work for. I applied for this job on a Tuesday and found out on Thursday (my Friday) that I had two interviews scheduled for Monday. I thought to myself that gives me the whole weekend to prepare. My Team Leader gave me this interview preparation book to read over and she said it helped her a great deal. So I read the majority of the book over the weekend and even wrote down some notes to rehearse. Next thing you know Monday is here and I am stressing out about these darn interviews.
So my first interview starts at 11:00 am and I arrive on time. The interviewer greets me and we start getting to know each other. She explains to me that the company sets up specific questions for her to ask me but she also wrote down her own questions to ask me also. She did mention that all my answers to her questions were perfect examples. She seemed very pleased. After about 30 minutes I am thinking "DANG WHEN IS THIS THING GOING TO BE OVER!". It finally ends after about an hour and I walk out thinking the worst. I always do that. I always analyze the things I could have done and said better. Anyways I am dreading my second interview thinking it is going to be equally as long.
So it is 2:00 and time for my second interview. I walk in and am instantly greeted by my second interviewer. We introduce ourselves and she gets right to the questions. She explains the job and after the interview questions we start talking and I explain to her that I was very nervous and that my first interview was an hour long. She couldn't believe it and adds that she doesn't want to keep me any longer, asks me if I have any further questions and lets me go. I felt more at ease about this interview and walk out with my head held high.
In the last interview I asked when they expected to fill the position and she said they will probably call me by the end of the week if not the beginning of the following week.
So with that being said I anxiously awaited the phone call. A week went by, a week and a half, two weeks and finally I received a phone call yesterday. It was a man from Human Resources calling to let me know that they chose someone else for the position. He said their main concern was my lack of computer knowledge. He advised me that I might want to take an Excel class. I told him I have. I advised him that I had knowledge of Daybreak, Excel, Microsoft Access and many other programs that apply to the position that I applied for. He then said he would talk to the interviewers and ask them if there is anything else they thought I should educate myself on in the future and get back to me. I said thank you and we hung up.
Honestly that is the most discouraging thing I have heard of in a long time. I have recently noticed that there is another position available up in the same department. I am not quite sure I want to take that chance so soon after my current disappointment. I think I will ponder that throughout the weekend........