Gettin' a Jobby Job Job

Okay my friends, I'm getting a "real" job finally 🙂...none of this internet business for me anymore, my partner turned out to be just too damn flaky, couldn't even stay in the same city, so buh-bye. I find that I am tons more nervous doing interviews, even just dropping off an application than I am once I have the job to do. I am confident that I can do the job, I am totally unconfident that I can get the job. Anyone else feel like this? Like, completely inadequate? Another question: how do you get over the paralyzing nervousness? Any personal mantras or "inner dialogue" you use to calm yourself down? I mean, I don't appear hyper or talk too fast or anything like that, if anything I get really quiet when I'm super nervous, but my throat feels like it's going to close and my heart races and I feel wobbly. lol. I don't know if people can tell or not because I do my damndest to hide it and appear confident. Seriously, I need to find a way to calm down before these things otherwise I'm going to give myself a heart condition. Or an ulcer.

I think interviews are the worst! You could try the 'glamour for protection' thing that I posted to Durrie...(under the child inside...)it does help...it makes me more comfortable in uncomfortable situations...
Meditate before you go...
and don't fall over (wobbly)...LOL!
You Go, Girl!

Hahah, thank you Star, I will read that post now! You know what sux? I barely have clothes for interviews. I have like 2 "nice" sweaters and some huge slacks that don't fit me anymore after I lost weight, and a pair of high heeled boots to go with it! Ugh. It looks okay on I guess, but sounds horrible in writing.lol

Uh, damn, I forgot to mention I have an interview tomorrow at 1:30. I'm so nervous! Everyone wish me luck, hopefully I won't fall over or get my clothes stuck in the door....I figured out a cuter outfit, so at least that's taken care of. 😛

THANK YOU PARALLAX! Much appreciated. I like your idea of interviewing them in your head as well! It's true, you have to decide upfront whether you can even do the job. Pretty funny about the turning around to go home before your interview at the Ritz (wow, by the way! snazzy!)....I can totally understand, in fact before the interview today I kept saying, "you know, I could just cancel, I could just not go. Maybe I'm sick....maybe my car won't start....LOL. My mom was like "oh jesus, you'll be fine" (she has little patience for such spells of anxiety. lol. The thing that freaks me out is that I'm a horrible driver when I'm nervous, so the whole time on the way there I'm thinking, "yep, I'm definitely going to get in an accident". I've never caused one though, thank God. Sooooooo.......

I'M BACK FROM MY INTERVIEW!! lol...it actually went quite well, the supervisor was really nice, she was very "natural" and not stuffy or anything. I have to watch myself because I have this tendency to overcompliment people, not because of ulterior motives but just because I want my potential new boss to like me. So I have to be careful not to be too complimentary. Overall the interview went great, I think she liked me, we were laughing together and I maintained eye contact the whole time. The only thing was, she had like 8 pages of questions to ask me, strange questions that I wasn't anticipating, so I had to quickly think on my feet and come up with answers to things I hadn't even thought about before (lots of stuff about the most stressful things about my last job, specific examples, etc....stuff I hadn't thought about in a long time!) Also, I've never worked with a cash register in my life, and I have one week to learn how. lol. Hopefully I'll pick up on it quick! She will be making her decision by the end of next week she said, and the person she chooses will start at end of January. Here's the only unfortunate part: I'm going to have to pick up a second job because this one will only give me 10-15 hrs a week! 😢 But, as time goes on I can increase my hrs...I think....oh well, all the more moolah for me if I can get a second job! 🙂

But you know what that means......

More interviews.

*barf*

lol 🙂

I GOT THE JOB!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Holy you know who, I am so HAPPY! Okay, so at least one thing in my life is going well now!!!!!!!! I start training in a week or two!!!!! Yay!!!! Just wanted to update my peeps!!! 🙂

Congradulations Phoenix!!!!! That's great!!!

Thank you!!! 🙂

congrats on the job, now remember that you gotta spread the wealth around... to me mostly

hahahaha. Yep I'll get right on that 😉

Just tell me where to drop off my generous donation of twelve cents...

Oh and thank you mucho for the congrats! 🙂

(wish I could have worked for dxpnet.com, but we've established the financial strain that would have caused. lol)

yeah, that whole you paying your own salary just wasn't going to work out for you.

lol, exactly.

exactly, lol.

rofl

you're a teensy bit of a smartass, which totally rocks my world 😉

stop being so cool... ?

mmm, but you make my mind all twisty and screwy sometimes...like now, which strangely, i enjoy, sort of like a harmless acid trip, not that i would know anything about acid trips...

what kind of "job" did you actually get? are you in "sales" or in "manufacturing" or perhaps in "transportation" or maybe in "marketing"

acid-free acid samples for all

I am a sales representative for a corporation called Sally's Beauty Supply which has over 2,000 locations nationwide.

Now *you* stop being so cool....?

*pretty mushrooms all around*

i think you should change the horoscopes now, i'm really excited for my next one...i'm excited the way one gets excited about the toy in the cracker jack box (and seriously, i get excited about those things)

At the bus station, Kendall pulls Aidan into a kiss to prevent him from being discovered by Derek. Maria tries to throw Derek off Aidan's trail. Aidan sees Archie, the man who shot him. Aidan agrees to return to Kendall's condo with Maria and Kendall. Archie is looking for Maria. Jamie and Joni go on a date to the movies. Laurie arrives waiting to meet JR as planned. Adam catches JR on his way out and reminds him he has to attend his interview with the representative from Harvard. JR promises to go to the interview but meets Laurie at the movie instead. Lysistrata gives Liza and Adam an exercise in control and tells them they each get to plan a date, which the other has to agree to go on. Liza takes Adam to the movies and they are unaware that JR and Laurie are sitting in front of them. Greenlee runs off after breaking away from Trey's kiss. Trey tells David that he realizes he made a horrible mistake by kissing Greenlee. Trey denies that he is falling in love with Greenlee. Trey agrees to look into Reggie's case as a favor to David. Jack informs Trey and Janelle that due to an error in the paperwork, Reggie was sent to prison instead of a juvenile facility. David tries to comfort Greenlee, who nearly hits bottom. Later, Greenlee calls Lysistrata for help.

I have several comments. One, you're so awesome to post that, because everyone should love AMC as much as I. Two, I know all these things because I rarely miss a day (except, who's archie? I thought a woman shot Aidan!) Three, I totally predicted Greenlee and Trey would get it on, for proof, check on the soap opera boards. lol.

You rock, acid daddy 😛

i like IFC rofl

what's IFC?

independent film channel!! indie flicks 🙂

very cool... and here I thought it stood for Iowa Fried Chicken

everytime someone says chicken, it reminds me of that chick from fifth element and how she pronounces it "chickan" and that is why..i say it like that now. Okae, im strange..dont mind me.

cluck cluck

and here I thought it stood for Iowa Fried Chickan

rolling on floor laughing

laughing on floor, rolling

lol, wow you're still here...yay

we don't get the independant film channel. must be a cali thang

i like KFC though

PCP is good too i hear.

flailing on floor trying to get dxp's attention

*flaps arms*

cluck

and here i thought you were flailing because of all the pcp you like to take all the time

ha ha ha...pcp...yeah I don't actually even know what that is, I just know it has something to do with drugs and it was fun thinking of acronyms that end in p.

*coughbabypicturescough*

THC, now that's something I think I know something about.

you know, from my former days of rolling blunts and waxing poetic

former?

a ha...a ha ha ha.

FORMER, YES.

Why does everyone think I do drugs? lol

Gawd

btw, i just sent a something to ya...

the whispers tell people

lol, i'm so going to smack you

promises, promises, promises

when i promise confidentiality i mean it.

that's not the imaginary THC talking 😉

not to get off topic, whatever that might be, but, remember when you said, "i know you like to have it in you, but that's another topic for another day"? lol. Now's the time.

kidding, kidding. 😛