Go me!

[featherynscale]

I just had an interview that I feel like might actually lead somewhere, and didn't make me feel like the person interviewing me was in desperate need of cluebatting. In fact, I got a call for a follow-up within an hour of leaving the office. So, yeah. Go me. The job I'm interviewing for is with a fairly young and hungry natural gas and energy company that's in heavy acquisitions mode right now. Mmmm... acquisitions. I dig working with acquisitions. As kittenpants pointed out a few minutes ago, it's the closest legal and modern equivalent to piracy.
Anyway, it's the perfect job for me (I think) and the pay is very, very good. Downside would be that I'd have to dress a good bit better than I generally do, which is going to require some fairly extensive shopping trips if they hire me. I'm afraid I'm going to have to wear skirts and pantyhose on a fairly regular basis. But that's okay - the job sounds fabulous, and, as I mentioned, the pay scale is such that I would be willing to step outside my wardrobe comfort zone.
So yeah, if you've got some good luck to spare, and want to send it my way tomorrow morning, I'm interviewing at 9:00 a.m. Woot.

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[triadruid.livejournal.com]

Woot!

Knock 'em dead, ya pirate...

[chainwoman.livejournal.com]

Well, I believe you are interviewing now, but I'm sending energy your way...

Happy Happy Happy

[lightonthesill.livejournal.com]

thoughts to you! And - In some previous incarnation of myself - a few years ago- I was a personal shopper for Ann Taylor *cough* and would be happy to er...lend you my services...hee hee hee...or...just go shopping with you. : )

Re: Happy Happy Happy

[featherynscale.livejournal.com]

I could probably use the help. I don't know if they're going to hire me or not (see below) but I'm pretty certain that I'm going to end up somewhere where my business casual wardrobe is not going to cut it.

Soooooo...

[triadruid.livejournal.com]

How'd it go?

By the way, here is MeMe asking about you on Mafiascum.net, if you're curious (or feel like playing a newbie game).

Re: Soooooo...

[featherynscale.livejournal.com]

I don't know - it seemed to go well, but they said that they had several more people to interview, and that the gentlemen that the new hire would actually be working for were all out of town this week. Sounds like a brush-off to me, but not sure. I think that I screwed it up though, on one factor - I tend to come off as fairly ambitious in job interviews, because, believe it or not, I don't like to just go to work and sit on my ass all day, I like to have stuff to do that I can't get done in two seconds. So I'm trying to put forward that I'm a competent sexy bitch, and I generally succeed at that. In this case, however, at the end of the interview, the woman I'm talking to says "What we really want for this position is someone who really wants to be an assistant, and is not just trying to use this as a stepping-stone to something else." D'oh. This, after talking about how this position was going to evolve to take on more of a supervisory role and all that. So I don't know what that means. I hate being overqualified for everything I've ever worked at before.

Re: Soooooo...

[triadruid.livejournal.com]

Isn't that contradictory to the information/impression they gave you yesterday though? I mean, yes, to their eyes 'Office Manager' probably still is a glorified assistant, but..

Oh well. If it does go south, it sounds like it was through no real fault of your own. And yes, being overqualified blows frozen goats.

Re: Soooooo...

[featherynscale.livejournal.com]

Maybe. Still will suck though, as this was easily the best job I've interviewed for.
Other bummer: I had to show off my disability, as the main bit of the office is on the second floor, but the conference room is on the first floor - the HR woman had me follow her down the stairs, and got to see that I can't make it down stairs on my knee. So that sucks. Nothing like giving the impression of "I'm going to be expensive in the medical insurance department" when you first go in to interview.
Anyway, she acted like it would be Monday before they'd be able to call anybody in for the next round. So we'll see. I'd like to actually talk to somebody with the authority to actually hire somebody one of these days.

[kimjerosky.livejournal.com]

I have more clothes than would be appropriate for my obvious lack of fashion sense or current job requirements. Probably because my dressing requirements for jobs have been so far-ranging in their needs - I never throw away anything. I LOVE Savers out on Hillcrest. Massive quantities of cheap clothes and many are surprisingly formal and job-appropriate. I'd say start there and fill in the gaps at a "real" store.

[featherynscale.livejournal.com]

Yep. I'm a huge fan of the thrift-store clothing. That will likely be my first stop.