The Aerie
I'm here at the Red Cross, typing with one hand again. The call came as I was driving home this morning right after my big job interview: they'd had a 1:15 p.m. cancellation and could I fill in? Sure, what is unemployment but the freedom to donate blood at a moment's notice?
The interview went fairly well, it seemed. It's for a new position at this (I started to type "client" but this would be a permanent position) company. Since it's new, they aren't 100% sure what I'd be doing, and their questions reflected that uncertainty. So I did what I do best, and basically took control of the discussion and described my best guess regarding what I'd do if hired.
This seemed to suit them, as they are looking for guidance in this area. The first guy who talked to me was very professional, controlled and reserved - the second was more open. Both seemed fairly open and the discussions seemed to go well.
We still haven't gotten into the sticky question of compensation, which is where I expect this could all fall apart: their uncertainty may extend to pay. I know what a Director of Security is worth, but do they?
So I had the interview, and we'll see how that goes. I got the call for aphersis on the way home, so I changed clothes and came here. My donation is taking a while. I'm used to coming in early mornings, and by mid-afternoon the day's delays have accumulated so that I didn't start until more than half an hour past my appointment, and I've still got 45 minutes to go.
Still I'm hoping that the karmic benefit of donating immediately after my interview will help the whole job thing work out. That's silly magical thinking, but whatever works!
Then it's home for dinner, and off to the twin's high school to learn about how they can take college courses for free while in high school. And that's the day!
Posted by Albatross at February 12, 2007 3:53 PM | TrackBack