mattbcl
13th September 2016, 12:52 AM
Celine and I are five weeks away from moving halfway across the country. Most of the pieces are falling into place -- we have the money to support the move, we have the house we'll be moving into, we're getting our stuff packed away, we have a bank account set up, we're establishing the paper trail, and so on. One thing missing, though... how to earn a living wage?
So I finally began my job search in earnest. I've been looking at a particular organization for some time -- I do my research when it comes to other places which offer the same services as the one I work for -- and I took the plunge yesterday morning, before my shift, to get an application and résumé submitted. To be perfectly honest, I don't have any sort of proper benchmark in mind for how long I should expect to wait for a reply. At my current job, it took several weeks for my employers to get back to me to discuss an interview. Several more weeks passed before I got a job offer.
Imagine my shock when this morning, not even 24 hours after I had submitted an application (and on the weekend, no less), I received a phone call from said organization, asking if I'd be available to do an interview with them, via phone or Skype, later this week! Keep in mind, this was the very first app I've put in. Makes me wonder if I was the only applicant... but I'd like to believe that if they were this quick on the draw, it's because I'm very qualified. (The nature of the job I applied for is nearly identical to what I've been doing for the last 2 1/2 years. I know a thing or two.)
Naturally, following this phone call, I discovered that an alternate location belonging to the same organization had two similar positions open... and this other location is measurably closer to where I'm moving.
Two new apps filed this evening. Let's see what happens tomorrow morning...
So I finally began my job search in earnest. I've been looking at a particular organization for some time -- I do my research when it comes to other places which offer the same services as the one I work for -- and I took the plunge yesterday morning, before my shift, to get an application and résumé submitted. To be perfectly honest, I don't have any sort of proper benchmark in mind for how long I should expect to wait for a reply. At my current job, it took several weeks for my employers to get back to me to discuss an interview. Several more weeks passed before I got a job offer.
Imagine my shock when this morning, not even 24 hours after I had submitted an application (and on the weekend, no less), I received a phone call from said organization, asking if I'd be available to do an interview with them, via phone or Skype, later this week! Keep in mind, this was the very first app I've put in. Makes me wonder if I was the only applicant... but I'd like to believe that if they were this quick on the draw, it's because I'm very qualified. (The nature of the job I applied for is nearly identical to what I've been doing for the last 2 1/2 years. I know a thing or two.)
Naturally, following this phone call, I discovered that an alternate location belonging to the same organization had two similar positions open... and this other location is measurably closer to where I'm moving.
Two new apps filed this evening. Let's see what happens tomorrow morning...