Lesson #5 - Crickets

Waiting. I am getting good at it.

Still haven’t gotten a phone call to let me know yay or nay. In fact, all I have seemed to have gotten is the sound of crickets. Like no one is there. Not even a quick email response. It’s confusing.

In other news, I have made it through Day 2 of starting work at 4:00 am. Waking up that early has been brutal. My body pretty much hates me. I was hoping I wouldn’t have to go to Day 1, but now it looks like I will be heading to Day 3 tomorrow.

Tomorrow I have a phone interview with another organization. I am very thankful the ball keeps moving somewhere. Hopefully it will stop at a really great place to work before I get too used to a 7:00 pm bedtime.

Lesson #4 - The Assessment

I have officially graduated from training and should be on the phones from here on out 8+ hours a day. How exciting. These past two weeks have seriously been a form of torture and next week starts at 4:00 am. I can’t believe I actually made it this far and not sure how I can muster up the strength to keep at it.

Thankfully I have hopes of better horizons. I had a second interview last week at an organization I would love to work at in a position I would love to do. I am hoping to hear back on Monday if I got it or not. I know they liked me, I just hope they didn’t like someone else more. Oh and I had to take a test, well an assessment, and I am nervous I might have failed. Even though according to the guidelines there are no “wrong” answers. I am not quite sure how it would be possible to pick up on someone’s management and motivator styles in 20 questions, so I don’t quite understand this hoop I had to jump through. All I know is that I answered the questions as honestly as I could, because in all reality I wouldn’t want to work there if they think who I am would not be a “good” fit. Even though I know, and I am sure you know, I would be.

But I am trying hard not to get my hopes up. One thing I have gotten used to this summer is closed doors. Maybe this time it will be different. Please be different.

Lesson #2 - Second Interview

Tomorrow I have a second interview at a company interested in hiring me to do customer service in a call center. The woman described it as “open cubicles with 25-100 calls per day each call lasting approximately 3.5 minutes to 4.5 minutes.”

Sounds like a dream job.

My heart is broken about it. Like I want to bawl my eyes out when I think about working in a call center. But I have to go tomorrow whether I like it or not, and I have to try my hardest and shine above all the others in my (eek!) group interview. Even with a broken heart.

I feel like I am being squeezed into a glass jar that is too small for me. I guess I am a bit of a dreamer and always want to make sure I have room to be creative. I wish I would just hear back from at least one of the other jobs I applied to that seem to make my heart jump. Okay, okay, I know I am being way overdramatic and taking this job does not mean forever. It’s just during these “tough economic times”, right?

Aside from the long commute, lower pay, and bad schedule, I am sure the people who work there will be nice since it is, by all means, friendly customer service. And besides, they might not even hire me.