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JOB HUNT!

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So today, I woke up and purposely decided to miss my 1^st interview, and I don’t know, it just didn’t feel right so I chose not to go.  I hope it was a shitty job, so I hope I missed it for the right reasons!  I started to get ready for my 10:45 interview out in Sherman Oaks…I hoped it would be good!  This company is a Sports Marketing Firm and they work with sports teams like the Dodgers and Clippers, so they couldn’t’ be that bad, right?  I just hoped it wouldn’t be a horrific experience.  I got ready, and I was so happy because I looked super thin and cute in my outfit, I wore high heels, pants that were a bit high waisted (higher than usual) and they did wonders for my figure—I looked like a had very long legs and a small skinny torso! Yay, I hope this outfit was worth it!  I slipped on my BCBG Heels and got ready to drive the 50 minutes of traffic.  So, I got there, and was quite disappointed.  The woman, Beth, told me about their company, and didn’t glance at my resume! The office was shabbily decorated with Plywood desks, and just about 3 or 4 rooms.  The main entrance was quite large with a number of chairs for potential interviewees—looked like there were about 8-10 chairs!  The girl at the front desk was very unprofessional in the manner that she answered the phone and it seemed as though everyone who called in was calling to schedule and interview!! I was very surprised when the girl who was interviewing before me was out of the room within 10 minutes—what can they possibly have discussed in 10 minutes?  I also noticed that there was hardly anyone in the office, and that the painting in the room next to where I was sitting was crooked.  The office just looked shabby!  A woman walked into the interviewer’s office, and it seemed like she traded spots with him!  She didn’t have her own office—looks like nobody had their own office.  I noticed there were no name plates next to the doors, and I wondered where the employees were!

I walked into the room and the lady asked me to sit.  She was wearing a black sweater and black slacks, her hair tied up in a messy bun.  She was pretty, and seemed assertive, but not someone I would say is professional by any means.  She wasn’t that nice, either.  Her first question was, “Do you like sports?” and I said well, Yes, I have two brothers so I grew up in a house where I watched sports.  That’s the truth, the Lakers Game was always on and I used to watch the Playoffs with my family, and I used to play NBA Live with my brothers and their friends (I was pretty good!).  I also watched them play Madden Football on their playstations, so did I like sports? Sure, why not.  I am taking my boyfriend to a Dodgers game and I had fun at the last one, so sure, I like sports.  I wasn’t lying, I don’t dislike sports!

She told me more about the job, asked me what I was looking for and how soon I’d like to start.  I said I am looking to start as soon as I find the right fit.  And she said, ok.  she told me that they are more of a sports marketing company, where the market the events and pass out tickets and get people to go to the events, and make little packages for companies to give to their employees.  I didn’t even try to act interested because I really did not care for this job; in actuality, I wanted to walk right out of the office.  She told me they’d be doing a second round of interviews where you “shadow” their employees, and I should wear comfortable shoes.  I asked where all the employees were and she said “ya they come in the morning then spend their days outside.”  Ok, I understaned that, but honestly, that was our interview.  She didn’t seem too enthrusiastic about the job, she didn’t make me want it, she was juts boring and she kept me in “her” office for just 8 minutes!  Out of control! I have never had an 8 minute interview.  She asked me to come back this week to shadow the employees and I couldn’t say no, so I said let me take a look at my schedule and she said, “are u taking classes or something?”  Didn’t the idiot look at my resume? It said I graduated UC Irvine last August!   I said no, I have quite a few other interviews lined up so Friday is my only free day, so she told me to come Friday.  I will call them and say I am no longer interested at all.

I don’t want to wait until Friday to find out that this is some scam!  I already know it doesn’t feel right.

I want the corporate feel in my new job that I had at New York Life—men in suits, women dressed professionally, red oak desks, fish bowl meeting rooms, classy people.  I just didn’t like the lack of training and encouragement that I got from New York Life, so no thank you to that.  This job just had crap written all over it.  So, I have an interview in about an hour, and then three more Marketing type interviews tomorrow that I hope are all much better than this one that I had today!  Pray for me!!