Whoo-Hoo!!! I finally got an interview!!!
This is a discussion on Whoo-Hoo!!! I finally got an interview!!! within the Off Topic & Humor Discussion forums, part of the The Back Porch category; As a few people on the forum know, I have been looking for steady employment for a while. I sent my resume out all over ...
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September 23rd, 2008 09:43 PM
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Whoo-Hoo!!! I finally got an interview!!!
As a few people on the forum know, I have been looking for steady employment for a while. I sent my resume out all over the country, and have been following up on things.
The company that I really want to work for is Bovis Lend Lease, they have the contract for overseeing the housing/infrastructure upgrade for the military bases all across the country.
Last Monday I had a call from the senior recruiter asking me if I would be interested in a Quality Control Inspection position on Holloman AFB in Alamogordo, NM. I of course said yes!!! Yesterday (Monday) I got a call from the Senior Superintendent for a phone interview, today I got a call from the Site Superintendent for another phone interview. I have been asked to be in Alamogordo, NM. on Wendsday the 1st of October for a face to face interview with both of the Superintendents!
I'm so excited it's crazy!! But the thanks belong to my God, I'm just in charge of the footwork.
"These are the times that try men's souls. The summer soldier
and the sunshine patriot will, in this crisis, shrink from the
service of his country; but he that stands it now, deserves the
love and thanks of man and woman."
-- Thomas Paine (The American Crisis, No. 1, 19 December 1776)
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September 23rd, 2008 09:43 PM
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September 23rd, 2008 09:50 PM
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CONGRATS! Sounds like your luck is changing.
I'm sure you know this, but do your best to be calm and casual at the interview - it always goes better when you don't seem super excited, you're less likely to interrupt them accidentally, you'll speak more slowly and confidently, etc... and try to look your best.
Also, do some research on the company, and ask the interviewer some questions - it usually impresses them when you already know a bit of the company history and principals, and it also shows that you're the kind of person that does their homework, and that you really want the job.
Good luck!
Peace,
Pete Zaria.
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September 23rd, 2008 10:01 PM
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Kudos...spent 7 years there...and loved the area and mountains. Would love to go back someday.
Rick
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September 23rd, 2008 10:07 PM
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Does that mean we're going to miss you at Brownie's training that weekend?
Best wishes and good luck Buddy!
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September 23rd, 2008 10:29 PM
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Too bad it wasn't with anyone on on my route here.
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September 24th, 2008 12:03 AM
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"These are the times that try men's souls. The summer soldier
and the sunshine patriot will, in this crisis, shrink from the
service of his country; but he that stands it now, deserves the
love and thanks of man and woman."
-- Thomas Paine (The American Crisis, No. 1, 19 December 1776)
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September 24th, 2008 12:53 AM
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Good luck on the 1st! 
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October 10th, 2008 08:38 PM
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An update:
I went to the job interview in Alamogordo, and it went great! Two days later I got a e-mail congratulating me and saying they were putting an offer together for me. this week I have been on the phone with the senior superintendent and was told that "officially unofficially" I had gotten the job and should get ready to move. Today at 2:00 I received a call from the same superintendent that they (the CEO) had put a hiring freeze on the company but that he would still be lobbying to get me hired. Ain't that a peach? I'm basically unemployed, my government won't listen to the wishes of the people, the economy is in the toilet and swirling, and I'm irritated and powerless. Sorry for the rant, but I had to get it out.
"These are the times that try men's souls. The summer soldier
and the sunshine patriot will, in this crisis, shrink from the
service of his country; but he that stands it now, deserves the
love and thanks of man and woman."
-- Thomas Paine (The American Crisis, No. 1, 19 December 1776)
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October 10th, 2008 10:31 PM
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Hey, I know how you feel. I was in your shoes last year after twenty in the Armed forces.
Hope luck shines on you.
"The price of freedom is eternal vigilance." -Thomas Jefferson
"Liberalism is a Mental Disorder." -Michael Savage
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October 10th, 2008 10:47 PM
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Damn Gov't jobs...they save you or they kill you. Hopefully it'll come through. Sure missed seeing you in Flagstaff this past weekend!
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October 11th, 2008 12:22 AM
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Good luck, Bud!!!!!!!!!!!!!
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October 11th, 2008 09:24 AM
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Good luck...working around military bases...with a government contract...with 
"quality control"...sounds like an oxymoron.
"That I cannot do."
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October 13th, 2008 08:36 PM
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Good luck Flag, hopefully everything works outs for you. I know how it feels to be laid off and unemployed.
I was able to go back to my nuclear power roots (retired Navy nuke) and am now securely employed in an industry that is starting to experience a renaissance. Things look pretty bright for me, and hopefully you will have the same positive outcome.
"The natural progress of things is for liberty to yield, and government to gain ground."
- Thomas Jefferson
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October 13th, 2008 11:55 PM
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and a high school education to fix'em!
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