There's a weird thing about something that you have wanted so desperately to happen finally happening. Or almost happening. Tomorrow. See I am either 100 or 0 and 100 for me means getting a little obsessive to the point where I fear I will spoil the sweet rewards of the hoped for outcome because I'll just be so relieved that it finally happened.
God has a good sense of humor, so in the middle of my first two minutes in the office after the I've-been-gone-for-two-hours-from-work-by-accident-because-they-can't-fix-my-car-and-I-just-realized-I-forgot-to-submit-my-reports light summer sweat, I received a phone call. The name of a hiring manager I want to work for flashed on my screen. For just about the first time ever, I received a phone call after 12pm and my mouth wasn't stuffed full of whatever I was eating as the first ring sounded.
I crack myself up in these moments because in the two seconds I let it ring I told myself Christina sound professional and engaged. So basically I told myself to talk how I always do. But to play it cooler than I am.
And sure enough there could only be one reason for his call. I'm going to get a request to set up an interview tomorrow but he hoped to touch base with my manager first and get the dirt on me. And explain that he was taking me. Kind sir who wants to hire me goes on to say that well he looked at the resumes and it's down to me and one other poor soul that they must interview to please HR. But basically I'm hired. See at my company, if you get an internal applicant, nothing else matters. They could be borderline trash but you say internal and we say yes. This theory was confirmed by my sr manager. He was like oh yeah, there's no way you're not getting that. We have to interview two others with an internal to hire them just because. Unless the sky falls you have a job. And then proceeded to talk as though at my funeral about my excellent time in his group. Don't get me wrong, everyone wants to hear what people will say about them at their funeral but I was like kind sir don't jinx it.
So here I go into tomorrow and I'm telling you, me and miss HR are about to have a field day. I'm assuming I'm getting a free trip to go claim my rightful employment (not to be presumptuous in all ways) but I'm looking forward to it.
It's what I've hoped for since I started applying just about a month ago now. I've told a very small and select group about my mission home because I don't want to jinx it, or in my company's typical fashion have it take 4 months to get someone hired and have constant pings of 'so are you moving yet or what'. So it's just better to not say anything. But gosh do I hope before the end of this month I can just announce it. It would be a dream come true. One that I haven't had time to, and hopefully will continue to lack time to soil.
Thank you Lord my God for your merciful and gracious providence in all things.
God has a good sense of humor, so in the middle of my first two minutes in the office after the I've-been-gone-for-two-hours-from-work-by-accident-because-they-can't-fix-my-car-and-I-just-realized-I-forgot-to-submit-my-reports light summer sweat, I received a phone call. The name of a hiring manager I want to work for flashed on my screen. For just about the first time ever, I received a phone call after 12pm and my mouth wasn't stuffed full of whatever I was eating as the first ring sounded.
I crack myself up in these moments because in the two seconds I let it ring I told myself Christina sound professional and engaged. So basically I told myself to talk how I always do. But to play it cooler than I am.
And sure enough there could only be one reason for his call. I'm going to get a request to set up an interview tomorrow but he hoped to touch base with my manager first and get the dirt on me. And explain that he was taking me. Kind sir who wants to hire me goes on to say that well he looked at the resumes and it's down to me and one other poor soul that they must interview to please HR. But basically I'm hired. See at my company, if you get an internal applicant, nothing else matters. They could be borderline trash but you say internal and we say yes. This theory was confirmed by my sr manager. He was like oh yeah, there's no way you're not getting that. We have to interview two others with an internal to hire them just because. Unless the sky falls you have a job. And then proceeded to talk as though at my funeral about my excellent time in his group. Don't get me wrong, everyone wants to hear what people will say about them at their funeral but I was like kind sir don't jinx it.
So here I go into tomorrow and I'm telling you, me and miss HR are about to have a field day. I'm assuming I'm getting a free trip to go claim my rightful employment (not to be presumptuous in all ways) but I'm looking forward to it.
It's what I've hoped for since I started applying just about a month ago now. I've told a very small and select group about my mission home because I don't want to jinx it, or in my company's typical fashion have it take 4 months to get someone hired and have constant pings of 'so are you moving yet or what'. So it's just better to not say anything. But gosh do I hope before the end of this month I can just announce it. It would be a dream come true. One that I haven't had time to, and hopefully will continue to lack time to soil.
Thank you Lord my God for your merciful and gracious providence in all things.