Woohoo!

[Petra]

Okay this'll be rushed 'cos I'm busy geting Zoe organised to go back to school this afternoon, and I have a CV to compose.

Woohooo!

I can't contain my excitement!

Since New Year, I've been planning a timeline for this year's personal growth and ambitions.

I decided that I was going to work either at Telecom or Yellow Pages or something better. Preferably back at Yellow Pages. I was going to cold call their agency next week, after getting Zoe back to school. I was simply going to hound them till they employed me, and I was determined to start work before March.

So, last night I get an email from the Telecom jobs website. Before Xmas I put my profile up there, and last night they emailed me to tell me that a job that fits my profile is coming up at Yellow Pages. So I fill in the application online, stating that me and the job were made for each other. :D

This morning I get a call from the employment agency that handles Telecom/Yellow Pages and I have an interview with them on Monday, when the Managers all get back from their national conference.

It apears that I have gone directly to the short list, and I reckon the job is mine. :D


Funny, last time I worked for Yellow Pages it was pure serendipity, too.


It is meant to be. :D


Anyway - wish me luck! And I'll let you know how it goes.

My fingers are crossed. I may be a fulltime worker on a fairly good salary in the not too distant future. Woohoo!

:woohoo: :slide: :bgirl: :bliss: :cheerful: :greed: :flex: :fly2: :bubbles: :cloud9: :flower: :woohoo: :woohoo: :woohoo:

[Ymir's blood]

Good luck! You're going to win! :oscarwin:

[Petra]

Thanks, Ymir!

I sure do hope I win. :D


I do feel pretty darned confident, but then you never know who else is entered in the draw, so my confidence could of course be shattered in a week or so, but I got this feeeeeling....teehee. I'm so excited!

[Ex-zombie]

Wishing you all the luck in the world luna! :crossed: :cheer:

[Ronin]

That's the coolest thing ever!!

:mememe:

[LadyShea]

:five: right on girlie!

[viscousmemories]

Great news luna! Good luck. :)

[livius drusus]

:woohoo: is right! Keeping all digits crossed for you, my sister. :crossed:

[Roland98]

As Lauri just reminded me at II, the correct response is

Woo hoo!!!

Congrats!

[Shake]

As Lauri just reminded me at II, the correct response is

Woo hoo!!!

Congrats!
Yeah, what Roland said!

Congrats!!!

[Petra]

Thank you, thank you, thank you!

Things sure are lookin' good for me this year. :cool: :crossed:


:2thumbsup:

[Brimshack]

Okay, so can you help me look up a few numbers?

I mean, Whoo Hoo!!!

[Petra]

No, but I can help you grow your...ummm....business... :shifty:








...just let my fingers do the walking. :giggle:

[Brimshack]

As I said before...

WHOO HOO!!!!!!

[Crumb]

:woohoo: :qwoot:

sounds great lunachick!

[Farren]

Woohoo!

So you can support me when I come over there and start working on a lard-gut. Hehe.

Seriously though, I'm holding thumbs for you.

[Godless Dave]

Good luck, lunachick!

[pescifish]

Sounds great, lunachick! :bliss:

[wildernesse]

Sounds fab! Good luck!

[Shake]

Whoa! I see we've got some new avatars being sported here today. I do like yours, luna!

[Petra]

Thanks, Shake. :)

And thanks everyone for the well wishes!


My interview will actually be on Tuesday, not Monday. Monday's a public holiday, but me and she had forgotten that when she first called me.


Putting together a CV is really hard. :writing:

[Crumb]

I do like yours, luna!

Does that mean you don't like mine? :sadnana:

I was just trying to get in the spirit of the coming holiday... ;)

I like yours too luna :homdrool:

[Petra]

I like yours, Crumb. And I'll happily bite you. :biteme: mmmm...yummy.

[Dingfod]

Congrats, lunachick.

[Crumb]

/me runs away

[JoeP]

Woo-hoo!! on the news, luna ... and woo-HOO!!! on the new av

[Petra]

Thank you, Joe! :hands2:

[beyelzu]

well,

the av is very cool. I would change mine but I think that itis already valentine themed.


gl on the interview btw.


may you make lots of money so you can afford to take care of political refugees from the us.


shit that was one of those selfish wishes wasnt it?

seriously, congrats.

[Petra]

Well, that's the first interview down.

Spoke with the agency rep today, and got along just fine.

She told me that my stiffest competition is a woman who has spent the couple of years working in a target driven sales environment with very good results.

I told her that if I did miss out on the Yellow Pages job, that I would like to also be considered for anything within Telecom or Yellow Pages, and she told me that she would not place someone with my vitality and intelligence :D at Telecom, because "I'm too good". :D She told me there were other jobs that would be better suited to me if I miss out on YP. At this stage, though, it's all looking good. Not secure, by no means, but good anyway. :)

I'm happy.


Wanna beer?

/me cracks open a Pilsener and hands it to whoever is around. Cheers! :cool:

[livius drusus]

Woohoo again! Great work, luna. Even if you don't get this particular job, you've made a good contact and gotten out there where people can confirm what we all already knew: that you kick ass. :chestram:

[beyelzu]

Well, that's the first interview down.

Spoke with the agency rep today, and got along just fine.

She told me that my stiffest competition is a woman who has spent the couple of years working in a target driven sales environment with very good results.

I told her that if I did miss out on the Yellow Pages job, that I would like to also be considered for anything within Telecom or Yellow Pages, and she told me that she would not place someone with my vitality and intelligence :D at Telecom, because "I'm too good". :D She told me there were other jobs that would be better suited to me if I miss out on YP. At this stage, though, it's all looking good. Not secure, by no means, but good anyway. :)

I'm happy.


Wanna beer?

* lunachick cracks open a Pilsener and hands it to whoever is around. Cheers! :cool:
very cool.

congrats so far.

[Petra]

Thank you, bey. :)

[viscousmemories]

Congrats, luna. Glad to hear it's going well for you. :)

[Petra]

Thanks, vm. So far so good. :crossed:

[Ronin]

Beer?

Hell yeah...pony up wit wots inna ice!

[Petra]

lol!


/me hands Ronin a beer and perv's at his hot, denimed ass lasciviously as he wanders off again. :girl: :wink:

[Petra]

Woohoo again! Great work, luna. Even if you don't get this particular job, you've made a good contact and gotten out there where people can confirm what we all already knew: that you kick ass. :chestram:


Hey, I missed this post. Sorry, liv - I wasn't ignoring you.

Thanks. And yeah, I feel good. Very positive. :)

[Ronin]

:yup:

* tilts the tip of his Limburg at luna...and strolls through the crowd of well-wishers.

:slick:

Hey...who the feck is tendin' grill out back?

[Petra]

Hey...who the feck is tendin' grill out back?

Not me! I'm workin' the bar.

:tapbeer:

[Ronin]

Bastards!!

I'll take care of it then...I'm a need a big plate a ribs and some tongs.

Yeah..."tongs"...no H...dat's right.

[livius drusus]

That's cool, luna. You're clearly surrounded by shapely, denim-clad distractions. I don't know what Ronin's excuse for eschewing the /me hack is, though. I suspect he was at the beer before you got home. :nojustno:

[Ronin]

Hey...it is common knowledge that I am a techno-phobe with little use for seeking hacks when other...more innovative ways (imho)...are available to cover for my ignoramous-ness.

...and I wasn't at the beer...wench...it was vodka all along. Ha...don't you feel silly... :charge:

[Petra]

Yeah, you know how it is. :yup:

Now, how to butter dem buns.... :chin:



Anyhoo - I'm heading offline for awhile. Stuff to do an' that.


Laters, Blossoms! :wave:

[Petra]

Hey...it is common knowledge that I am a techno-phobe with little use for seeking hacks when other...more innovative ways (imho)...are available to cover for my ignoramous-ness.

...and I wasn't at the beer...wench...it was vodka all along. Ha...don't you feel silly... :charge:

I was just trying to figure out how you did that. I hadn't noticed it till liv mentioned it. Then I figured that you probably don't even know how you did it. :giggle:


And i was right! :muahaha:


Ciao for now! :wave:

[Ronin]

I was just trying to figure out how you did that. I hadn't noticed it till liv mentioned it. Then I figured that you probably don't even know how you did it. :giggle:


And i was right! :muahaha:

Fuckin' story of my life.

:roflmao:

[The Lone Ranger]

Sounds promising! Best of luck!

-- Michael

[Petra]

Thank you, Michael. :)



Further update - yes, I'm fizzing. :D

I got a call from the agency early this afternoon to ask me if I would be available for an emergency meeting with the YP office manager. He was my old trainer back in the day, and told me he was delighted to see my name among the candidates. I got a big hug and loadsa smiles. The interview with him and another one of the managers - someone I had not met before - went extremely well. Nick was beaming all through the interview and when he'd ask me a question related to various hypothetical sales situations, he and his sidekick would grin and nod and say "brilliant answer!" to me. He also told me that he knew how good I was, but he wanted to se me "sell myself" to his sidekick - to tell her why I should get the job. So I did, and after I finished my schpiel, she grinned and said "well, I'm sold!" :D

At the end of the interview, I cheekily asked when they'd like me to start. LOL. Nick said "you know I can't tell you that, Petra, we still have to follow protocol and go through the process". But he beamed at me in such a way - and his sidekick seemed so genuinely impressed with me, too - that I'm 99% certain that job is mine. I know Nick wants me on his team, that's for sure. :)


Damn, I hope I start work on Monday! :bgirl:



Naturally nothing is secure - I do have some hefty competition, but ...well.... I just reckon I'm in with a grin, mate! :D

[livius drusus]

Daamn... You're like the network queen up in here. I can't believe you've been unemployed for as long as you have. Congrats, luna. :bow:

[Ymir's blood]

The Lunachick's gonna take over the asylum! :D

[Petra]

LOL!

Actually, I'd better not count my chickens before they've hatched - I might get egg on my face otherwise!

:D

[maddog]

Crossed fingers, luna!
#270

[Petra]

Thanks. :)


I should know by Friday afternoon what the outcome is.

[AspenMama]

Best of luck to you, Girl!

[Ronin]

WTF? It's gotta be around Friday in whatever time warp that you live in by now!!

:worry:


The suspense is killin' me, chick...are you among the working class stiffs now or what?

:popcorn:

[Petra]

The suspense is killing me, too. I still don't know anything.

I went up to meet the team thismorning, though. The manager, Nick, got me up there to meet with them all and have me ask them questions and them ask me questions. As far as I know, it all went swimmingly.


But, damn! they're making me wait for that final executive decision on the state of my employ. Bastards!

:worry:

[livius drusus]

Well, damn. I don't know how much longer I can keep my fingers crossed while going about my daily life. :crossed:

[Petra]

Uncross your fingers during the day, and cross them again when you go to bed. That's how I managed to get my dishes done and my bed made today. :yup:


There are 40 minutes left till 5pm. Damn, I hope I hear before the working day is over! Else it'll be a whole other day to wait, and I'll have no fingernails left by then.


:worry:

[Ymir's blood]

Can't hold out much longer!

:gottago:

[Petra]

Me, neither Ymir.

Now I have to go out for about an hour. If the phone rings, can one of you fine people take a message for me? Ta.

[Petra]

:woohoo:


Need I say more? :wink:


Break out the champers, folks - we're gonna have ourselves a par-tay!!!


Fuck, I'm happy!!!!!!! :bundance: :v: :yes!: :greed: :muahaha: :beaugest: :didi:

[beyelzu]

:woohoo:


Need I say more? :wink:


Break out the champers, folks - we're gonna have ourselves a par-tay!!!


Fuck, I'm happy!!!!!!! :bundance: :v: :yes!: :greed: :muahaha: :beaugest: :didi:
you fucking rock

:djparty::djparty::djparty:

[viscousmemories]

Awesome news, luna. Congrats! :)

[Petra]

Thank you, thank you. :bowing:


I start on Thursday (two days away). My starting salary ain't bad, neither. :wink:


Damn, I'm happy! :giggle:

[livius drusus]

OMG!

lunachick is gainfully employed!

:cheer: :cheer: :winner: :winner: :cheer: :cheer:

:chestram: :glomp: :glomp2: :chestram:

[Ymir's blood]

I said so! :D

:oscarwin:

[Petra]

Righty-o! Everyone over to my house for dinner and celebratory drinks. I'll expect y'all around 7ish. We're gonna rock da house! :D

[Ex-zombie]

:snoopy: :hands1: :waltz: :saloon: :partyhat: :ovation:


Congratulations Luna! I wish you the absolute best in your job. :cool:

[Petra]

Thank you, EZ. I'm certainly going to give it my absolute best, so here's hoping I reap what I sow, eh. :D

[viscousmemories]

My starting salary ain't bad, neither.
Look what I just found at the bottom of the page!

http://www.freethought-forum.com/forum/images/buttons/x-click-but04.gif

:giggle:

[Petra]

VM, I don't have a credit card, and won't get one....but! I will donate via cheque/money order in about a month. (It'll take me that long to get on top of a couple of bills). And that's a promise, babe. This place is worth it. :yup:

[viscousmemories]

VM, I don't have a credit card, and won't get one....but! I will donate via cheque/money order in about a month. (It'll take me that long to get on top of a couple of bills). And that's a promise, babe. This place is worth it. :yup:
Well I'm glad you like the place, but don't be silly. I was just teasing.

I mean of course if you wanna donate that's great, but please don't feel obligated. This place is only as cool as the people who choose to post here. Hell, we oughta be paying you!*

:slide:

* Don't be crazy; I'm not paying anyone.

[Goddess Heidi]

OMG!!!!!!!!!! MY BIG SIS has a job - & I dont!! - hehe

Congrats Luna - Im really glad you did it (have you told Mum yet??)

& how come I didnt get invited to Dinner - Ive cooked enoug for you!!! (mind you Id only come if the Flatty was cooking!!)

Hope all goes well!!!!

WOOOOOOOOOO HOOOOOOOOOOOOO

[Petra]

Yup, just told mum and she's happy. Natch, she raved on about me getting a haircut and all that mumsy crap that tends to annoy the shit outta me. Oh, well.


And Paul is not cooking - he's in Greece, freezing to death in the mountains.


Oh, and I guess I'll be able to pay you your money back soon, eh. That'll be a relief!


BTW, I'm an excellent cook, thank you very much - I just hate cooking anywhere near you or mum 'cos you're both horrible backseat kitchen bitches. So there! :fuckyou:

[Petra]

[QUOTE=viscousmemories]Hell, we oughta be paying you!*

Excellent point!



But I will contribute to the financial costs of running this joint as soon as I am realistically able. :yup:

[freemonkey]

Hell, I don't know how I managed to miss this thread.

But I did.

So I wasn't able to wish you luck.

But you got the job anyway.

So it all worked out in the end.


WooHoo!!!!!!!!


Congratulations!

:clap: :chestram: :glomp2:

[Ronin]

And all is now right in the world.

:bow: :bow: :bow:

[Crumb]

:woohoo:


I guess it is time for you to get to work... :chop:

[Petra]

Cute smilie, Crumb!


Thanks, guys. I'm looking forward to kicking into it tomorrow. Getting up in the morning will be hard at first, but paydays will be real easy. :D

[Brimshack]

I thought the ground shook a moment ago, while I was looking up at a flying creature with an oddly pinkish body. And I feel quite certain that Satan is having a snowball fight with his little demons.

Now I wonder what could possibly be the cause of all this?

:yup:

Can it be long before she takes over the world? ...or at least Indiana?

[JoeP]

Hey luna! I'm feeling a little short of words and woohooness atm but I'm thrilled for you!

Did you say 7pm your time? Did I miss it?

[maddog]

:sick: I haf a code id by doze, so I wod't idfect you by cubbig to da pardy, bud, woohoo, eddyway!
#293

[Brimshack]

Oh great!

Now she's too busy to talk to us.

Harrumph!

[Petra]

JoeP and maddog, I hope you guys are feeling much better, now. Plenty of hot lemon and honey drinks with a little aspirin, maddog!

Brim - hell didn't get colder when I joined the workforce, it got a little hotter.

/me licks finger, touches own ass (for a change) and....tssssss...hot, baby, hot.

[Petra]

- ty One. :naughty:

Started bright and early. Met the three teams that reside in the office (about 30 odd-people. Yes, odd people.) Young teams, felt like the granny till one girl asked me how old my daughter was and when I told her she was 11, she said "oh, you must have had her really young!" When I said that I was 30 when I had her, her jaw dropped and she said, "fuck, I'd picked you as being late 20's/early 30's!". Felt good. Then my team all went out to a nice cafe for morning tea, courtesy of management, and drank lattes and gasbagged for almost an hour. Then when we got back to the office, the employment agency rep came in with a rich chocolate cake and a boysenberry cheesecake and said to us two new girls (yes, they couldn't decide between me and my competition, so created a new job so as to accommodate us both), "these cakes are for you from us for you to share with your new team members. So we stopped and had more coffee, cake and gasbagging. Then it was lunchtime. Then we learned some stuff. Which, 'cos I've worked for the comapny before, I aleady knew. Then we got booked into a hotel in Auckland next week for the first of our training courses. Then we had an uproarious time discussing the donkey punch sexual technique. Then we did more product knowledge/ sales training. Then we went home.


What a splendid day! I look forward to tomorrow. :D

[livius drusus]

What the hell? That's a job where you come from? Lucky bint. :jealous:

[Petra]

LOL. Yep. :D


We had team strategy meetings and stuff today. I enjoyed the team think tank. Very cool.


Also very cool are the coupl'a few scooters we have lying around the office, 'cos the office is so long and spread out, we can grab a scooter and get to the other end quicker!


I love working with young people.


Have I mentioned how happy I am? :D

[Brimshack]

What liv said!

:fuming:

[Petra]

:chuckle:


Don't worry, Yellow Pages take their pound of flesh, too. When the work is on, the work is ON!


Oh, I forgot to mention that we stopped at 4pm today to get together for a beer or two.


:muahaha:

[pescifish]

Congrats, lunachick!