Mittwoch, 10. August 2011
Three interviews are exhausting – the first step to my first job – going to the movies
canadiantour, 09:14h
Monday, Aug 8
The next day I got an e-mail by the farm near whistler, where i wanted to stay the next week, saying that it might be that their current wwoofer stays longer than expected. That made me feel a bit uneasy again, as it seemed that everything turns out to be not working in the end. But well, trying to be still confident, i went to downtown vancouver by skytrain.
I dropped in a few more stores and shops my resume and i visited the address i was given by a fundraiser last week. I introduced myself at that office/company called Public Outreach, dropped my resume and they invited me at once to an interview at 01.30 pm. So untill it started some time was left and i went to a restaurant called “Soup Zone”; it was advertised on the internet that they might hire people. I found out that i am supposed to have a certificate for serving food. So again something i have not expected to be confronted with. Still i left my resume there and returned to Public Outreach for the interview.
It was an interview in a group of 4 and it was quite ok. I could use my experiences with the Bund Naturschutz job pretty good, so i hoped that it might work this time.
After the interview i met Stefan shortly untill i got called by the manger of soup zone to come along again for an interview. So i went there again. The summary of that interview is that he said that he actually has got a job for me, but i have to stay for 10 month at least. Well, that was a bit controversial, for i wanted the job of course, but couldnt lie to him that ill stay that long if i will not.
So i was honest and said that i will not stay 10 months, but rather 2 or 3. It was clear that i did not have any chance anymore – he said that he might keep me in mind for a part time job, indeed, but i dont think that he will call me again.
So i had to hurry a little bit to get to the 3rd interview near my new hostel at 5 pm. In the meantime I got called by Public Outreach, inviting me to the first training session at the next day at noon.
So that was the first start of getting my first job. Still i went to the 3rd interview of course, which passed by similarly like the one at Soup Zone.
Before heading downtown again, I made an appointment at the TD-Bank for the day in order to open a bank account. I met Stefan at the Same sun and we went out to the Chinese Garden. Of course, it was already closed. Instead we watched some people playing professional Frisbee (in fact, there are Frisbee games) and went to the movies at around 8.15 pm. We watched the movie “Super 8”, which was funny and weird at the same time xD It ended at around 10.30 pm – time to go home and recover from the exhausting interviews ;) =)
The next day I got an e-mail by the farm near whistler, where i wanted to stay the next week, saying that it might be that their current wwoofer stays longer than expected. That made me feel a bit uneasy again, as it seemed that everything turns out to be not working in the end. But well, trying to be still confident, i went to downtown vancouver by skytrain.
I dropped in a few more stores and shops my resume and i visited the address i was given by a fundraiser last week. I introduced myself at that office/company called Public Outreach, dropped my resume and they invited me at once to an interview at 01.30 pm. So untill it started some time was left and i went to a restaurant called “Soup Zone”; it was advertised on the internet that they might hire people. I found out that i am supposed to have a certificate for serving food. So again something i have not expected to be confronted with. Still i left my resume there and returned to Public Outreach for the interview.
It was an interview in a group of 4 and it was quite ok. I could use my experiences with the Bund Naturschutz job pretty good, so i hoped that it might work this time.
After the interview i met Stefan shortly untill i got called by the manger of soup zone to come along again for an interview. So i went there again. The summary of that interview is that he said that he actually has got a job for me, but i have to stay for 10 month at least. Well, that was a bit controversial, for i wanted the job of course, but couldnt lie to him that ill stay that long if i will not.
So i was honest and said that i will not stay 10 months, but rather 2 or 3. It was clear that i did not have any chance anymore – he said that he might keep me in mind for a part time job, indeed, but i dont think that he will call me again.
So i had to hurry a little bit to get to the 3rd interview near my new hostel at 5 pm. In the meantime I got called by Public Outreach, inviting me to the first training session at the next day at noon.
So that was the first start of getting my first job. Still i went to the 3rd interview of course, which passed by similarly like the one at Soup Zone.
Before heading downtown again, I made an appointment at the TD-Bank for the day in order to open a bank account. I met Stefan at the Same sun and we went out to the Chinese Garden. Of course, it was already closed. Instead we watched some people playing professional Frisbee (in fact, there are Frisbee games) and went to the movies at around 8.15 pm. We watched the movie “Super 8”, which was funny and weird at the same time xD It ended at around 10.30 pm – time to go home and recover from the exhausting interviews ;) =)
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