I need all the luck I can get. While at my friend's yesterday, I got a call from a temp/staffing agency I had been in contact with off and on since I quit my job at UTMC nearly 3 years ago. They have a position they are trying to place that's not their typical $11-12/hr office job and it's a direct-hire position. The woman I had previously worked with (because of my pay requirements, I never did get placed in any jobs through them) found my updated resume on monster.com and called me about this one. She presented my resume to the company and they want to interview me next Thursday! It's an HR assistant position at an established company that's been doing well in recent years. The salary is good, great benefits, a good use of both my skills and education. I really really need this to go well!
And on a side note...I apparently have temporarily lost my ability to say no, I quit. That's what I was planning on doing at the bowling alley this season...but in the end, I couldn't do it. At least I was able to say no to more days/hours (they wanted me to pick up Wednesday and Thursday) but I just couldn't say no to going back. Sounds like someone may have quit and given that I've known these people for nearly 30 years and this job helped greatly during my unemployment last year...I just couldn't do it.
Re: And while I'm at it...
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"Cheese!"