....but I think I should keep looking! I have to say, there are just too many things to blog about, however, between the jet lag and snoring Aussie, I am too tired to write. Yet I have some funny news.
Yes, I got a job offer today. It went something like this. Kerry was sitting in the lounge doing her hours of research on the internet looking for a job when the owner of the B&B walks into the lounge and says "you looking for a job?" I said yes and she said "run along down the street and talk to Gigg."
Gigg runs a 4 star hotel 2 blocks away. The owner told me I only had about 5 minutes to get there since Gigg was leaving soon. In my jeans (yup....my job interview attire) I ran down the street to a lovely little hotel. Apparently, they were looking for a receptionist. They asked if I had any receptionist experience and I said no (I did not think a student work job in college was really work experience). I was assuming this would end the conversation and I did not know if I really wanted to be a receptionist in London. But no, they asked more questions.
When they found out what my previous job was, they immediately said "your a professional!" This seems to be the term for anyone who has a professional job....but isn't that everyone? Being a "professional" they said I was too qualified, but they still wanted me to work for them.
Here is their offer. They wanted me to work 48 hours a week (shifts run from 7 am to 3 pm or 3 pm to 11 pm). I needed to work weekends and they would pay me 250 pounds or $500 dollars a week. At one point the owner said the job was really boring since all the tourists were not in the hotel during the day and it was really a job for a student who wanted to study all the time.
I was all smiles and let them know that I was looking for a full-time long term job to maintain my visa status. The said they really needed someone and thus asked me to call them back next week to tell them if I would take the job. I think I will sit on it and see how I feel next week. :)
2 comments:
are they asking you to sign a contract? If not, I can totally see you sitting behind that desk, and searching for jobs online (do they have wireless?), and then skipping out for interviews. Maybe you can negotiate for NOT working every day, so that you have some days reserved for interviews... Who knows - they seem desperate, they might go for it :)
GO KERRY!!
Seriously. Makes you wonder about the job market in London, though. Not to your discredit, Ker, but they are more or less saying, "Hey, you have a pulse! Come sit behind this desk!" Even though you are basically giving them every reason in the book not to hire you. Perhaps there are other thirsty employers out there looking for "professionals". Tee hee. Ker, you're a pro.
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