10:50 - Friday, Nov. 10, 2006
Out Of The Running... Again
So since BootyEh got her job I wanted to check out my chances. I looked on our intranet & it showed that the postings for the 5 Associate Adjusters at various locations had not been filled yet - just the French one, and that went to her. So I sent the following message to Human Resources:
RE: Posting 142-06
Good Afternoon
I am writing to follow up on the above mentioned opportunity that was posted on October 3rd. It was for 5 positions as Associate Adjusters at various locations. I have not noticed the successful applicants posted on these on the intranet yet and I have not been contacted regarding this. Could you please advise me of the status of my application and if I am being considered for the interviewing process? If I am not being considered, do you have any suggestions on what I can do to improve my skills in becoming more qualified for this position?
Thank you for your time in looking into this for me.
I received this is a response:
Hello Karen.
I received this information yesterday from B***** B***** on C******** M********’s behalf with regard to the posting status and although it was for yesterday, I believe it applies today as well.
C********’s not in today, but from my knowledge of this posting I believe the selection panel members reviewed personnel files last week and are starting to do some interviews this week.
While we try to finalize postings within the 20-day time frame, in this case the management were unable to begin the recruitment process on the posting closing date of Oct 11 as there were a number of applicants who had to write the Qualification test, and they are provided one week study time to prepare, so the testing wasn’t fully completed until Oct 25 . I’d expect though that the posting may be finalized by the end of next week.
Hope this helps!
I will copy C******** M******** with this email also to ensure she is kept apprised of what I am reporting on her behalf…
Thanks for your understanding…
= )
So I thought I might just have a chance left...
Until I got this email this morning from C******** M********:
Thank you for your application for the competition #142-06. Due to the numerous applicants on this posting, management has short listed and will only be interviewing a maximum of 9 candidates at this time. Unfortunately you will not be considered further in this competition.
Your interest in pursuing this opportunity is appreciated, and I wish you success in future endeavours.
So... I guess I am shit-outta-luck again. See, if I was French - I'd be so in. But I am not... so I am in the back of the line, and it appears there must be quite a lenghty line ahead of me.
Shit.
I am very jealous of BootyEh's advancement. But I will keep that in as much as I can. It just sucks. I wonder if I should be re-reviewing my goals to something a little more attainable... I don't want to stay in the call centre too too much longer... but it looks like I might just be stuck that way quite awhile...
It's LAZ's birthday party tonight... mmm... Jello shots... but I don't know if I am gonna go. For starters, Hank is working overtime all weekend & he doesn't want to go out. So first that means I don't have a ride, and second, I don't have my honey with me. (I don't know any of her friends, and BootyEh does, so at least if I have Hank I am not totally alone.) BootyEh said I could go to her place & have some drinks with her & then catch a ride with her friend. That would mean I would have to get to her place... probably bus & that sucks. And then I would have to cab home from her place when our ride dropped us off & that's still like $15 bucks. Well, that's less than it would be from Laz's though, but still, a lot, especially when I would have to come & go as the driver wants to, and I hear that would be leaving at 9pm & coming home about 1am. I don't think I want to go out that late... I'd rather go at like 7 and be home by like 11 or 12. But hey, beggars can't be choosers...
I dunno... I also want to get out tomorrow & get a bunch done, shopping for Hank's birthday, Christmas shopping, that kind of stuff, so I don't want to be all tired or hungover or whatever... I want to have a good day... even if it's by myself...
SO I dunno... I'll have to decide later.
I asked Cfour if she wanted to join me tomorrow & she's not sure yet. It'd be fun to go with a friend, go for some lunch etc. BUt I don't really mind going myself, I haven't dne that in awhile... maybe I should get a haircut while I am at it... my cut is growing out all funny in the back. I am thinking I want it long again, but I have to even it out first & that'll mean it'll have to get shorter before it gets longer... sheesh.
Last night after work Hank & I watched Flight 93. Oh God that was tough to watch. I get so emotional when I am brought back to that day...
It was a good movie, I think it was done very well, but it was just hard to feel like you were in that plane & having too see them experience what they must have had to. I cried a lot during it & some of the time I just felt so angry at the bastards who did this. HOw can they think that their God wanted them to do this? They kept saying things like "In the name of God..." Yeah, like I am sure God wants you to kill hundreds or thousands of people in his name... what kind of God would that be?!? How could they so strongly feel that what they were doing was right or justified? How could a person have so much hate to want to take their own life in order to kill so many others?
I also wrote awhile back about how I was bothered that these movies were being made & I hoped that there wasn't a profit or anything to big celebrities etc. and hoped it would benefit the families of the victims. Well there was a special feature on the DVD that satisfied me. They interviewed a lot of the families of the real people that the actors portrayed & the actors actually came & met the families & they shared stories etc. The families are glad the movie is out there & they feel it is like a tribute to them and a way to remember what they had to go through & how they fought back. I am betting a sum of money must have gone to them as well for their stories, and that is a good thing too, why the hell not. So I give it a thumbs up. It is hard to watch & rehash the memory & feel the intensity of how this really did happen, but it was well done & it (and they) should not be forgotten.
What made me more & more angry though is while I was watching it I remembered Bowling for Columbine (or was it in Farenheit 9/11...? I can't remember which...) when George Bush was shown reading a story to some elementary kids. He was notified when the first tower was hit. He did nothing. He was notified when the second tower was hit... he still did NOTHING. Now in this movie, the air traffic contriol wants to get the military involved & possibly gun a plane down or something to save some of the rest of the people's lives, but they needed the President's "Okay"... but guess who couldn't be reached... Guess who was too busy reading to kids (for publicity? for votes?) to get involved with what was happening to "HIS" country and step in to try & save some lives.
Anyway... whatever, I am not gonna go on a rant about it... (or am I too late?!?) I just wanted to say I watched the movie & it was good.
Not much more to say... nope, not even any Frankie stories today! ;)
Have a nice weekend.
