tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3830720322970025712.post3150840268667072198..comments2024-03-28T18:12:44.319-04:00Comments on Sparrow Tree Journal: An unsettled kind of dayJenniferhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12512800812290518552noreply@blogger.comBlogger15125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3830720322970025712.post-4100150989638360762017-04-24T05:54:23.005-04:002017-04-24T05:54:23.005-04:00Ahhhh! Now I get it. I thought a "scion"...Ahhhh! Now I get it. I thought a "scion" was "a young shoot or twig of a plant, especially one cut for grafting or rooting."Yorkshire Puddinghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06019673884543913089noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3830720322970025712.post-12624604765066533042017-04-23T13:15:34.139-04:002017-04-23T13:15:34.139-04:00The handful of interviews I've managed to get ...The handful of interviews I've managed to get in the past year or two have all (with a couple of exceptions) felt like a complete waste of my time, as they ended up promoting internally. I wish they wouldn't bother if they already know who's getting the job.<br /><br />Jenniferhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12512800812290518552noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3830720322970025712.post-30679188518081451702017-04-23T13:13:12.743-04:002017-04-23T13:13:12.743-04:00I drive a Toyota Scion XB. A Bluetooth is just a s...I drive a Toyota Scion XB. A Bluetooth is just a setting on the car radio that connects to your smartphone when you make or receive a call. You can talk without holding your phone, freeing up your hands for safety while driving. :)Jenniferhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12512800812290518552noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3830720322970025712.post-19937745912134001042017-04-21T13:38:48.456-04:002017-04-21T13:38:48.456-04:00The interview process where I work in local govern...The interview process where I work in local government is very similar. They seem to make the candidate do all the groundwork these days in taking along references and originals of id to the interview regardless of whether the candidate is to be successful at interview or not. This makes a lot of work for all involved in my opinion because being on the clerical side of things we have to meet and greet all candidates, take all the paperwork from them when they arrive and photocopy it, sign for it when at the end of the day only one candidate will be successful. Then all but one lot of photocopying we do is shredded. References are obtained which are mostly going to be a waste of time and time is wasted for referees too. And at the end of the day we all know that they had an internal candidate lined up for the job in any case. All very depressing. I once again say Jennifer, I feel for you.xxRachel Phillipshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16053924416805878169noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3830720322970025712.post-28067742544478553552017-04-21T13:37:52.365-04:002017-04-21T13:37:52.365-04:00"My phone is connected to my Scion via Blueto..."My phone is connected to my Scion via Bluetooth" - I have no idea what that means. Perhaps you live in The Future... like a startrooper. I hope you are right about Gregg's little mole and that it can soon be resigned to History...which is where I reside...like a partypooper.Yorkshire Puddinghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06019673884543913089noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3830720322970025712.post-31369211046079948392017-04-21T11:24:40.023-04:002017-04-21T11:24:40.023-04:00So far every state job I've applied for (with ...So far every state job I've applied for (with the local school districts)have had someone internally already lined up for the job, and I've had several interviews that were a blatant waste of my time.Jenniferhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12512800812290518552noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3830720322970025712.post-75799803084946104272017-04-21T11:22:38.213-04:002017-04-21T11:22:38.213-04:00Thanks, Sue! Thanks, Sue! Jenniferhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12512800812290518552noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3830720322970025712.post-48553423366161588922017-04-21T11:22:17.580-04:002017-04-21T11:22:17.580-04:00I thought so too, especially with a bunch of other...I thought so too, especially with a bunch of other candidates who probably had the advantage of a week's notice. I'm still not sure why the original email went to my "trash" folder, but I guess I shall have to start checking there!Jenniferhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12512800812290518552noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3830720322970025712.post-65583090629373784352017-04-21T11:21:02.435-04:002017-04-21T11:21:02.435-04:00I feel like I did the right thing, despite how bad...I feel like I did the right thing, despite how badly I want a new job. I don't want just any old job...I want something that will be a good fit for me and will make me happy (or happy enough).Jenniferhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12512800812290518552noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3830720322970025712.post-64890514838635397192017-04-21T11:18:50.672-04:002017-04-21T11:18:50.672-04:004/20 is a pop culture reference to smoking marijua...4/20 is a pop culture reference to smoking marijuana here in the States. April 20 is the pothead's national holiday. Jokes about it abound. And in states that have recently legalized recreational weed, yesterday there were actually celebrations of that fact. I was just making a silly joke. :)<br /><br />I didn't feel good about an interview that was so last minute, where I would be one of several candidates all there at the same time, with such a long list of requirements. If a potential employer is interested in me in the way I want them to be, they will request an interview at a time that's convenient for us both. Not give me a "take it or leave it" date and time, which feels disrespectful to me. <br /><br />Gregg used to be very careless about getting lots of sun exposure on his face and head, and he's very fair skinned, hence the need for vigilance. I think it will all come out okay, though.<br /><br />Jenniferhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12512800812290518552noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3830720322970025712.post-45939973693040791492017-04-21T10:38:08.455-04:002017-04-21T10:38:08.455-04:00Those are usually a waste of time, they usually ha...Those are usually a waste of time, they usually have someone internally marked for the job but are required to open the position to an interview process. So they interview everyone as required but chose that person they wanted.Dochttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05230334534323236665noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3830720322970025712.post-42445670715301600392017-04-21T10:00:37.454-04:002017-04-21T10:00:37.454-04:00I don't like the sound of that interview proce...I don't like the sound of that interview process. I don't think you missed out on anything by not going. Hope Greg gets on OK with his skin biopsy.Suehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10787732343048847565noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3830720322970025712.post-50066360110060006742017-04-21T08:46:02.467-04:002017-04-21T08:46:02.467-04:00You did the right thing. Going to an interview un...You did the right thing. Going to an interview unprepared and without the paperwork you were instructed to bring would not have been a positive experience. Something else will come along.Starting Over, Accepting Changes - Maybehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06032033918798053005noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3830720322970025712.post-30508025588596270332017-04-21T03:47:53.267-04:002017-04-21T03:47:53.267-04:00What a bizarre interview process.. especially for ...What a bizarre interview process.. especially for a government position. If that's the way they do business, clearly you did the right thing! Sorry about Gregg's latest doctor visit, but glad it's nothing worse. Good for him for not wasting any time.Moving with Mitchellhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12954028272162285597noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3830720322970025712.post-25893740750685595392017-04-21T02:14:50.953-04:002017-04-21T02:14:50.953-04:00Very confusing! I don't know what I would have...Very confusing! I don't know what I would have done - go to the interview nonetheless, prepared as much as possible and explaining to the interviewers why I was not fully prepared? Or just leave it, as you did? Really strange, that!<br />What is a 4/20 kind of way? I have never come across this expression, I think.<br /><br />Like you, I think Gregg's mole will not be something to worry too much about. O.K. has many moles and several have been removed in the past; one is currently under observation and I'd feel better if it were gone, too, but his dermatologist is not worried. Given that one of his sisters died of skin cancer, we are very sensitive to the matter, but think we are doing all that we can.Librarianhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05704656564078750607noreply@blogger.com