Monday rolling around and currently awaiting good news about freelancing. Nothing as of yet. :S
Then cruised around the web and found a job posting that had almost the same title as mine and the exact same conditions and tasks...
Either my employer is dismissing me or I'm going to have a new colleague. Or I'm being moved to another position. I'll find out today when we talk in an hour's time. It's definitely a good opportunity for me to ask if I can just do one task and for part-time hours... I really want to focus on building my portfolio right now in freelancing, or get a FT job that makes me happy and is actually in the field I want to be in, and has training provided.
It's already 45 past 2... the freelance gig said they would get back to me either today or tomorrow, honestly I don't know. :S
In the meantime, I'm currently editing some videos right now for volunteering. I'm aiming to finish one project within the next two days. The other project will have to wait until next week.
No more picking silly jobs.
Monday, August 25, 2014
Thursday, August 21, 2014
Prospects
I'll have to look at other graphic design prospects soon, as I didn't get the position I had interviewed for. Ultimately, they chose someone with more professional experience.
On a better note, I may have a new freelance gig coming up in video production, so we'll see what that's like, next week. Also, volunteering got kicked up a notch now and I have a few due dates to meet very soon.
So... my actual job... yeah, I really don't think it's a good fit.
If my prospects go well, I may just quit the job. The freelancing gig would be for a month and I would be working everyday, so I don't think that would go well with this job, since it's FT.
I really don't see this job growing right now, which is why I want out... and I am not learning from any mentors... I am an employee, I need to be trained on how to do the job correctly.
Or I may just try to negotiate the position to be part-time... but I need to be cautious of what I say first, if I try to negotiate part-time and it doesn't really work, then I don't want it to be a sour relationship afterwards.
At the same time, I am hoping I can find a stable job. Or at least more freelance gigs.
Hmm.
Wednesday, August 13, 2014
Thoughts
It's been a week since I started my new job. I'm really convinced it will be much better once everything is up and running... but right now it's not so good. I was asked to do a certain task while my boss goes on vacation. I am clueless on how to perform the task. She didn't train me at all for this, and I don't have a background in this field, so I just did what I could. I accepted the job with the thought of learning something new from the employer, not having to learn on my own...
I should really have brought this up yesterday when we had met. But I think I was afraid she would just tell me to Google it... because I really feel she doesn't know how to perform that task as well, and thinks I know how to do it.
Blah.
I went to my interview today. Felt not so great, stomach ache, and then I developed a headache after the interview. I think the beginning of the interview went swell, but maybe it was just okay towards the end of the interview. I wrote my thank you letters and sent them off. I will hear from them next week. Hopefully I'll get the job!
If I get the job, I'm not so sure how I will tell my employer, she's under the impression I can work 7 days a week, with varying hours... if I do that, there's not a lot of room to do other things. I feel so restricted.
I only accepted it because I had thought it would be good experience... also I don't want people to ask me why if I didn't accept, and I didn't want to be jobless.
I also have a lot of volunteer commitments too... I really need to talk to her about this. She seemed a bit confused when I had said I may not be available on the weekends, unless notified in advance. We'll be talking about it when she gets back.
To be honest, I don't see this position being FT. And why am I stuck doing administrative work??? Sigh.
I still have a headache...
I should really have brought this up yesterday when we had met. But I think I was afraid she would just tell me to Google it... because I really feel she doesn't know how to perform that task as well, and thinks I know how to do it.
Blah.
I went to my interview today. Felt not so great, stomach ache, and then I developed a headache after the interview. I think the beginning of the interview went swell, but maybe it was just okay towards the end of the interview. I wrote my thank you letters and sent them off. I will hear from them next week. Hopefully I'll get the job!
If I get the job, I'm not so sure how I will tell my employer, she's under the impression I can work 7 days a week, with varying hours... if I do that, there's not a lot of room to do other things. I feel so restricted.
I only accepted it because I had thought it would be good experience... also I don't want people to ask me why if I didn't accept, and I didn't want to be jobless.
I also have a lot of volunteer commitments too... I really need to talk to her about this. She seemed a bit confused when I had said I may not be available on the weekends, unless notified in advance. We'll be talking about it when she gets back.
To be honest, I don't see this position being FT. And why am I stuck doing administrative work??? Sigh.
I still have a headache...
Thursday, August 7, 2014
New job, thoughts, interview...
Wow, it's been two months since my last post in June.. I have been up to so much since then.
First, I didn't get the job I had interviewed for in my last post, it sucks because it really sounded like a perfect fit for me... I think I got rejected because of my salary expectations. I realized since I was just starting, the salary wouldn't have been so bad. It's actually better than what I am currently making now, with my new job.
Yeah, I got a new job. My contract with my employer ended at the beginning of August, and I had this job offer on the table for the last few weeks. I accepted it, but I am still not entirely sure if I really want this job. It's with a start-up company and so far it's not as organized as it should be. Also, I am not making very much and the employer is very restricting and won't allow me to work a part-time job.... I need the extra income right now as this job is a significant decrease from my last salary. Also, even though I am just starting, the work is a little administrative so far and that's not what I had wanted in the first place.
I also feel like I'm not really being 'trained', I'm more being told the background and how things she go, but there is not a lot of showing me the process of how each thing should be done. I want to be walked through a few times so that I can be more comfortable working on my own. The employer usually asks me if I want to work together with them on it first or if I want to do it on my own.. I don't think that's how it's supposed to work on a new job. :(
The employer also seems a little inexperienced as well, so this is why I am not so sure about this position/company.
I had this kind of gut feeling before with my last job.. on the first day I panicked, and thought it was only the first day, so I should give it time. I did, and I was so miserable at that job.
I want to find a job where I am happy doing the work, learning lots, and receiving proper training and support.
I have an interview next week for a part-time position, and it's a new field I haven't worked in before, so it'll be so exciting if I get the job. I'm already working on putting a portfolio together for the interview. I hope it goes well!
For now, I will go through the training for this new job and see how it goes.
First, I didn't get the job I had interviewed for in my last post, it sucks because it really sounded like a perfect fit for me... I think I got rejected because of my salary expectations. I realized since I was just starting, the salary wouldn't have been so bad. It's actually better than what I am currently making now, with my new job.
Yeah, I got a new job. My contract with my employer ended at the beginning of August, and I had this job offer on the table for the last few weeks. I accepted it, but I am still not entirely sure if I really want this job. It's with a start-up company and so far it's not as organized as it should be. Also, I am not making very much and the employer is very restricting and won't allow me to work a part-time job.... I need the extra income right now as this job is a significant decrease from my last salary. Also, even though I am just starting, the work is a little administrative so far and that's not what I had wanted in the first place.
I also feel like I'm not really being 'trained', I'm more being told the background and how things she go, but there is not a lot of showing me the process of how each thing should be done. I want to be walked through a few times so that I can be more comfortable working on my own. The employer usually asks me if I want to work together with them on it first or if I want to do it on my own.. I don't think that's how it's supposed to work on a new job. :(
The employer also seems a little inexperienced as well, so this is why I am not so sure about this position/company.
I had this kind of gut feeling before with my last job.. on the first day I panicked, and thought it was only the first day, so I should give it time. I did, and I was so miserable at that job.
I want to find a job where I am happy doing the work, learning lots, and receiving proper training and support.
I have an interview next week for a part-time position, and it's a new field I haven't worked in before, so it'll be so exciting if I get the job. I'm already working on putting a portfolio together for the interview. I hope it goes well!
For now, I will go through the training for this new job and see how it goes.
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