DoodlebugDreams' musings

Sorry, just got home to find an email saying I've made it to first interview for a reception post! Interview is next Thursday at 9am, so please keep me in your prayers/cross fingers/ whatever...


Responsibilities


Provide administrative support to a multi-disciplinary technical office
General administrative duties including reception, typing, filing, dealing with incoming and outgoing post, ordering office consumables, dealing with petty cash, fielding telephone calls.
Data entry, manipulation and report generation from our bespoke databases.
Assisting the team managers in maintaining other record systems as required and other ad hoc duties assigned from time to time.

Current Location: floating near ceiling
Current Mood: bouncy

well those in England know we have bad times at the moment, actually the US as well (grin). Mark came home last night with the news that his company might be taking the decision that we all dread-today he was made redundant. He finishes his current job at the end of the month, they are giving him a month's money in lieu of notice (nice of them) and that's on top of the redundancy package that is still being finalised...and they're letting him have time off for job hunting and interviews?

Current Mood: contemplative

please, can no one phone me during the time Doctor Who or Confidential is on...
for those who are not in the know or haven't guessed I am addicted to this programme!
The cliffhanger was the Doctor is finally reunited with Rose (who was on another Earth) only to get zapped by a Dalek!
Jack, Rose and Donna watch as the Doctor starts to glow...

Current Mood: curious

Ok, now I'm steaming. Around four maybe five weeks ago we traded in our Ford Mondeo for a Zaphira-now that might not be the right spelling I know?
It lasted a week before it started kangaroo hopping on the road up to the Midlands (Mark was camping Easter weekend). Lucky for him he got cold feet (before the rest of the camp did:-)) and turned back home.
The car dealer we bought it off, leant him a little Ford Focus as a courtesy car.
Mark phoned about 545 tonight to say the Focus has conked out and won't go. He's phned the AA, they know he's diabetic and have said they're on the way, and gave him an ETA.
He phoned them again 20 mins after that ETA to ask where they are and finally a local chap turns up to have a look and he can't fix it! So Mark (who luckily had two cereal bars with him) is still stuck on the side of the A14 downwind of a truck stop, waiting for a tow truck to pick him and the courtesy car up so he can get home and cook some tea>
And tomorrow morning he either can phone the car dealer and ask for a second courtesy car or charge up the motorbike battery overnight... and its cutoff week I think which means loadsa paperwork

Current Location: waiting for missing husband
Current Mood: anxious

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/england/west_yorkshire/7296756.stm
which translates as they've found a young girl who's been missing for three weeks and she's alive! They've arrested someone but she's been reunited with her family!?

Current Mood: thankful

OK, for those who I asked to cross their fingers or pray, today's the day? It's for a reception role at UKI Partnerships in Ipswich and its at 1.30 UK time

Current Location: Ipswich UK
Current Mood: contemplative

I had a phone call from Andrew at Blue Arrow saying I'd gotten through to the interview stage and what time would I like, 1.30 or 2.15 on Thursday? So if anyone would like to, please cross your fingers or whatever at 1.30UK time on Thursday 7th of February?
Its a receptionist vacancy in Ipswich so I haven't got to travel but I'll have to get used to wearing a suit for work (Suisan will you stop sniggering) if I get through this interview then get the magic phone call/letter?

Current Location: sitting in front of my computer?
Current Mood: contemplative
Current Music: Mark's flute downstairs

Dear Ruth
Congratulations on your new assignment! I’m delighted to confirm the details below.

Company name
Huawei Technologies (UK) Co Ltd

Work address
IF Suite 52
Barrack Square
Martlesham Heath Ipswich Suffolk IP5 3RB

Nature of business
Telecommunications

Reporting to
Yang

Start date
07 January 2008

Hours
09:00 - 17:30, must take 1 hr lunch

Job title
Receptionist

Anticipated end date
08 January 2008

Hourly rate
£ 6 per hour

Yes I know its only two days but I'm getting paid for it!?

oh Wednesday (slightly confused) I swear with all this weird hours, I don't know what day of the week it is so I apologise to Suis and Amy for not seeing them in my usual slot on MSN I'm asleep! It's now half seven in my neck of the woods and I still feel dopey?
OK today's the day our local schools break up so Tescos is battening down the hatches cos we've (gasp) sold out of nutcrackers, frozen turkeys, cocktail sticks and the rumour is marzipan? Fresh turkeys come in today but we're slap bang in the middle of this blessed bird flu area-stand by for riots if they run out of those?
Off to look at the job sites again, cya later guys!

For the last two days, we've had no trains running up to work? But mid afternoon yesterday, they were back-just in time for me to get a lift home with a workmate:-)
So I cycled down to the station today, got my daily escort across the line to park my bike on the train and legged it back to the buffet for my fix of a medium hot chocolate and a chocolate muffin?
Got to Bury and its starting to drizzle, good job I had the waterproofs on-although no offense they act like a sauna so I hope I lose weight quicker?

Current Mood: amused

Ok according to One Anglia's website, most of the trains heading in my direction have been canceled so I'm hitching a lift home with one of the girls who lives in Ipswich-just hope the trains are running tomorrow?

Current Mood: hopeful

ok, after talking to Suisan and Amy this morning, I decided to take their advice and walk down to the station as it was quite windy, to catch my train...only to find find there was no train! Or rephrase, there will be not many trains today cause of signal problems on the line, Mark might even have to pick me up from work?

Current Mood: contemplative

Needed lotsa tissues today, they gave me a huge bunch of flowers and pressies thinking I was leaving today, but actually its tomorrow! So I'll have tissues on standby there too!

Current Mood: giddy

For those in the know, I have been searching for alternative employment and it's been an interesting week?
I applied for a vacancy last Friday but one, which was a receptionist/admin assistant approximately 40 miles away. How would I get there-there's a train service that runs quite regularly?
I went to register at the agency who was the contact for the vacancy, and she suggested that 'as I was in town, would it be more convenient that she try and get me in for interview that day?'
So guys and girls, as the saying goes, I 'winged it' and got a lovely phone call on Friday saying...you've guessed I got the job?!
I got verbal confirmation on Friday, just waiting for the written confirmation to come through and my letter of resignation is ready to submit to Tesco...
Yeah, its gonna be wrench to leave the place where I've been for the last twenty years, but I want to spread my wings and pay off some debts too?

Current Mood: ecstatic

that refers to the number of interviews I've had? Number sixteen was a law firm in Ipswich, my home town but there's always number seventeen which is a firm in Colchester? I'll keep you posted?

Current Location: at home
Current Mood: hopeful
Current Music: nothing yet, haven't got I Tunes on?

I made the mistake of taking my mobile in to church this morning-thank god (I did) it was son silent! The darn thing went off five times!
When you've stopped chuckling at the image of Ruth clutching her breast pocket each time it vibrates...I've got a job interview on Monday!

Current Mood: crazy
Current Music: Take That- Shine

Poor Fluterbev! For some reason her LJ is up the creek unless she posts via email?

Current Mood: anxious

I checked my cell phone/mobile after my interview at Warners and there's another message from Hays, they also want me to interview? Guess I'd better get my glad rags on again on Monday...230pm if someone wants to offer up prayers?

Current Mood: chipper

Adecco just phoned, asked me to go down, they have another reception vacancy that they'd like me to interview for, so that makes three? Scrutton Bland were last week (waiting for 2nd interview stage), Warners tomorrow and now UKI on the Friday we drive up to Birmingham..so I got the first slot on that one at 9am...

Current Mood: chipper

OK, I got a magic phone call today telling me I've got an interview! So please, think of me at 4pm UK time on Thursday? And just to top it off, I got another phone call inviting me for another interview next Wednesday! And they're both reception work! Yay!

Current Mood: bouncy