Things were calming down here until I got another call from NYC. Same place that offered me the job. They want to see me again. My stomach sunk! It was Tuesday mid day, so on Wednesday I take off to meet with them on Thursday. I also went to Hunter College on 25th street to find out about taking some classes to complete my medical technology degree. After Hunter, I walked to the train and the station was closed. I had to take a bus and made it to Cornell on time to put on my blazer, change my shoes and wash my face.
I get there and everyone is all smiles. As it turned out, they forgot to tell me that I was supposed to meet with one more person who was not present the day of my interview. So, I meet with her, everything went well and they now officially offer me the job. The position hasn't even posted yet so I have to wait and also I need to have my license on hand to begin. It looks like I will start work early June. Now I can look forward to relax during the month of May and not worry about a job.
I still worry if I will have enough money to live in NY, but I guess other people make it with lower pay. I see a lot of sacrifices ahead, but we can live with one car, no premium channels on cable and a smaller apartment. Things start to look up and the rest will follow. I miss not having a house but at the same time I feel free. Looking forward to a great job, a kid in a great school and many surprises on our new adventure.
Sunday, May 9, 2010
Monday, May 3, 2010
It's a miracle
Thursday came and I went to my interview. Almost didn't make it with the subway stopped down there, but made it on time. The first two people I interview with didn't know me, but it went well. The third person knew my work and was very pleased to hire me on the spot. So, I woke up Thursday unemployed and went to bed employed. Begin work in a few short weeks to take time to do the drug testing, paper work, etc and then is off to NYC, back to the train, but employed. It has being a journey I wish I could forget, but is there to stay. I, for sure, have learned a lot from this. It looks like my job is going to be very enjoyable, I get to go back to school and learn a lot. Yahoo!!! More for my resume in case this happens again. Hopefully not!
Tuesday, April 27, 2010
Tryng to survive
Only trying. Made it through the weekend alright. Monday finally came and with it the interview. And a lot of rain. I made it early to the place, with about 30 minutes to spare. Entered the building and the doormen, two Puertor rican wonderful guys, allowed me to sit there, get myself together, and get ready and dry. They were so nice to a total stranger it almost gave me hope again. Interview went VERY well. I know every aspect of the job, know many people in the reproductive medicine circle and can handle the workload. The job requires 6 weeks training in California and the benefits are very good. A very small group, part of a small company. The down side, they require a license I don't have, but I have 3 years to get. As I am there my phone vibrates. It was a call to schedule another interview.
I call them back and they want to see me on Thursday, over at The NY Hospital. I know the group well. I know every detail of the job; the down side, they want someone with a full license yesterday. We'll see on Thursday how it goes. That means two more days here before the interview. I will not be able to go back home until Friday, almost two weeks away from home. I don't know how my husband made it for 4 months in California last year. No wonder he was so depressed.
Is now Tuesday night. Maybe if I go to bed early the day will seem short.
I call them back and they want to see me on Thursday, over at The NY Hospital. I know the group well. I know every detail of the job; the down side, they want someone with a full license yesterday. We'll see on Thursday how it goes. That means two more days here before the interview. I will not be able to go back home until Friday, almost two weeks away from home. I don't know how my husband made it for 4 months in California last year. No wonder he was so depressed.
Is now Tuesday night. Maybe if I go to bed early the day will seem short.
Thursday, April 22, 2010
Positive/Negative
Got a call on Friday. Someone wanted to schedule a phone interview for Monday morning. I say someone because I have so many applications out there is hard to keep track. Monday morning comes, they are half hour late, but that is OK. He must have liked our conversation, because he wanted to schedule an in person interview the very next day. Chaos begins. I have to start packing everything into the car to drive from Plattsburgh to The Bronx that same day to be ready for an interview at CUMC the following morning. I will stay with my In-laws for a few days.
Initially the interview went well. The Dr explained well what he was expecting from the lab work and asked questions about my previous experience. The the Post doc comes in. I hope all post docs are not like this, but in my experience most are. Has been working there for only 2 months, never worked with a technician before. Wants a person with experience in ALL aspects of the lab, understand all the internal lingo (each lab has abbreviations that in many cases are unique to the lab) and he can just boss around with minimal training. I wish him good luck finding his dream tech. Goes to visit some friends in places and people I have worked before. Around 3PM I left the York avenue area, walk towards Central Park with no direction and ended by the Hudson river area on 54 st. It was a nice head clearing walk.
Go back to my In-laws and decided to stay another day. Is hard to make the drive two days in a row. I also stayed in case I got another call and I am already down here. The call came as I was getting ready to go home. Is Wednesday night and I was getting a few things to bring back home and I get a call about a phone interview I did last week. they want to see me in person on Friday in Park Avenue. Great! Two interviews in one trip! All I need to do is survive Thursday. Luckily I brought my sewing machine with me. Everything so far is positive. What can be so negative? Thursday morning I get another call. They want to move my interview to Monday!
My first reaction is to pack immediately and go home for the weekend. Called my husband and finally decided to stay in NYC for the weekend. Big negative! I guess this is training in case I find a job and have to move here in a more permanent status. About 5:00PM (still Thursday), another call. There is a job opening in The New York Hospital I can do. Is so good to still have good friends in-house. I sent my resume in, so this means I may have another interview next week. Hopefully early in the week.
I have mixed feeling about the whole thing. On one side, with so many interviews I have a nice chance of landing a job, but on the other hand I will have to leave my family until July. I may be able to go back on weekends, but not every weekend. Big sacrifice, but need to be done for the well being of my family.
Initially the interview went well. The Dr explained well what he was expecting from the lab work and asked questions about my previous experience. The the Post doc comes in. I hope all post docs are not like this, but in my experience most are. Has been working there for only 2 months, never worked with a technician before. Wants a person with experience in ALL aspects of the lab, understand all the internal lingo (each lab has abbreviations that in many cases are unique to the lab) and he can just boss around with minimal training. I wish him good luck finding his dream tech. Goes to visit some friends in places and people I have worked before. Around 3PM I left the York avenue area, walk towards Central Park with no direction and ended by the Hudson river area on 54 st. It was a nice head clearing walk.
Go back to my In-laws and decided to stay another day. Is hard to make the drive two days in a row. I also stayed in case I got another call and I am already down here. The call came as I was getting ready to go home. Is Wednesday night and I was getting a few things to bring back home and I get a call about a phone interview I did last week. they want to see me in person on Friday in Park Avenue. Great! Two interviews in one trip! All I need to do is survive Thursday. Luckily I brought my sewing machine with me. Everything so far is positive. What can be so negative? Thursday morning I get another call. They want to move my interview to Monday!
My first reaction is to pack immediately and go home for the weekend. Called my husband and finally decided to stay in NYC for the weekend. Big negative! I guess this is training in case I find a job and have to move here in a more permanent status. About 5:00PM (still Thursday), another call. There is a job opening in The New York Hospital I can do. Is so good to still have good friends in-house. I sent my resume in, so this means I may have another interview next week. Hopefully early in the week.
I have mixed feeling about the whole thing. On one side, with so many interviews I have a nice chance of landing a job, but on the other hand I will have to leave my family until July. I may be able to go back on weekends, but not every weekend. Big sacrifice, but need to be done for the well being of my family.
Friday, April 16, 2010
Another week
Yes, another week and more job applications. I can't seem to find too many jobs I haven't applied for yet, but the ones I find I do apply. Had 3 phone interviews with head hunters that can barely speak English and know nothing about the jobs they are talking about, and one very interesting situation. I get a call from a lab in NYC to talk about my experience. He laughs at the fact that I have experience with several lab animal species (???) and tells me that some one will call me later for a phone interview. Nothing happens for a few days and today I get a call from the same lab, with the same questions, and then she schedules a phone interview next Monday with the only person that makes the final decision. How many pre-interviews are needed? Another example of poor communication.
I also had a phone interview with another head hunter telling me about this great job in Tuxedo Park, NY. Is a lab supervisor, and pays under 40K. He knows I will be living in the Bronx when I take the job. With that salary, after taxes, insurance, etc... I may have enough money left to pay for gasoline and tolls. Leave alone rent, food, kids, etc. I feel bad for not even considering the job, but I am trying to be honest to myself. I can accept a lower pay, but needs to be close to home to make it worth it. I am sure somewhere there is a job for me...but where?
I also had a phone interview with another head hunter telling me about this great job in Tuxedo Park, NY. Is a lab supervisor, and pays under 40K. He knows I will be living in the Bronx when I take the job. With that salary, after taxes, insurance, etc... I may have enough money left to pay for gasoline and tolls. Leave alone rent, food, kids, etc. I feel bad for not even considering the job, but I am trying to be honest to myself. I can accept a lower pay, but needs to be close to home to make it worth it. I am sure somewhere there is a job for me...but where?
Friday, April 9, 2010
More of the same thing
Sent another bunch of applications today, including a very special one. I sent my resume to the lab next door where I was rejected without an interview. I am determined that they will have to see me, weather or not they want.
Next week is spring break for the kids and I fell horrible not to be able to bring them anywhere or do anything. We will try to go to NYC and do something special with very little $. I guess is time to get creative. Good luck to me.
Next week is spring break for the kids and I fell horrible not to be able to bring them anywhere or do anything. We will try to go to NYC and do something special with very little $. I guess is time to get creative. Good luck to me.
Thursday, April 8, 2010
Introduction
This is my first time attempting this blogging thing. I am a fourty-something year old woman, employed since I was 23. I am a research scientist, previously employed by a major university in NYC and most recently by a major pharmaceutical company in northern NY. We moved up here with our two kids, bought a house, even had another child and had a glimpse of the American dream.
My husband's health wasn't great in the Big City, so we made the big move. We were both working for the same employer (big mistake). His position was terminated in 1998. Mine was preserved. It took him 6 months to find another job. He found one in California. It has a very hard decision to make, but we have been apart before, so nothing new. We were apart for 4 months. It was horrible. We missed all the holiday season together: Thanksgiving to St. Patrick. Eventually he got even sicker and had to come back home. I went to Ca and we drove back together. What a trip!
He has been home for 13 months, waiting for Social Security dissability and on the side, trying to get a low stress job to see if it is better for him to slowly enter the work force, but finding a job is stressful enough. We lived on 40% of our income from March 09 to present time.
On February 2010 we were able to sell the house and my position was eliminated, along with everyone else's (600 employees). I started filling applications on line. Our only option will be to go back to NYC, since there is better opportunities there. Since February I have had one in person interview and 4 phone interviews with headhunters. What a joke this people are! They know nothing about the jobs they are trying to fill and have no idea how to conduct an interview. I have applied to every lab and university in the Big Apple.
Out of the blues I got an e-mail from one of the technicians in the lab where I last worked in NYC. When I called her, she gave me the number for the manager of the clinic. Of course, I called her and she said that she came across my resume on-line and decided to give me a call after discussing it with the Medical Director. She said she would call back on Monday (last Monday) to set up an interview when he was available. The call never came, bit I know is a very busy place and she is not the most organized person in the world. Today (Thursday) I decided to giver her a call to find out what is going on. She was very embarassed for not calling. She couldn't find the words to tell me that they were going to hire a temp to fill the position. I never even had a chance to interview for the job. When I left my job I kept all my doors open. My relationships were well established and all was good.
Don't this people meet and discuss how the hiring is going to be done? I am so angry. They kept me waiting for almost a week holding my hopes up to then drop me a bomb like that. I guess is back to Monster and Career Builders for me.
This is my story, I guess I will take it from here when I come back. Have to admit, this wasn't so bad.
My husband's health wasn't great in the Big City, so we made the big move. We were both working for the same employer (big mistake). His position was terminated in 1998. Mine was preserved. It took him 6 months to find another job. He found one in California. It has a very hard decision to make, but we have been apart before, so nothing new. We were apart for 4 months. It was horrible. We missed all the holiday season together: Thanksgiving to St. Patrick. Eventually he got even sicker and had to come back home. I went to Ca and we drove back together. What a trip!
He has been home for 13 months, waiting for Social Security dissability and on the side, trying to get a low stress job to see if it is better for him to slowly enter the work force, but finding a job is stressful enough. We lived on 40% of our income from March 09 to present time.
On February 2010 we were able to sell the house and my position was eliminated, along with everyone else's (600 employees). I started filling applications on line. Our only option will be to go back to NYC, since there is better opportunities there. Since February I have had one in person interview and 4 phone interviews with headhunters. What a joke this people are! They know nothing about the jobs they are trying to fill and have no idea how to conduct an interview. I have applied to every lab and university in the Big Apple.
Out of the blues I got an e-mail from one of the technicians in the lab where I last worked in NYC. When I called her, she gave me the number for the manager of the clinic. Of course, I called her and she said that she came across my resume on-line and decided to give me a call after discussing it with the Medical Director. She said she would call back on Monday (last Monday) to set up an interview when he was available. The call never came, bit I know is a very busy place and she is not the most organized person in the world. Today (Thursday) I decided to giver her a call to find out what is going on. She was very embarassed for not calling. She couldn't find the words to tell me that they were going to hire a temp to fill the position. I never even had a chance to interview for the job. When I left my job I kept all my doors open. My relationships were well established and all was good.
Don't this people meet and discuss how the hiring is going to be done? I am so angry. They kept me waiting for almost a week holding my hopes up to then drop me a bomb like that. I guess is back to Monster and Career Builders for me.
This is my story, I guess I will take it from here when I come back. Have to admit, this wasn't so bad.
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