It has been an interesting experience. One company has so many requirements before I started that even though they gave me a start date of Oct. 4, I ended up not accepting it. They wanted proof of employment going back to 2005! Names and contact numbers of the supervisors, and for the few years where they were unable to reach these people, they asked for my T-4. After enquiry, it seems that they cannot ask for these as they contain personal information, AND I didn't have them anyway. So they said I could contact Revenue Canada... I don't think so! Hey this is a call centre, all I was going to do was answer phones, not make life saving decisions here. So finally I said, thanks but no thanks.
Then there was the insurance company. Working there sounded interesting, I even told them at the interview that I reallly would love to work there. Things seemed to go well during the interview, but they told me they would let me know in the next 10 business days. (Which would be today). And before that there was the other insurance company that called me back to say the chose another candidate better suited to the profile they were looking for... which was fine.
I considered each of these interviews as practice for the job I would eventually want and get.
In the meantime, I went to see the agency recommended by my sister. And they had just received a request that morning for a great sounding job, fantastic pay and wonderful benefits, and was I interested? No thanks... Of course I was interested! Did a prelim phone interview with them, then they asked me to come in for a skills testing, then come in for an interview, and I met again with them yesterday as they wanted to show me the actual work environment and see if I liked it...
Late yesterday afternoon, someone from their HR called me with a couple more questions and could I provide a copy of my University Certificate (from 1985). It seemed at this point that they were just deciding, based on very specific criteria, what salary to offer me, and would be contacting me today. Waaahhh... In the meantime I managed to find the certificate in one of our numerous Rubbermaid boxes, still unpacked from the move, and called them to let them know.
So at this very moment, it appears that HR is waiting for a final decision regarding what salary to offer, and will contact me today. Hopefully this morning, although it's already 11 am. And I have not yet heard back from the insurance company, so that is good, because I didn't want to have them offer me a job, while I am waiting for the second one to offer me something as well. Especially since the second one is better in all manners.
I'll keep you posted.
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