job hunting

hunting season has opened. in 1 week i've done my time and am free to roam the green pastures of other jobs. (i suppose i always was, but now i won't have to pay the company money back and can still get recommendations from my superiors).

so i've been out hunting. i updated my cv and am ready for a new challenge.

i found a couple of jobs that interested me.
1. writer for a tourist website here in prague.
2. writer/marketting person for a hotel in prague.
3. fraud administrator here in prague.

let me tell you a bit about my experiences with each.

1. i did my professional thing. scouted out the website, thought about what they wanted to hear. practised my lines in front of the mirror. went to the interview in pants that were too tight. way too tight. and way too woollen to wear on a hot summer day. and i wore broken shoes. it was either that or sneakers and sneakers don't fit well with dress pants. so i walked into that interview, shoes flapping, in pants that did not do much to disguise my anatomical features. the interviewer was a nice young lady who seemed very interested in me, but the salary was extremely low, so i declined after all.

2. i decided i no longer wanted floppy soles and tight pants so i bought new dress shoes and a new pair of dressy pants. came to the hotel, had a pretty standard interview got a small assignment and was invited for the second interview for which i was pretty unprepared. the owner grilled me with a complete lack of enthusiasm and frowned at my cv often. then i spent a few hours doing a test in which i had to place people in their correct rooms. gruelling.

3. walked in very relaxed. had a pleasant chat, understood the job and felt a good connection. at the end i also had to do a little test. i had to pick out the frauds in a bunch, which i thought was pretty fun. they said they'd let me know by a certain time (they did mention a specific time, i just don't feel like mentioning it).

meanwhile, i'm flirting with recruiters that offer me positions in london and belgium. so off to pastures green. or at least greener, as are all the pastures one is not currently on. but i've learned valuable lessons from my interviews, most importantly broken shoes and tight pants could be the key to making a good impression...