My current employment status...

Last summer, after I finished working at Canada's Wonderland I spent months only working part-time at Cineplex Odeon. My parents were less then impressed with this. There were countless arguments about my employment, wasting time, not making enough money, etc. So this year, when the lifeguarding season came to a close... I was extremely nervous. I didn't want to be in the same position that I was last year.

So, I've been applying to every job I could find. I finally got a call from a hiring agency last week who set up an interview for friday afternoon. This was the day of the Jack & Jill I had been planning for Brittany and her fiancé, Brandon. I was stressed about how the interview would go, how the party would go and how I would ever have the time to do everything I had to, now that I had an interview. But of course, I went. I expected to be there for about an hour. I was there for THREE HOURS. I did some testing on their computer for typing speed, call handling and a bunch of other random stuff that I can't even remember. I left feeling really good about it. 

Monday afternoon, I received a call from the woman who had conducted the 3 hour interview on friday and told me that I needed to call a representative to have an assessment of my bilingual skills. I've done a fair few of these assessments and usually they get you to read and write some stuff and make sure that you're coherent in the language. I called this man on my cell phone while I was parked in a Price Chopper's lot and he asked me where I learned my french. I explained that my mom was born and raised in Cornwall. So, she had learned french in her home and community. She thought it would be beneficial for her children to learn french. All of us were placed in a french speaking school and when I reached high school, I went to the local french immersion program. We ended the conversation and that was that.

Apparently he told the hiring agency that he thought I had better french then him. Best feeling ever! (Because I was totally thinking it when I was talking to him on the phone.) The hiring agency decided to set up an interview with the company on Wednesday. I went expecting a 30-40 minute interview, another 3 hours later...

I was hired and filling out papers!

The job itself is at a call centre, which I know kind of sucks, but because I speak french I make 2 dollars more then everyone else. (THANKS MOM!) My mom works at a call centre for Pitney Bowes and she's been there for 3 years. I figure I won't be there for anywhere close to that long, but it'll make me some great money for school.

Anyways, that's the big news with me.
October 6th is my first day, wish me luck!