She Works Hard for the Money
Feb. 2nd, 2006 10:20 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
lotusbiosmSort of.
Apparently, I didn't post about this when it happened. In early December, my boss at the Frederick Douglass house called me up to tell me that the budget wouldn't allow for them to keep me on. She had to let three rangers go (it wound up being only two, because one took a different job). My last day was January 7. So, since, the rent doesn't pay itself, I was on a job quest. My old boss had forwarded my resume to another NPS site, but I hadn't heard anything from them, or back from another place I submitted my resume to. So today I trekked out to the Tourmobile headquarters. This is more complicated than it sounds, because I got a smidgen lost trying to find it in the park it's in, and had to call for directions. Thankfully, I wore sneakers with my suit (I knew I was going to have to walk at least 15 minutes, and I wasn't going to do that in heels, but the heels were in my purse). My foot really hurts though, but that's not from the walking (though I'm sure that didn't help any). Anyway, I had to memorize a double-sided, single-spaced page about the Lincoln Memorial (I learned lots of intersting things, like that the statue would be 28 feet tall if he stood up). Then I delivered it to the HR lady, who was impressed, by that and by my resume/application (incidentally, they were happy that I'd filled out the application beforehand after downloading it, which saved me a lot of time). So orientation is Monday. I can't go to training properly because I have to go to class, but she said we can work something out because I am super-awesome (well, those aren't her exact words, but that's the condensed version). And I should be able to keep it over the summer while I do my internship too. So that's one less thing to worry about.
I also figured out why nothing's been forwarded to my new address. The nice lady at the Post Office told me that my change of address wasn't on file, but they were holding all my mail, so they're sending it to me. This is important as it contains my W2's and things like that.
Now I just have to not flunk out of school (but I think that's doable).
Apparently, I didn't post about this when it happened. In early December, my boss at the Frederick Douglass house called me up to tell me that the budget wouldn't allow for them to keep me on. She had to let three rangers go (it wound up being only two, because one took a different job). My last day was January 7. So, since, the rent doesn't pay itself, I was on a job quest. My old boss had forwarded my resume to another NPS site, but I hadn't heard anything from them, or back from another place I submitted my resume to. So today I trekked out to the Tourmobile headquarters. This is more complicated than it sounds, because I got a smidgen lost trying to find it in the park it's in, and had to call for directions. Thankfully, I wore sneakers with my suit (I knew I was going to have to walk at least 15 minutes, and I wasn't going to do that in heels, but the heels were in my purse). My foot really hurts though, but that's not from the walking (though I'm sure that didn't help any). Anyway, I had to memorize a double-sided, single-spaced page about the Lincoln Memorial (I learned lots of intersting things, like that the statue would be 28 feet tall if he stood up). Then I delivered it to the HR lady, who was impressed, by that and by my resume/application (incidentally, they were happy that I'd filled out the application beforehand after downloading it, which saved me a lot of time). So orientation is Monday. I can't go to training properly because I have to go to class, but she said we can work something out because I am super-awesome (well, those aren't her exact words, but that's the condensed version). And I should be able to keep it over the summer while I do my internship too. So that's one less thing to worry about.
I also figured out why nothing's been forwarded to my new address. The nice lady at the Post Office told me that my change of address wasn't on file, but they were holding all my mail, so they're sending it to me. This is important as it contains my W2's and things like that.
Now I just have to not flunk out of school (but I think that's doable).
