Too Late

Three hours after my interview was supposed to take place yesterday, I received an email from the company stating that the interview time I had selected had already been filled. That would have been nice to know three days earlier when I picked that time. They asked if I would be able to do the interview today instead. I work today, so I couldn't (tis why I chose Monday). I emailed them back immediately explaining this and got an automated message back saying she would be out of the office until today. Interesting that I got this message only a minute after she emailed me and in the middle of the day. I haven't heard anything else back yet. At the moment I don't know if it's even worth trying to set up another interview.

Call Me Maybe?

I am currently hanging out, waiting for my phone to ring for my interview, wondering if this thing is actually going to happen. As more time goes by, I am leaning towards probably not. This is a first. I can't say I've ever had a company just not call me. What do I do now? Do I email them and try to set up another time? Not that they've emailed me back about this interview either. Do I even want to work for a place whose communication is this poor? (Maybe that's why they need to hire me.) Maybe I'll get an email later explaining why they were not able to call. That has happened before; except it was sent at the time of the call, which was more convenient. 

I think I'm going to give them fifteen minute before I continue with my day. It was only supposed to be a half hour interview, so that's halfway through the time it was suppose to last. I've checked and double checked the time change. I know Atlanta is an hour ahead of us, so a 10:30 interview puts me at 9:30, which is now fifteen minutes ago. Guess I'm not having an interview today. Strange.

Phantom Interview

I still have not received a confirmation email for my phone interview tomorrow morning. I'm assuming the time I chose works, and I'll get a call tomorrow. Usually I use Glassdoor.com to look at companies; however, I can't find anything on this company, which is a little disconcerting to me. I'm still not completely sure what the place actually does or what I would be doing for them. I guess I'll find out that stuff tomorrow, as their website isn't much help. I can't really find any reviews online either, which I always look at before an interview. I can't help but feel like I am going into this blind. I don't like feeling unprepared, so we'll just have to see how this goes.

I Want You to Want Me...I Think

I've been working at Nordstrom for about two weeks now, and I'm getting into the flow of things. Today I sold four $700+ suits to one guy! I should get commission for that kind of work. So far I am enjoying the job (and the discount). I've found that time goes by pretty quickly most of the time, so that makes me happy. I am grateful to have my job, but there is still a part of me that wishes I could do something in my field.

When I got home from work today, I found an email waiting for me from a company I applied with on June 18th. They want to have a half hour phone interview with me on Monday or Tuesday. The company is based in Atlanta. While I love Chicago, and I am having fun living here, I have not been able to shake the desire to move to Atlanta and experience somewhere completely new. I have to say this interview has come as a shock since I've taken a break from applying for the time being. I decided I wanted to get settled and start my Nordstrom job and give it a chance before I continued the job hunt.

I emailed the company back to set up a time for the interview. I figured there's no harm in at least interviewing for the job. There's definitely no guarantee they'll even offer it to me, so I'm trying not to put the cart before the horse in this situation and relax. I guess we'll see how this goes.

I'm Still Alive!

No, I did not die! Nor have I forgotten about my little blog here. This week has been crazy. First thing first, I have an apartment at last! We are only two blocks from Wrigley Field and a few from the L (train), making it, in my opinion, the greatest location ever. Even though we are so close to the stadium, it's pretty quiet on our street. As a White Sox fan, it is fun to sit and watch the fans of those lovable losers enjoy umm..losing? The people around here are by far the happiest people I've ever seen coming out of a stadium after their team was just slaughtered. It's more of a social event than a real competition to most people it seems.

Yesterday I spent the day cleaning the apartment. It was rather disgusting. I'm not sure how I always manage to find the dirtiest apartments to move into. The weekend was spent packing up my stuff at Purdue and driving it to Chicago, then unpacking it here. I'll make the five hour round trip again next week to get the rest of my stuff from school. Then I will only have belongings in Chicago and at my mom's house. I'm condensing my spread.

Our air conditioning units are being installed in the apartment tomorrow, which is quite exciting. The apartment is still quite sparse. I sadly realized walking home from work that our neighbors have more furniture on their front porch than we do in the entire apartment. ha I am currently sleeping on an air mattress in my room; which is far better than just sleeping on the floor like I was last week. I spent an entire summer on an air mattress last summer, so I'm content for the time being. No more 2 hour commute in and out of the city each day makes for a lot more free time to have a bit of a life.

Whilst trying to decide what I wanted for dinner, I found that 462 restaurants would deliver to me. Honestly, how can you get any better than that?

Wrigleyhome?

After work yesterday, my roommate and I went to Wrigleyville/Lakeview to look at another apartment. The apartment was a block away from Wrigley Field! (!) which was really exciting to us. There are bars and pretty much any restaurant we'd want within a couple blocks. Our favorite bar is a mere three blocks away. yay! The red line is just two blocks from the apt, so not a bad walk at all, especially in the snow. (bleh)

The apartment was by far the best we have seen so far. It was very small, however. The bedrooms were described as large and medium. I would hate to see their idea of small. The room that would be mine was a glorified closet. However, the living room/dining room spaces were nice, and there was a back yard with a deck for grilling.

We are really trying for the Lakeview area. It has a walkscore of 97, so it's a really safe place to live, which is a definite priority for me since I won't bet getting home from work until 10pm when I close.

My roommate is viewing another apartment in the same area tonight, and we hopefully have another one tomorrow too. Things are staring to look up! Only issue now is how am I, a Sox fan, going to survive in the land of the Cubs...

First Day

Yesterday was my first day of work! It went really, really well. My manager and co-workers are all really nice. I couldn't believe how quickly time went by. I worked six hours, and it felt like I was there for two. I've found I really like working in the men's department, as when guys need help they tend to look completely lost. ha It makes it easy to pick out who needs help. A lot of the time it was a guy wondering around with a dress shirt looking at ties with a look of distress on his face. I am going to become an expert tie-picker-outer pretty soon I think.

When I was hired on I was told I would get about 30-35 hours, and eventually they would increase. My manager gave me my schedule at the end of my shift yesterday, and I am working a full 40 hours this week! yay!! Today is my day off. I work Wed-Sat learning how to open and close. It's great to work for a place that actually trains you and insures you understand what you are doing rather than just throwing you to the lions and yelling at you (erm McDonalds). We had someone call off yesterday, so instead of just shadowing like I was suppose to, I was actually put to work on the floor, which I liked. I worked the fitting room, organized ties and dress shirts, and helped people who needed assistance.

It's pretty fast paced, which I love. There isn't really any standing around with nothing to do, so that made time go by really quickly. Plus, I get to talk to people as part of my job, so I thoroughly enjoy that part. Most people seem pretty happy to tell you why they are buying their clothes, what the new dress shirt is for, how their day is going. In just a day, I have met a lot of interesting people.

Tomorrow I close, so I will learn what that entails, cleaning the store and getting it ready for the next day. I'm trying to stay out of the women's department/shoes/accessories so I won't spend my paycheck before I get it. ha I was afraid to open my mouth while we were in the stock room yesterday in case I started drooling. I'm quite excited to get back to work tomorrow, especially since I'm closing I can get up at a normal hour. I was up at 5am and in bed my 9pm yesterday. I fear I'm getting old.