Please wish me luck...

So do I! Let us know when you get word.

Woo hoo! Sounds like the interview went really well! You should be proud. Let us know how it all goes.

I just got here but, good luck. Making the interviewer laugh helps. (It worked for me.)

Sounds like it went well. Good luck on getting the job!

It sounds like you did really good. I'll keep my fingers crossed for you!

Just be glad that you didn't have to interview with more than one person, cuz that gets nerve wracking after a while.

I am sure that you will get it! Sounds like the interview went well! Good luck.

A little late but here's hoping you get good news!!!

I have my fingers crossed for you. good luck!

AWWWWWWW Good Luck Buddy , I saw this thread and I should of replied before ( Hits hand) GOOD LUCK, I know you can do it

Jen - I hope I'm not poking in a sore spot - did you hear back yet? No matter what the answer was, getting experience interviewing is really valuable. It does sound like things went well, though! I'm just sorry there's so much competition out there. It's a really tough economy these days and a lot of people need work.

Got my fingers crossed......

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Jen - I hope I'm not poking in a sore spot - did you hear back yet? No matter what the answer was, getting experience interviewing is really valuable. It does sound like things went well, though! I'm just sorry there's so much competition out there. It's a really tough economy these days and a lot of people need work.

Got my fingers crossed......

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No problem, Laurie. You are right, it was a valuable experience. They called today, I didn't get the job. Some university students applied, and one of them got it. The man said that everything was on my side, except for my age (I'm only in 11th grade). They were looking for older students. Oh well, I have cousins in university and I know they (the uni student) could probably use the money far better than I could. I was going to try to make some money to take horseback riding lessons (I know it's silly, but I've wanted to do it ever since I was little), when they probably need it for rent. Oh well, easy come, easy go. I just kind of wish they'd specified more of what they meant. It said "high school & college/university students" on the ad, but if they were automatically not going to consider me because of my age I wish they would have told me. Ah, well, it's done with now.

Aw, Jenn, I'm sorry! And horseback riding lessons aren't silly!!! More importantly, wanting to pay for that yourself certainly isn't silly.

THe funny thing is, Jenn, I'm willing to bet you're far more mature and responsible than many of the University students they interviewed!

I'm glad you haven't been discouraged by this, and I'm glad you went even though they apparently intended to hire someone older to begin with.

When I was in high school MANY YEARS AGO, lol!, my school had a program where you could lump all the free periods together in the afternoon so that you got out of school early to have a job AND go to school full time. This program was only available to people in the 11th and 12th grades. In fact, they had a whole placement system, and worked with businesses in the local community who would specifically hire people from this program for part time work. It's too bad your school doesn't have something like this available for you! If ony I could remember the name of the organization that worked with the schools to run the program... If I come up with it, I'll PM you. Maybe you could work next year to get your school to have a program like that? I know you're in Canada, and I don't know how things are set up class-wise there.

When I was attending those years, school started at 8:15 and ended at 3:00 or 3:30. There were two "free periods" and lunch. To participate in the work-program, they lumped the two free period and lunch together, and we got out of school at 1:00, so we could get to our part time jobs by 1:30 or 2:00.

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Aw, Jenn, I'm sorry! And horseback riding lessons aren't silly!!! More importantly, wanting to pay for that yourself certainly isn't silly.

THe funny thing is, Jenn, I'm willing to bet you're far more mature and responsible than many of the University students they interviewed!

I'm glad you haven't been discouraged by this, and I'm glad you went even though they apparently intended to hire someone older to begin with.

When I was in high school MANY YEARS AGO, lol!, my school had a program where you could lump all the free periods together in the afternoon so that you got out of school early to have a job AND go to school full time. This program was only available to people in the 11th and 12th grades. In fact, they had a whole placement system, and worked with businesses in the local community who would specifically hire people from this program for part time work. It's too bad your school doesn't have something like this available for you! If ony I could remember the name of the organization that worked with the schools to run the program... If I come up with it, I'll PM you. Maybe you could work next year to get your school to have a program like that? I know you're in Canada, and I don't know how things are set up class-wise there.

When I was attending those years, school started at 8:15 and ended at 3:00 or 3:30. There were two "free periods" and lunch. To participate in the work-program, they lumped the two free period and lunch together, and we got out of school at 1:00, so we could get to our part time jobs by 1:30 or 2:00.

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Thanks, Laurie.
We have a program similar to that, but we can't earn any money. It's for job experience only. School starts at 8:55 and is done at 3:20. The working program is called Co-Op, and you take 2 periods off school (we have 4 + lunch) either morning or afternoon and you work for free at local business to earn experience. It sounds similar to what they had at your school, but without the money.

One of the only things I don't like about living in the middle of nowhere is the lack of jobs!

And thanks for saying that horseback lessons aren't silly. Everybody I know seems to think that they are for really little kids and that 17 is too old to start. Eh... someday I'll prove 'em wrong.

Bummer, Jenn!

And just remember... You're NEVER too old to learn something new!!!

And it's great to have passions and want to persue them... at any age.

I learned how to knit two years ago. (But I guess that's something "old ladies" do, hunh? LOL!)

...My grandma, bless her soul, took ice skating lessons at 68.

And a friend of mine is just now learning how to swim. He's 42.

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Bummer, Jenn!

And just remember... You're NEVER too old to learn something new!!!

And it's great to have passions and want to persue them... at any age.

I learned how to knit two years ago. (But I guess that's something "old ladies" do, hunh? LOL!)

...My grandma, bless her soul, took ice skating lessons at 68.

And a friend of mine is just now learning how to swim. He's 42.

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Awww, that's great!
LoL, nah, knitting isn't something only old ladies do! My friend Jen (popular name...there's a zillion Jenn/Jen/Jenny/Jennifers around here) anyhow, she knits and crochets and she's 16... She made me a cool purse, but I'm too scared to use it because it's crochet and I'm scared my stuff with fall through the big stitches she used. It would just be my luck. (See how far off topic I can get...LOL.)

That's really great about your grandma and your friend.

Jenn, you mentioned before that "your whole life" is in your purse, so I wouldn't trust it either! But if you do want to use it, just stitch a lining inside!

(I did learn how to sew when I was really young. We don't have room for the sewing machine in here, but I have one in storage. I can even make shirts with cuffs and collars and piping and yokes and stuff! )

Hey Jenn, Sorry to hear you didn't get the job. At least you now have interview experience. I hope you can find a job somewhere else.

Horseback riding lessons are definitely not silly!!! I know the basics of riding, but I want to learn more. I'm 36 now, and once I get some credit card bills paid off, I'm, going to reward myself with riding lessons. It might be a few years, but I'm going to do it.

Thanks guys. If only my parents and friends saw it like you guys see it! They're convinced that if I take lessons I'll lose interest. I'll admit I'm not the best for keeping up with stuff (when I was 14, I took up guitar for about 2 weeks and hated it...lol. I still have that guitar in the basement...but it was only a cheap one bought second hand. I don't know what I was thinking...I can't even read music! Oh well. I figure I'll keep it and see if I want to try again sometime.) Anyway, they think that because I didn't keep up with guitar that I won't keep up with horseback riding lessons. Blah. Guitar was a spur of the moment type deal, while I've wanted to take horseback for a while. Now I'm rambling. I love you guys.

Jenn - look at the postings for students on www.jobbank.gc.ca