Okay, when do you think would be a good time to call? I'm afraid it'll leave a bad impression if I call when the store's busy with customers.
Thank you! I'm so nervous! Golly, I have no idea why, but I am. Probably because I've not have anything remotely interview-like with a place outside of my company in over 10 years.
Any time. Unless it's a small store, there will be a personnel department, and they don't usually handle customers.
It's a convenience store, and the hiring is done on a store level, not corporate, so--I don't know.
In that case, avoid mealtimes. The middle of the afternoon is probably the best time.
It's a convenience store, and the hiring is done on a store level, not corporate, so--I don't know.
Speaking of ancestors and welding shops, when I was a child, my next-door neighbors' children had a pool put together by the Navy Shipyard in Washington, DC. I was born during WWII, and we moved back there after the war was over. One of the neighbors was a welder at the Navy Shipyard, and he put together a pool about 8 ft. long by 5 ft wide for his children. They then moved and gave it to the people next door. This was in the days before air conditioning, so a pool was the only possible way to cool off during the hot and muggy Washington summers. We absolutely loved that pool and spent many happy summers in it. As we got bigger, we and the water got heavier, and sometimes the bottom weld would break, dumping all those gallons of water on the grass. It then took some time to get the pool repaired. Eventually, we got too big to swim in it at all.
Hang in there. The anticipation is worse than the actual deed. Take a deep breath and go pee! You don't want to have to go in the middle of the call! Lol
So funny... I did pee, then had to again anyway during the call! The call went well, I have an in-person interview on Thursday. I better take my meds early that evening, if I wait until 6, there's no way the shakies will be gone by 6:15! And I should probably eat something beforehand... Omg, so terrified. Haven't done an actual interview face-to-face with an external company since 2004.
One thing that was recommended to me when I (finally) started getting interviews was to eat something that I felt was comfort food (as long as it wasn't something that would ruin my breath) before going to help calm my nerves. I gained three pounds, but it helped!
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that's wonderful news. Maybe this will turn into your dream job. Lol on the peeing part. I always have to go during interviews too. Must be nerves. 
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gave. Makes sense to me. Also eat a banana before. Helps your brain think fast. I always made my boys eat one before tests. They always got awesome gradea. Now they make their kids eat one on test days.
If it feels right, it feels right. The doubters don't matter; it's not their life. (I had to tell myself that a lot...)
Since you are leaving your present company and are willing to take less pay it's nobody's business anyway. My daughter on the other hand did something really stupid: first she turned down a promotion from junior buyer to senior buyer because she did not "want the extra responsibility", 6 months later a totally different job with less responsibility was written up which would get her away from the desk and up on her feet walking around the whole plant but with less pay, she applied and got that job. 2 months later she was laid off because the company was downsizing. You would think this was done by some teen or early twenty-something. My daughter was past 40 and had worked for the company for over 10 years. I am still not understanding what was so bad about the job she had had. Now she has taken a course in medical transcribing and I can't see how that job (yes, she has one doing that) is any better than what she had, it still keeps her tied to a desk and the pay is less than what she had and the benefits aren't that great either. But it's her life, not mine, and she has to live with the consequences. I don't say anything to her about her life choices, I just shake my head and she can't see that as she lives in another state.
I hope so too. Finances are really tight and the job will really help--if I get hired. (I'm not going to jinx things by saying I've got the job in the bag, because I don't consider myself employed until I'm physically working for the company.)
