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work this week

February 20, 2010 at 8:11 (Uncategorized)

So this was a crazy week at work. For such a small group of employees there has been a lot of change. So this week our Registrar resigned, she has been there forever. My coworker Rachel has been dying to get that position, she is tired of doing admissions, I don’t blame her she has been doing it for over 6 years. So she is moving into the Registrar position. Which means I am the only Admissions person until we get someone up and running. STRESS… not looking forward to the next couple months. My big movitivation is I have a big review coming in May with an anticipated large pay increase, so keeping my eye on the prize.
We have been doing some interviews and pre-screen calls for canidates this week. So unbelievable the bad quality of resumes and people being unprepared when you call. Some of them actually admitted that they didn’t remember applying for the position or they are not interested. In this type of econonmy it is mind boggling.
So yesterday we had 2 good candidates, a former graduate and a girl that has a done of sales experience. Everyone wanted to pick the former graduate, but I liked the girl the best. So after many discussions throughout the day with my boss and his boss, I won. We are going to hire the girl. It was nice to feel that my opinion counted and was respected yesterday. Now I just hope this girl works out.
While we were discussing yesterday the two candidates, it ocurred to me how we have the power to really change a person’s life by giving them this job. How it is us making the final decision. I do feel bad that we did not select the graduate but he just had no sales experience and that is what we need.
So needless to say the next few weeks/months are going to include a lot of change/adjustments at work. Hopefully it will all be for the best.
It is supposed to rain here all weekend, not happy about that at all but I guess it will give me time to catch up on sleep and stuff around the apartment.