Just to let everyone know, Jobsearch 2008 is officially over. As of a bit earlier today, I am an employee of Super Slings in Nisku (actually…hmmm…I guess I’m not technically an employee until I fill out all the paperwork. But, hey, I’m a presumptuous bastard, so I’ll just go with it). I start in 2 weeks, when their existing guy leaves, meaning for 2 weeks, I am a professional lazy bastard, as opposed to my regular amateur status. What makes me a pro? Uhhh…well, I should be getting my last check from ATS soon, with my vacation pay and various deposits, pretty damn quick, so I’m sorta being paid to do nothing.
Oh, you want to know what the job IS? Well, even if you don’t, I’ll tell you. I shall be a pick up/delivery driver/shipper/receiver. This is quite possibly the longest job title I have ever had, so I’m quite excited about that. What it boils down to is, I do what needs to be done in the warehouse.
This was one of 4 interviews I had in a 2 day period earlier in the week. The guy I interviewed with at Super Slings (oh, yeah, they make/sell slings, tie down straps, all that sort of thing) actually used to work for Canadian way back in the day, doing exactly the same thing I was doing at ATS, so we got along right off the bat. It was one of those really cool interviews that everyone should get to experience at least once, where you just strike a good rapport with the other person right off the bat. (as for the other interviews, one lasted all of about…oh…45 seconds. Once it took me almost an hour to get there through lunch hour traffic, I knew before pulling in to the lot I was no longer interested. After all, working an 8-5 type day, morning and ESPECIALLY evening traffic are 10 times worse than lunch hour. So, I told her that, she registered shock, I thanked her for her time nonetheless, and I left. What would be the point of wasting our collective time on something I no longer had any interest in following up on? That was the second interview on Tuesday, the first being with Super Slings. The third was with a small company that sells parts for various cutting tools. That actually would have been an interesting one, as I would have been the first full time warehouse person they’d ever had, them having just grown big enough to need one. And if there’s one thing ANYONE in warehousing/shipping/receiving with any drive likes to hear, it’s the words free reign, as in, free reign to set things up as you see fit. Hell, I’ll be honest, if they were to call tomorrow, I would be damn tempted to switch my allegiances. The fourth interview, and the one I had Wednesday, ended up being a waste of time. It was a followup on a resume I dropped off at a logistics company 2 weeks ago. Turns out they hadn’t called because they were moving in to a new complex. However, I found out AFTER I got there that I was now being interviewed for a completely different job than the one I had originally applied for, which was kind of annoying. The shipping/receiving job I was now being considered for consisted mostly of sitting on one’s ass and using their inventory tracking system and blathering on the phone. Yeah, THAT sounds compelling. That’s so far from being my cup of tea, it’s actually gin (mull that one over for a bit). I was not impressed, so I basically undermined myself with my answers (it’s generally not considered good form in an interview to answer the “What are your weaknesses?” question with a good ten seconds of hemming and hawing, followed by “You know, I really can’t think of any off the top of my head.” However, when you’re no longer interested, I heartily recommend saying such things, just for the amusing reactions).
