Yay!
The wardrobe and shelves are safely moved and I am full of happy.

The job isn't certain yet... bit convoluted this but bear with me (if you're interested).

I applied online for a Christmas temp job at Boots, nowt exciting but it would get me through Christmas. The one I applied for was Lancaster which is half an hour's drive from me.
Got through the initial application and was invited to do an online test to determine my suitability. So I did it and while I was there I noticed they were advertising for temps in Kendal too, which is 45 minutes away but I thought it would be a good idea to apply in case nothing came of the Lancaster one.

Got an email the next day saying they were sorry I'd withdrawn my application for the Lancaster one. Whut? I didn't!
It turned out the Kendal application cancelled out the Lancaster one :( and as I has been shortlisted for an in-store assessment in Kendal I didn't want to re-apply at Lancaster in case I didn't get shortlisted there.

So. I passed my assessment in Kendal and they offered me a job - but only part time. There's no way I'm driving an hour and a half five days a week for 6 hours work. But they said they would pass on a recommendation to Lancaster for me. But Lancaster only had part time hours too :(

Found out the other day that my local chemist ten minutes away is now owned by Boots and rang them on the off-chance that they needed staff. It turns out they do! And I spoke to Kendal again and they said they would recommend me for it. As I have already been through the selection process I feel fairly confident, which is nice! :)

It'll only be 4 days a week initially but they will be looking for someone full time in January, and I will extensively trained in healthcare stuff too (which I wouldn't have been at Lancaster or Kendal as it would have only been shelf stacking). And as I live out in the sticks where jobs are scarce I will happily take a 4 day a week job nearby rather than have to travel further every day.

So woo! All that faffing around last week may be paying off :)

Oh and my Egyptians went on strike :( I wasn't paying enough attention to them and they felt that I wasn't meeting their needs.
( warmfuzzies Isn't here, Tue 28 Oct 2008, 15:37, Reply)