xeryfyn's Diaryland Diary ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- A JOB!!!!!! I sit amid idle office chatter and wonder if I am destined to become part of this office dance, this tapestry of worries and facts skirting around classy decorum and no nonsense color-coordinated ties. . . . The interview is quick and painless. The interviewer is lovely, vivacious and young, but professional. I can see that she is impressed by some of my answers and I can't help but smile. As we chat I can see her relax and know, with a sudden clarity free of conciet, that I have this job in the bag. We probe the company (est. 1986) and the companies that utilize thier services (mostly big corp and blue chip companies) and she puts a tentative offer onto the table. She then surprises me with the possibility of quick advancement to more...desirable positions. I am surpried and flattered by the pace of this interview and force myself to calm down a bit. She brings up the process: first, telephone interviews to garner information from the public, then, number crunchers compress the interviews into graphs and charts. Writers then type up reports based on the answers given and from predictions of the data analysed. Copy editors (this is the one I was peaked by) then go over the reports and point out inconsistencies, offer opinions about data anallysis, and do general editorial work. The reports are then re-processed and re-written and then finally presented to the companies who will take the research reports and use them as they see fit. It seems like an exciting company with interesting reseach. . . . I call back soon after I leave to accept the position. They told me to come back in the afternoon to begin training and stayed on until 930pm, working a survey I found really really fascinating! They were interviewing parents for the government regarding their overall satisfaction with the education system. It was a bit disheartening to discover just how many hole there are in the system. Then again, it is also good to have this heads-up now. At least I know that there are specific areas of concern for parents. So, I now have a regular Mon-Fri job (830-430pm) so I can even get used to a normal school day once again! And I have started off at a good salary ($8/hr) so I can afford rent and groceries once things get onto a regular groove. I am happy for now. And know that they are expecting me to exceed the general profile of "market researcher" and knowing that I *will* advance in the ranks quickly, makes this all the better. But, I have to get used to going to bed at an hour that will allow me to go to work by 8:30am... That means, folks, its time for bed. 12:17 a.m. - 3/16/2001 ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |
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