Tuesday, 23 August 2016

New job

So, after my babysitting contract ended 
Husband and I thought that I would be jobless 
for a long time since we are not keen for me 
to take on another babysitting job for now
and i dont have much luck searching for another type of job here
so the plan was to wait for the start of my french class
which should start in mid september
Since the classes were suppose to be in the evenings,
i wont be able to work as babysitter too.

Out of boredom i decided to sent my cv 
on a random part time admin asst job in end june
which was posted on an english job website
that have random jobs eg waitress, babysitter...
I got a french reply for them in a week
asking about my employment visa here.
And i was concerned that the email was in french,
but the boss assured me that the job is in english.
after my reply I didnt hear from them for a month
so, i thought i didnt get the job

Surprisingly, i got an another email from them
asking about my employment visa again
and this time an interview was arranged!
I wasn't having high hopes about getting the job
but i tried my best to prepare myself for a french interview
which i did badly once when i applied for a sales associate job.

Thankfully, the job interview was in English!
So basically, is a company that provides limousine
and other high end transport services.
English is the main language as most clients are from US.
The downfalls are im to work mon-sat,
4h/day at a hourly rate lower than my previous babysitting job.
The interview went well,
and i did hope that I would be able to get the job.
I think getting an admin job will greatly help
in my chances to get deskbound jobs here in the future!
The plus point is they are located 20min from my home..

So the interview was in end july,
and i mentioned to them that i will be able to start mid aug.
I emailed them my interest to take the job
on the night of the interview and started the waiting game.
After 1.5weeks of no replies,
i was close to giving up of the possibility of this job.
I decided to email them again just to check for the last time.
And i received a confirmation from them to start the job!
Husband and I are definitely suprised that my unemployment ended so fast..

It had been 4 days since i started the job.
It definitely feels good to be back to office job:
- I get to dress up more often than my usual casual wear
- I start to learn more about french working culture
- I am occupied everyday

Well, im still in the training period,
which i dont know till when,
getting tons of information loaded about this industry,
and starting to see some traits of the people in office.
I guess for the time being, 
im just happy to be employed and eat the humble pie to learn...
and feels like is the first job of my life
all over again... 




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