You really never know what future brings you. I am so glad that everything turned out just fine for my career (at least so far). After months of struggling with online applications, a couple of interviews, a volunteer job, and a handful of temp jobs with different temp agencies, I finally got a full-time job. So I turned down the hostess position with a Hilton hotel. I was hoping to get a position with the organization where I volunteered but never got it. I also didn't go to some interviews placed by temp agencies because the pay was too low. At that time, I thought I could do better than that. After I turned them down, I felt so so bad because I just blew my rare opportunity to have a stable income. If I hadn't gotten my current job, I could have applied for a position with another org where I was temping for. Well, that place is not as nice as mine now. So finally, life is good to me. I got the job I wanted and I work where I liked.
It is interesting to see the rough road turned smooth at the end beyond our expectations. First time I went there for a temp job, I ran late because I was not familiar with that new area. My old GPS is not up to date. I had to apologize a million times to my temp agency and my company now. I worked there for about two weeks. I was good. People were nice. Nothing went wrong again.
The second time I temped there, I ran late again. This time I was almost in a big trouble. You know when you are temping, there are days or weeks you have no jobs, no phone calls. And when you have a temp job, you will get a couple of phone calls a day asking if you can work this or that. Well I wanted to keep good relationships with both agencies and maximize my time and money making opportunities. I upset one agency, still got both jobs, and went in late one day. I thought that was pretty good.
As a temp, even though I worked there for a couple of weeks totally, I made good friends. People were encouraging me to apply for a position. So did my temp agency, of course. And I did and and hoped. I got an interview which was not so difficult because I knew the interviewer. And I was happy and hopeful. That was the last day of the first temp assignment.
I came back the second time hoping to know the result of my interview. I was told that they had selected a final candidate for that position. Then I was disappointed but I applied for another position and I hoped for an interview again.
Weeks after that I got a phone call from my temp agency saying that I got hired. It was out of the blue and beyond all of my expectations. My first day at work as a permanent employee, I was welcome back instead of being just "welcome." I already had some buddies and a lunch group. Socialization to a new workplace has not been easier to a fairly new employee!
