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Request for good vibage from the bored

#1 Post by SpacemanSpiff » Wed Dec 03, 2014 10:52 am

Had my first real job interview yesterday (meaning, not something through a recruiter that threw a nebulous job out there to lure in folks like me).

This was through an intermediary, but not a recruiter, per se (i.e., not Robert Half or such), but a management consulting firm that helps non-profits and small private firms. They're interviewing 10 or so folks, and will forward four recommended candidates to the company, and they'll take it from there.

Basically, it's a controllership at a small private warehousing/distributing company, about 25 employees, supervising two assistants. And we'd be basically handling all of the accounting functions collectively. In other words, dang near identical to the jobs I had prior to my current one. Plus, it seems this company (like my current one, or rather how my current one used to be) prides itself on the long tenure of its employees.* The salary range is agreeable on both sides, so that won't be a killer.

Better yet, it's a situation where the current controller is retiring (rather than being pushed), so they want someone to come in early January for a month of overlap. (And, since December 31 is my last day here, that'd be crack-a-lackin'!)

Obviously, I've not met the owner yet. He might be a big jerk and I wouldn't want to deal with that again. But that being said, it's a situation where the fit is pretty ideal.

And more importantly, I nailed the interview and sold myself well.

So, if y'all on the board can send some good vibeage my way, I'd appreciate it!

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#2 Post by BackInTex » Wed Dec 03, 2014 11:05 am

Vibage (the good kind) on its way!!!
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#3 Post by christie1111 » Wed Dec 03, 2014 11:17 am

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#4 Post by themanintheseersuckersuit » Wed Dec 03, 2014 11:22 am

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Suitguy is not bitter.

feels he represents the many educated and rational onlookers who believe that the hysterical denouncement of lay scepticism is both unwarranted and counter-productive

The problem, then, is that such calls do not address an opposition audience so much as they signal virtue. They talk past those who need convincing. They ignore actual facts and counterargument. And they are irreparably smug.

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#5 Post by Catfish » Wed Dec 03, 2014 11:46 am

On it.
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#6 Post by silverscreenselect » Wed Dec 03, 2014 1:16 pm

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#7 Post by Bob Juch » Wed Dec 03, 2014 1:24 pm

{{{{{{{{{{{{VIBES}}}}}}}}}}}}
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#8 Post by a1mamacat » Wed Dec 03, 2014 2:08 pm

Absolutely, vibage all the way
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#9 Post by ghostjmf » Wed Dec 03, 2014 4:06 pm

Vibes & Best of Wishes.

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#10 Post by T_Bone0806 » Wed Dec 03, 2014 5:56 pm

I'll even sing it..

I'm sending out Good Vibrations
For your employment situation
Hope they found you a great sensation
And your employment brings elation

Good, good, good...good vibrations!
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#11 Post by SportsFan68 » Wed Dec 03, 2014 7:08 pm

What T-Bone said!
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#12 Post by MarleysGh0st » Wed Dec 03, 2014 8:13 pm

Good luck!

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#13 Post by mrkelley23 » Thu Dec 04, 2014 5:40 am

Here's hoping your new job won't be full of death rays and tyrannousauruses and Miss Wormwoods.
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#14 Post by SpacemanSpiff » Thu Dec 04, 2014 7:32 am

mrkelley23 wrote:Here's hoping your new job won't be full of death rays and tyrannousauruses and Miss Wormwoods.
My current position has had it's share of T Rexes, especially of late.

I even sent this internet meme to one of my coworkers the other day regarding how well (or not) the transition has occurred:

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#15 Post by tlynn78 » Thu Dec 04, 2014 10:18 am

You got 'em.
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