Last Thursday I made the decision that apparently a job wasn't going to drop in my lap and I needed to go out and find one (who knew...). So I took some CV's with me to work and on my lunch hour put on my best smile and went around the stores in my local town basically asking if anyone was taking on staff. There were a couple of 'sure we will be taking on Christmas staff, leave your CV and we will get back to you' lines, but then I went into a clothes store and asked the assistant if they were taking on staff. She directed me to the store manager, who said yes actually we are taking on, do you have a CV? I handed over my ready prepared CV and explained how I was starting Uni and would really like a part time job thankyouplease. She said 'mmmm are you available tomorrow for interview?' I
You've got to understand - it has been (literally) years since I last had a job in any kind of retail sector and I have never had a job in the clothing sector - I've worked in bars, supermarkets and a stationery store, but never clothing. There were loads of doubts flying around my head, would I fit in, would I be the oldest there (I'm not the crypt keeper or anything but still.....
I arrived the next day wondering what would befall me. Would my outfit be trendy enough? Would the person interviewing me be younger than me.....I was met by a nice lady who was in the same age bracket as me (relief!) who then told me I was going to play personal shopper for a celebrity, I had a mythological £100 to spend on an outfit for them for the night and off I went. Can I just say there is a kind of freedom in shopping with money that a) isn't yours b) you have no responsibility for and c) don't have to pay back. I whizzed around and found the perfect ensemble. Followed the lady to the back of the store for the remainder of my interview, where the usual questions were asked, shook hands and told they would be in touch. Cue more butter butterflies!
I was languishing on the sofa the next day, when the phone rang and it was
The big break through is I feel like now I can get excited about going to Uni. My money worries are far less, I have another job to go to and I'm doing what I want to do YAY ME! So to celebrate I went out and brought myself not 1 but 2 folders! Will the excitement never end!
What can I say my life is like rollercoaster of discovery ;o)
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