Time For A Change

[Jupiter]

My interview is at 7.30pm . I have not done an external interview in 14 years

[emma_p]

Good luck Jupiter!!

[smalex]

Best wishes Jupiter!

And a big well done for you Emma on your side hustle becoming a....main...?.. hustle!

[Kenickie]

Well done Skips and Emma, and good luck Jupiter!

[Kenickie]

And also well done for the offer, Lora.

[smalex]

Oh yes sorry, well done Lora too. I hope you can engineer (ha!) a workable solution. You deserve this.

[Jupiter]

The interview didn't happen on Thursday due to technical issues so it went ahead today. Think it went ok. Hard to tell over the phone. I should know by the end of the week if I'm through to the next stage which will consist of an onsite for half a day to include two interviews, present a mock QBR and do a mock demo and then a 30 min chat with the CEO.

[Ella77]

No pressure, then ! Good luck.

[smalex]

The hoops you have to jump through for jobs never fails to amaze me. Best wishes Jupes!

[Loralei]

Good luck for getting through to the next stage, Jupiter...I think?!

[Jupiter]

It's insane, isn't it? Oh well. It will be experience if nothing else.

[Toast]

Wow, that sounds really intense. I hope it goes well!

[Jupiter]

I got through to the next round. Thankfully they have asked me to meet with the hiring manager first before I go onsite so it's not as daunting.

[Loralei]

Well done, Jupiter!

[Skips]

well done Jupiter!

[Jupiter]

So I had the second interview with the hiring manager and it went ok. Heard nothing back despite following up with the recruiter two weeks ago so I assume it was a no

I had another interview on Monday that went really well and I had a second interview with them yesterday which went so well that they want me to chat to the CEO tomorrow evening. It's a small company but the package would be great. Again, downside is travel so I would need to negotiate flexibility or WFH options with them before anything is confirmed so we shall see.

Olive, tell us more about your freelancing. It's sounds exciting!

[Ella77]

Good luck!

[Kenickie]

I hope you can make it work for you!

It's so rude not to hear anything after investing so much time in interviews.

[olive]

Good luck negotiating, Jupiter! I hope you can come to a workable arrangement. I also agree that it is so rude to not bother coming back to you after making you do so much work.

Olive, tell us more about your freelancing. It's sounds exciting!

I started an analytics certification as I figured it would help give me a bit more online retail experience. I needed a live website to practice on so I‘d planned to help my friend get her new website off the ground and build a more targeted business plan including her online marketing etc.

It turns out that the boys school is looking for someone to do similar so I start after spring break! I mentioned this to my neighbour who runs an online boutique and had a call with her and her business partner yesterday to start work on their website! I’m properly excited about this one as my experience is mainly in commercial/ retail sales and this is the area I’d like to move into eventually.

I’ve also signed up to a small business networking event in a months time to start finding more opportunities. I don’t know where this is going but having small flexible projects like this on the go is ideal right now especially as they can be done remotely and from anywhere.

I think I need to fully understand the ins and outs of properly freelancing if this is a route I go down long term.

[Ella77]

Nice one, olive!