More updates....

Just a little update.... I had an interview on 7/7/09 (which is the same day as the MJ Memorial btw) at a manufacturing company for a part-time position in purchasing. I was pleasantly surprised with the details of the position. First of all, they were very happy that I have a little baby....they actually started the interview with: "So you have an infant? How old?" Apparently they must have googled me and found my FB or Myspace profile, because those have a pic of myself with the baby (the pic shows even though the profiles are private)... the second question was "What is your benefit situation?" and I told them that I was covered under my hubby. After that, it just continued to get more intriguing. As it turns out, the job will be 20-25 hrs per week during the slow times, and 30-35 in season... it pays $20-$24 per hour! I was so shocked! I expected $10-$15 per hour! So I am definitely interested in this job...we can get by if I can make $20 hr part time. The company really wants someone who is truly interested in part time work, thus the emphasis on my having a baby...they know that I truly don't want to work full time when he is little. They know that a lot of ppl will apply for the job hoping to get it and keep looking, and they don't want that....so I have a bit of an edge in my particular situation. Their only concern is that I don't know the MRP program, but as I told them, you can teach someone a program, you can't teach experience in purchasing. Someone who has a lot of experience will have a proclivity to learn new programs. I think that was a pretty good answer to their concern. I was given a tour of the warehouse and the area that the products are made and I think they are pretty interested in me. So for now I wait...apparently the boss had a planned trip to China for business (to arrange to buy more components) and would not be back for 3 weeks. I wrote a thank you card and sent it the very next day thanking him for his time and expressing my interest in the position...I also followed up with an email restating that information, as well as letting him know that the pay they offer will work with the family budget (he had asked me to get back to him on that info.) At the time that I am writing this, he still has not opened the email (I marked it return receipt) but he may not have his computer with him on the trip....I am hoping that he still has me in mind when he returns from the trip....I know that they planned on interviewing a few more people after me.

Keeping my fingers crossed!
That's it and that's all for now....