I have no idea, so I have no way of reassuring Lewis that it's a normal amount of time that's elapsed.

I don't think there such a thing as a normal amount of time. My first serious job, it took a long time. I got a rejection letter a few weeks before I got the job.

The job Lewis applied for in Austin has apparently been filled as the listing has disappeared off the jobsearch sites.

Fuck. I'm sorry, Barb. w/r/t reasonable amount of time - this current economy has everything so very out of whack. Who knows, really?

In small world news, lisah's guitarist from SCS also applied for that job. I'm pretty sure he didn't get it, though.

So I contacted the current boss for each candidate we interviewed and didn't hire and got the news to them that way, because I'm sneaky like that and I pretty much hate the HR people here.

I totally appreciate what you're trying to do there but I'm not sure I'd be comfortable with that as an applicant. Did the bosses serve as references? If not, then I definitely wouldn't be okay with it. Maybe I'm misunderstanding something.

I have no idea, so I have no way of reassuring Lewis that it's a normal amount of time that's elapsed.

Having been part of the hiring process a few times over the past year or so, there is no normal. We were very good about informing people right away if we had made a decision not to go further with them, but several times the entire interview/hiring process itself got shelved for weeks at a time due to other internal issues, whether general workload, inability to get stakeholders to weigh in, etc.

Did the bosses serve as references?

They did. We're a very small world, so I knew both of them personally, and it was a very natural thing for me to say we'd made an offer and had been accepted during the course of conversation. The applicants really needed to know where they stood, because our annual conference was this past week, and we've been asking HR to send those letters for month.

w/r/t reasonable amount of time - this current economy has everything so very out of whack. Who knows, really?

Plus there is the fun of when and how often to call for a status update shows initiative and healthy interest versus when it becomes stalkerish.

I figured it was something like that, Sparky, you being you. But without the context it kind of set off my "boundaries, Will Robinson" alarms.

In small world news, lisah's guitarist from SCS also applied for that job. I'm pretty sure he didn't get it, though.

Well, the upside is that he goes back to looking for jobs and the primary pools seem to be Austin, Seattle, and the San Jose area. All places I'd be good with, but the latter two have the added benefit of many friends.

t apparates

Well, my crappy 1.5 page essay is written, but on the bright side I have 19 beautiful slides to go with it! That should keep me talking for 7-10 minutes.

I still have a few things to do at home (uh, finish packing) but it will get done and I will get on the road.

Thanks for the -ma and cuddles and such.

Later, Bitches!

t disapparates

(Oh, were it only that easy to get to KENTUCKY)

I'm going over to see Friends for dinner tonight at their new place. They are a young couple with an almost 1 year old baby, and this is not their first place. I was thinking of getting them a $25 gift card to Home Depot and a vase with fresh flowers, good idea?