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-t - Jun 10, 2015 11:49:57 am PDT #28363 of 30000
I am a woman of various inclinations and only some of the time are they to burn everything down in frustration

Oh, no, Zen! Hooray for insurance!

I don't know about thank you emails (I've never sent one after an interview), but "the cat stays in the picture" is amusing me no end (even if it really stayed out).


Sophia Brooks - Jun 10, 2015 12:53:49 pm PDT #28364 of 30000
Cats to become a rabbit should gather immediately now here

its like an unpaid internship for nursing training. They have to (for my program) complete 200 hours in the OR with a surgeon who has agreed to train them.


shrift - Jun 10, 2015 12:58:12 pm PDT #28365 of 30000
"You can't put a price on the joy of not giving a shit." -Zenkitty

How few sentences can I get away with? (I am stuck at 2.)

Mine have all been internal, but I kept it quick and friendly at 2-3 sentences. One sentence to say thanks for their time, and any additional sentences were to bring up shared interests that we discussed during the interview.


SailAweigh - Jun 10, 2015 1:08:54 pm PDT #28366 of 30000
Nana korobi, ya oki. (Fall down seven times, stand up eight.) ~Yuzuru Hanyu/Japanese proverb

Zen, you reminded me, I need to check with my insurance agent on what's covered in my condo insurance. It looks like there was a leak in the joint where a sloping roof meets the side of the building right over where my pantry is. I'm dreading my condo association saying it's my responsibility to any interior fixes even if they fix the roof.

Sue, that last question sounds a lot like what I'm going to be doing in my new job: arranging a lot of meetings and providing documentation for them. One is a two week educational session on magnetic resonance imaging. My only saving grace is that I wrote technical manuals for GE in their MRI division.

Speaking of, third day at the new job and I'm not quite feeling overwhelmed yet! It's the managing the personal calendars of my two bigwigs that is going to give me the most grief, I can tell already. I think there's been about 10 different e-mails flung around to reschedule 3 different meetings. Oy vey.


brenda m - Jun 10, 2015 1:21:47 pm PDT #28367 of 30000
If you're going through hell/keep on going/don't slow down/keep your fear from showing/you might be gone/'fore the devil even knows you're there

its like an unpaid internship for nursing training. They have to (for my program) complete 200 hours in the OR with a surgeon who has agreed to train them.

I would think you would need to have MA Workmans' Comp in place for her if that is where the internship will be.


-t - Jun 10, 2015 1:26:17 pm PDT #28368 of 30000
I am a woman of various inclinations and only some of the time are they to burn everything down in frustration

Oh, argh, I'm testing again tomorrow so all the stuff I haven't gotten to today will have to wait until Friday (unless I can squeeze it in which I wasn't really able to last time, or I stay late like I'm not doing today).

Oh well.


Sophia Brooks - Jun 10, 2015 1:32:17 pm PDT #28369 of 30000
Cats to become a rabbit should gather immediately now here

She isn't our employee, though. She is our student, so She is paying us! We have no employees in MA. We have a separate insurance policy that covers students in clinical placements which is also in the agreement. This sentence in contention says that in addition to the student all employees of the university need to have workers comp in compliance with MA laws.


flea - Jun 10, 2015 1:33:56 pm PDT #28370 of 30000
information libertarian

Things you do when working at a public library: successfully identify a piece of classical music, as hummed by an elderly woman, over the phone. (Grieg, Peer Gynt, the Morning theme.)


Sheryl - Jun 10, 2015 1:37:42 pm PDT #28371 of 30000
Fandom means never having to say "But where would I wear that?"

Timelies all!

Health ~ma to your FiL, Burrell.

House ~ma to you, Zen.


Jesse - Jun 10, 2015 1:40:26 pm PDT #28372 of 30000
Sometimes I trip on how happy we could be.

Ugh, Zen -- good luck!

Thank-you emails for 30-minute virtual interview, yes? How few sentences can I get away with? (I am stuck at 2.) The cat stayed out of the picture.

I've pretty much come around to thank-you emails in every case, personally. And three sentences is plenty: Thanks for your time, I learned X Y&Z about the position that show how my experience is perfect, I look forward to being in touch.