HIRED!

I'd like to state that as of 10:48am this morning I am officially HIRED!  I had a voicemail from my recruiter stating she had great news.  I gave her a call back and she was excited to say everything came back clear and they were ready to move onto the next step in officially hiring me.  She mentioned the company had gone forward with the interview process with others because it was protocol when they needed to fill that position in but that the assistant manager said she was excited to hear I would be the one joining their team because they liked me!

Finally! 

You know you're off to a bad start when...

You receive a phone call from your recruiter with bad news, saying the offer made to you had to be retracted because something simply wasn't looking so well when they pulled a background check.

My recruiter is on vacation for the Holidays and after giving me an offer, with immediate benefits, and a projected start date it turns out that none of it is going through.  It's like giving a kid a lolly pop and then snatching it.  You don't do that to someone when the job market is the way it is today.  Get the facts straight first, is that too much to ask for?  Why couldn't they just interview me, get all of my information, ask for a drug test from each person being interviewed and upon clearing everything make an offer.  To me that would make sense but apparently that's just not how things work around here.  

I'm supposed to receive a letter in the mail stating exactly why I was suddenly declined.  All she was able to tell me was that it had to do with the criminal background check, and how something had showed up on the report.  I know it's a mistake simply because I've never committed any crimes.  Someone has definitely been messing around with my SSN and it's just sad that I'm losing out on a job opportunity because of it. 

Being the 2nd day of the new year I really hope that things will just look up from here.  We'll see what this letter has to say about me. 

Hired!

Glad to say that I am officially employed, or will be once I actually get a start date.  

This morning I had a strange number calling my cell and after thinking as to whether or not to answer it I picked it up with my standoff-ish tone I usually give telemarketers but it turned out to be a rep from HR.  She wanted to inform me that she had received word the interview I had had gone over extremely well and that management was very impressed with me.  She also informed me that they would extending an offer to me very soon and that I would receive more details as soon as she was given more info.  An hour later I was sent an offer letter via email stating more details on the position and I gladly accepted!  So I'm officially going to start working in New York City!   

Hmm... that's got a nice jingle to it!