::alio!::

gots me a jorb

So of course this morning I was unnecessarily nervous for my job interview. I had the job when my resume arrived at the firm. I am an ideal fit for a job they had only just started to think about filling.

It was only a formality, really. I spent about 15 minutes with the C.O.O. of the place (yes, they're THAT big), then I waited 10 minutes or so for the current librarian to turn up at 10. In that time I gazed through the 10th floor view of the harbour in the sunshine. Then I went in to the library with Luke, the fella I'm replacing, and spent an hour with him just going through stuff.

The deal is that I don't officially start until after 19 September. I'm going to go in for three Wednesdays before then, on the 3rd, 10th, and 17th, and spend the day with Luke in the library, learning librarian stuff. He's leaving on the 19th so after that I'm on my own. We're spacing out the training because different stuff happens in the library at different times, and so it's better for me to experience it as it comes, rather than do it all in three days and perhaps miss something.

I get to make my own schedule and it's flexible, as long as I get everything done that needs to be done every week. I will likely work all day on Mondays, Wednesdays, and Fridays, because that's Luke's schedule now and that's what people are likely used to. It helps because I have class on Tuesdays and Andy has Thursdays off class, so it's handy for me. I'll be working between 16 and 20 hours a week and I will be paid $17 an hour.

My job? I am the librarian for Cox & Palmer, Barristers & Solicitors. The place is big enough to have its own library, and I sit in one corner of it and make sure everything is in its place. I receive books, I order books and periodicals, and I find stuff for lawyers when they want it. There's a million tiny random things I do (and that's why it took Luke an hour to explain them all) so I think it'll keep me busy, but I can't see it being stressful. Luke says he spends about 80% of his time at work by himself, which I think I will like.

Now, because it's such a prestigious and large firm, I'm going to start using pseudonyms for the people I work with when I discuss them. Otherwise you can just look them up on the internet. Luke is a different story, because he's leaving and I won't see him much, other than the three training days. But as I start to suss out the social structure in this place you can bet you'll get some commentary. It'll just be deliberately vague and anonymous for you. Can't have a repeat of what happened last time at my little firm . . .

Now I just have one more month of financial dependence on credit. At least it's not another month of financial uncertainty.

For now I think I will continue to sit around in my underwear and diddle around on the internet. It's nice finally living in a place where I don't necessarily have to wear pants if I don't want to. It's not like Andy minds.

Posted by Ally at August 21, 2008 11:09 AM