taffimai: (Wes Cordy Gunn "To Us" byawmp)
taffimai ([personal profile] taffimai) wrote2005-11-09 04:07 pm
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*Insert Scream of Frustration Here*

Objective: Hire an office manager/administrative assistant/receptionist for the new CCNY Residence Hall.

Method: Post job on monster, sort responses, phone screen, interview no more than three finalists in person.

Issue: HUGE number of responses, teeny number of qualified responses, cell phone not working in this area for phone screens.

Result: See subject line.

[identity profile] astarte99.livejournal.com 2005-11-09 09:16 pm (UTC)(link)
Ah so you are still alive. Yay!

Though from the looks of this post, that might not necessary be a good thing. *pets* Sorry that things are so icky.

[identity profile] taffimai.livejournal.com 2005-11-09 09:21 pm (UTC)(link)
Yep, still alive! Annoyed by trying to work on this project, though ... I have tons of stuff to do in NYC, but our travel budget's been slashed, and thus I cannot afford the $200/night hotel stays.

Which means trying to do NYC work from DC, which is difficult.

[identity profile] astarte99.livejournal.com 2005-11-09 09:35 pm (UTC)(link)
Man that totally sucks. Stupid budget slashing, what were they thinking?

[identity profile] taffimai.livejournal.com 2005-11-09 10:04 pm (UTC)(link)
Probably that some of the staff were using the opportunity to scam free shopping time in NYC. Which, to be fair, the interior designers were doing. *sigh*

[identity profile] astarte99.livejournal.com 2005-11-09 10:12 pm (UTC)(link)
Hee! That's awesome. Well, no, it's very much NOT awesome for you, but you know what I mean.

[identity profile] taffimai.livejournal.com 2005-11-09 10:27 pm (UTC)(link)
I do. And it is kind of funny, if it didn't have me searching craigslist for roommates to stay with in NYC.

[identity profile] bethynyc.livejournal.com 2005-11-09 09:31 pm (UTC)(link)
I'll look on Monster for the posting to see if he qualifies, but my husband is smart and college educated!

*hugs*

[identity profile] taffimai.livejournal.com 2005-11-09 09:34 pm (UTC)(link)
*hugs* If he's interested, that would be lovely. But since it's an AA job, the "smart and college educated" usually have salary requirements that are outside our range.

[identity profile] bethynyc.livejournal.com 2005-11-09 09:40 pm (UTC)(link)
Right now he's working retail and about ready to kill someone. Probably a manager, but possibly a customer.

We can at least give it a shot.

He has computer skills too.

[identity profile] bethynyc.livejournal.com 2005-11-10 01:12 am (UTC)(link)
For some reason I received the reply, but wasn't able to respond to it. But that's okay, I sent the page to him!

[identity profile] taffimai.livejournal.com 2005-11-10 01:44 am (UTC)(link)
Great! Sorry about the screening, I wasn't wild about having a public post with my work info in it. :)