Dating and an HR Screen

 Oh, the news! The Forty Year Old is playing games. Hilar.

Today I feel confident and powerful. He could've asked to hang out today. He didn't. Silly boy. The momentum is definitely gone. Tomorrow is the end of the month and I'll be officially done. I have such  a cheek response if he does try to initiate anything. 

I have to get tested so that's making me nervous because I have to wait 4 weeks for best results but I'm going to try to get it at the 2 week mark just for some piece of mind. Then probably at 4 weeks and 3 months just to be sure. Like the jerk he is, he refused to get tested. That would give me the most piece of mind. 

I might just ask again tomorrow. We'll see. 

It is definitely back in the high 80s this week. Not the beautiful crisp fall air that was giving me life. I'm sweaty and gross again.

Today was still a great day! I got my Wal-Mart delivery pick up and after a lot of hemming and hawing, I finally put together a prep for my phone screen.

Remember that big job I was ballsy enough to apply for. Well they want to screen me. There are already a couple of red flags with the recruiter - namely just the rush. Makes me either think I'm not going to be carefully considered or they're just including me to check off a box. Oh well. 

It felt awesome to be invited to screen!!

And when I took yet another look at my resume it wasn't quite as awful as my Mean Brain had me believe.

So I have that screen this afternoon. I'm actually looking forward to it because I'm not desperate. 

I was in a weird place when I applied. I was missing the call center because it's all I had known for 6 years. But it's been 2 months now and I'm starting to get into my new job. I've been doing some writing exercises the last couple of days, and that was kind of fun. 

I used my brain a little and I liked it. 

No matter what happens, I choose to be happy about being invited to screen. No one can take that from me. I'm curious if my emails to my contact worked or if it was just by chance. Oh well. 

I think because I'm pretty comfortable now, I feel brave enough to ask for a little more. I think the role probably pays $150k but I'm going to ask for $160k. I don't see myself doing it for $140k. I only think $150k is reasonable because it's what the internet led me to believe and I looked at some other senior manager roles on the H1B data site and that seems to align as well. 

That's all for now!