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My few weeks of employment are done - I didn't pass training. Because I didn't pass training, I can never apply there again. I'm sad, but not monumentally disappointed as I tried my hardest, which was all I could do. What sucks, though, is that I was really improving, but by then my training hours were up.
Oh well. I was prepared. Though I was hopeful, I didn't keep my hopes too high, neither was this a job I "desperately needed" or anything. It just would have been nice to finally have a job, especially in this economy with so many unemployed. It's going to be a pain to find any more work.
But I'm not worried. If this was meant to be, it would have been. Plus I doubt I would have kept the job long. They require both speed and acucracy, which I don't think I could have given them for various reasons. I'm a fast typer, but either due to how I conditioned myself or the way my brain is wired, I can't keep my eyes on the monitor for long before I either start slowing down or screwing up. I have to look at the keyboard more often than I'm supposed to in order to keep everything straight in my mind (and, please, no speculations on why this is or suggestions on what could help. I've been typing like this since I could type and I type a lot. You'd think somewhere down the line I'd be able to stop glancing at the keyboard enitrely, but I can't. It's just the way I am. I've always sucked at any kind of multi-tasking.) This was an encoding job, where what you type isn't shown on the screen, so I wouldn't know if I was making a mistake until it was too late.
I'm going to continue looking for work (Blech!) but in the meantime, I promised myself that if I didn't get a job, then I'd concentrate on writing my next book, and that's just what I'm going to do.
Another plus: I did get paid for the training (and they pay good, $13.00s an hour), and it's given me at least a little extra work experience, so that's something :D
Oh, and don't forget to click the dragons in the last post ;)
Oh well. I was prepared. Though I was hopeful, I didn't keep my hopes too high, neither was this a job I "desperately needed" or anything. It just would have been nice to finally have a job, especially in this economy with so many unemployed. It's going to be a pain to find any more work.
But I'm not worried. If this was meant to be, it would have been. Plus I doubt I would have kept the job long. They require both speed and acucracy, which I don't think I could have given them for various reasons. I'm a fast typer, but either due to how I conditioned myself or the way my brain is wired, I can't keep my eyes on the monitor for long before I either start slowing down or screwing up. I have to look at the keyboard more often than I'm supposed to in order to keep everything straight in my mind (and, please, no speculations on why this is or suggestions on what could help. I've been typing like this since I could type and I type a lot. You'd think somewhere down the line I'd be able to stop glancing at the keyboard enitrely, but I can't. It's just the way I am. I've always sucked at any kind of multi-tasking.) This was an encoding job, where what you type isn't shown on the screen, so I wouldn't know if I was making a mistake until it was too late.
I'm going to continue looking for work (Blech!) but in the meantime, I promised myself that if I didn't get a job, then I'd concentrate on writing my next book, and that's just what I'm going to do.
Another plus: I did get paid for the training (and they pay good, $13.00s an hour), and it's given me at least a little extra work experience, so that's something :D
Oh, and don't forget to click the dragons in the last post ;)
