Job Interview

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Jul 012011
 

I had a job interview today. It was for a CPA running a good-sized firm; he basically does for accounting what Alpha Geek does for IT, providing services for businesses too small to have their own accounting department. The job I’d be doing would be basic transactions and bank reconciliations, and reports of same.

Bonus: While I was in the lobby waiting (about fifteen minutes—I’m always early to job interviews), I was the only one there not speaking Spanish. It appears he has a lot of Hispanic clients, the CPA and most of his staff appear to be bilingual, and all the signs in the office had both English and Spanish. So if I worked there I’d have people to practice my fledgling Spanish on. Which I find exciting.

I think the interview went well. He asked me some questions, told me about the job, I asked a few questions, he showed me around, and by the end of it we were both talking as if I were an employee. When I left he was trying to decide if I should start before or after he leaves on vacation, and said he would talk to another lady to see if she’d have time to train me if he weren’t there. I’m hesitant to get my hopes up, but it sounds promising.

I also have another interview on Tuesday. When it rains, it pours, eh?

Google+ Project

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Jun 282011
 

I just learned of a new Google project in the works, called Google+. It’s going to be competing with Facebook, only with an emphasis on privacy and controlling who gets access to which bits of your life.

Being a total Google fangirl, I ran to sign up as soon as I learned about it. Except it’s not available yet; it’s still in its testing phase and only a small group of people were invited to try it out.

You didn’t invite me, Google? As much as I dote on you? I love all your stuff, even while admitting there’s room for improvement (seriously, when are you going to add extension capability to Google Voice?). And yet I get snubbed from your exclusive new product testing? *sniff*

It’s okay, Google. I forgive you. But you knew that when I signed up to be notified as soon as I can get into Google+.

Bear