April 29, 2013

• I Got An Interview!

      I have been off Xanga for a while.  Haven't even had a chance to sit and read blogs.  Through a series of unfortunate events we lost our team leader and an assistant team leader (that's what they call our transportation manager and his assistant.), which left our department's management team at one assistant manager and one secretary.  After a couple weeks of holding down the fort, they called to see if I would come in and train to be able to provide some relief when it was needed.  Meanwhile, I spoke with our facility director to see if it would be worth my time to apply for the team leader decision.  He replied neutrally (as would be expected considering there may be other in house applicants), but recommended that I apply. 

       I went home and proceeded to attempt a resume.  As DOT regulations indicate the information necessary to apply for a truck driving job, most truckers go their whole career without ever needing a resume, and up to this point I was no exception.  I proceeded to scour the internet for  ideas.  Meanwhile, between working in the office and running my scheduled routes, I was on the road two days at a time for my normal routes twice a week and then in the office the other days. Today is the second day off I've had in the last fifteen days, so researching ideas and creating a resume was pretty difficult, but I finally got it submitted last Monday.  I have been trying to keep it on the down low in the office, but today in a phone meeting with the facility director I spilled the beans not knowing that he had me on speaker phone and the rest of the management team was in the room.  It's going to be a little awkward, but I'll just have to deal with it.

       Tina quit her job recently to have more time at home and (this coming autumn) to have a crack at going to college, so now that I finally got a day off, we got all the kids off to school and took our time getting ready, then headed off to Easton to get some lunch at Panera and run some errands.   I had to drop a bicycle off at WalMart.  Whoever built the bike had cross threaded and completely stripped one of the pedals and while Rebekah was riding it the pedal fell off, so I'm trying to get it fixed or replaced.  We had to pick up some supplies for the pool, too, so we ended up making a day of it. After we got home and the kids got off the bus, we were sitting in the living room and my phone rang.  It was the human resources lady to inform me that they'd like to schedule me for an interview for the team leader position!  I'm still not sure if it's just a gesture, "Well, he does work here, so at least we should give him the courtesy of an interview" or truly an interview based on my qualifications as laid out in my resume.  I guess it doesn't matter.  I've got a few minutes of the boss's time to convince him that I'm the man for the job, and that's more than a lot of people who applied have at this point.  I'm very nervous, not knowing what to expect, but I know I have the experience to do the job, so I think I have at least a long shot.  I'll definitely keep you posted. On a more practical note, I'll be glad for the selection process to be over, no matter how it turns out because it'll mean I can go back to working a regular schedule and see my family regularly again.  Hope you all are well.  When I get back to normal I'll catch up on all your blogs. 

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