On the Hunt

I know I haven't updated in a while but life has been pretty busy lately. I am on the job hunt! Most of you know that Kurts work slows way down in the winter and this year it seems to have slowed down a lot sooner than expected. So I am on the hunt for a job to keep us going through these winter months. I do still work at the gyms but I don't make enough to bring home. I applied to 25 places in the last couple weeks, and most are not hiring at this time. I finally received some good feedback when I went over to the Cabazon Outlets. They are hiring for seasonal work since retail tends to pick up for thanksgiving and christmas. I interviewed over at Guess, which was probably the most fun interview I've had.
The interview was a group interview and the manager said she calls it more of an "audition" then an interview. They look for people that are outgoing and fun but also responsible. We had to answer a bunch of questions and we had to do this role play game. She presented us with situations that might arise throughout our work day and we had to basically act it out. Of course with my luck I was called as one of the first people to act it out. She told me that I would be the sales associate and the other girl is my customer. My customer has come into the store only to buy a pair of light wash bootcut jeans. My goal is to get her to the register w/ a bunch of items. So we start acting it out I welcome her to the store she tells me what she's looking for. I helped her find the jeans then I start trying to get her to buy some shirts that are on sale or try some other jeans that I thought would look great on her. LOL! It was pretty funny, the other girl was adamant about what she wanted. Anyway at the end of the interview the manager handed this little box over and told us to pick a paper out of it. The papers had numbers indicating which order we would go in for the next activity. We were told we had 2 mins to think up a skit or a commercial, a song, a dance, etc. The purpose was to show our personality and to stand out from the crowd.
I have to admit I was a little bit overwhelmed. But I just thought oh well let's do this. Most of the people said they didn't feel comfortable, other did skits or commercials of some kind. I had no clue what I was going to do. I got up and told them about my hip hop teacher from the gym and how she's the greatest booty shaker ever...lol. I told them how every class she turns on the Tambourine song and makes us booty shake for the whole song. And of course I showed them what I learned. ☺ Everyone was busting up laughing, it was fun! At the end of the interview I got a 2nd appt to come back.
I have also interviewed at Puma where they pretty much said I'm hired and told me they'd call when my paperwork to sign is ready. But I still have been searching. I want to go back to waitressing. I love how fast paced it is and just a fun social environment. I have applied to plenty of restaurants none of which were hiring. I was told by a friend to go back to Chilis here in town and ask for a manager to see if their hiring and not just ask the hostess. So yesterday I did that. The manager told me they are and gave me an app to fill out. I completed it, and they said it looked great and then gave me a test to complete. The math questions made me wish I was still in school...oh boy it's been a while. ☺ They processed the test and told me I passed and that I could come back for a formal interview Monday! So I may be a waitress again after all.
Our goal is to have Kurt work the days I have off and he'll be home w/ the kids while I work considering there's not much screen business coming in. You do what you have to do right? I'll continue to work the gyms since it's only an hour class anyway, and work won't be open at those times regardless. So that's my little update on my busy life. The kids are doing great! Sorry no pics our computers having issues so we have to take it in to get it cleaned out. The virus is affecting our kodak program so our pics are not loading. We hope everyones doing well! ♥