District Meeting and Back to the Job Board

Last Friday, we had a district meeting with all the supervisors and managers in the district.  There were at least 50 people or maybe over 50 people.

We had classes about how to do customer service, how to make a game plan, technical updates for our equipment and computer, and anything else a district manager wanted.

It was informative and I learned a lot of things I need to update the training.  

After five hours of training, I spent the next three hours or making cold calls and making sure that new hires were ready to be trained this week.

My plan next week for my trainee is to really take over more and more responsibilities.  The following week, I wanted her to start from beginning to end including making a schedule, making sure she goes through on boarding, calling up people, and anything else she needs to do.

I spent Saturday not doing anything else but wound up going out with a friend of mine from work.  Sunday, I worked on getting myself ready for Monday.

Even though I haven't mentioned yet, I did have an opportunity for a second interview with a company.  I guess I didn't make it because she was supposed to call last week.  I did have my phone off for three days so I don't know she tried to call me.  I'm going to call her sometime next week maybe on the day I don't think she's going to be working and leave a message just in case.

I guess I will be spending my two or three days off looking for new job.

My trainee is pretty much good to go.  In fact, I was told by my boss that everybody was highly impressed with the new trainee.  She introduced herself to everyone and they had tons of praise for her.

I don't know if I should be jealous because I don't know if I got that much praise when I first started.  I know that my trainer gave me a lot of praise which is really good.

The only reason I should be jealous is that maybe I won't be doing as much hiring.  My trainee is very good at hiring but she's not really good at following through.  She hired somebody and has been trying to get hold of her but hasn't really tried.  So finally on Friday, I e-mailed the hiree and said to her that she needed to contact us or we're going to say we're not hire you anymore.  Today, I saw an e-mail response from her and told her she needs to keep in contact with us or we can't get her in to work and get paid.

Most of the time if someone changes the phone, or has a problem with a phone, or loses a phone, they try really hard to get back to us.  This person hasn't really tried very hard so we were iffy about her.

I need to train my trainee to really follow up on things.  Granted, she has her own project she's working on which is fine.  I do need someone who has more accessibility outside of the office to do stuff.  But I really need her to take the reins because eventually, I intend to leave.

I just want make sure my bases are covered and that even though people will miss me, it won't be a burden.

Note-I went through e-mails and well, I didn't get the job.  

Back to the drawing board:  revamping the resume, sending applications, and more.  

Looking for a new job is not my most favorite thing to do.  I can imagine doing more good elsewhere, like actually working for a company.  I spend a lot of time that could be used for socializing, charity, school, fitness, and more.  

But I must tread on.