I got a job!

This morning I met with the hiring manager at the ad agency, and I was hired! I’m very excited about working there. The title of the job is account coordinator, which involves proofreading advertisements, updating ads, and writing some brochures and press releases. I’m really looking forward to it – advertising seems like an exciting field, and I was told there are a lot of opportunities to move up in this place after you’ve paid your dues for awhile. I’m going to start tomorrow at 8:30. The only downside is that the drive is between 45 minutes to an hour away (depending on traffic), plus the pay isn’t very high, but I’m just happy to be doing something in my field that I find interesting and exciting.
I can hardly believe that I got an offer . . . I’ve applied to so many jobs and I’ve been discouarged a lot. My biggest disappointment was about a month ago. I applied for a job as a marketing associate at a hospital, and I had a great first interview, and the people I met seemed to really like me. In fact, they called back for a second interview, and the human resources person told me that I had a very good chance of getting the job, and the competition was between me and another person with more experience (however, the HR rep told me that the other candidate was probably looking for too much money, and he didn’t think the department would be able to afford to pay the guy). Anyway, because I was working at the bank at the time, the HR rep and I had a hard time agreeing on the date and time for the next interview. He told me that he would call me back and see if a certain day I picked would be good for the marketing department. A week went by and he never called me back, and I was starting to get worried. Then, he finally called me and asked me if I remembered that I had an interview on that day! Apparently, he thought he called me to schedule the interview, but he never did! He insisted that it wasn’t his mistake – which it was – but he scheduled me for the second interview the following week, anyway. I thought I did okay at that interview, but not good enough – two weeks later, I was told that I didn’t have the job. Needless to say, I was very disappointed at not getting the job, especially after being told that my chances were great. I know the HR rep didn’t believe me when I told him that I never received his phone call, and I think that reflected poorly on me and was the factor that blew it. Honestly, what kind of person thinks he called you and talked to you when it never happened? At my second interview, I noticed that the HR guy had two big holes in the back of his pants, so I guess that speaks volumes about how much he pays attention to things. Overall, the whole process with the hospital took about six weeks, and I was on pins and needles the whole time. After that disappointment, I think I deserve this ad agency job!!