And in other news...

[kv0925]

...I didn't get the job after all. The lady doing the hiring called me over to her office Monday morning to break the news. When Friday came and went with no word, I kinda started thinking they'd made the offer to one of the other candidates instead, and were waiting on that person's acceptance before notifying the others. Oh well. It's actually a mystery who got the job, too--I figured it was the one other person I knew was among the 3 finalists, but she didn't get it either, so it must have been Mystery Candidate #3.

But you know, my primary emotion when she told me was actually relief. Yes, it would have been an interesting role, but it certainly represented a big change, and that part of it was scary. The part of it that concerned me most was that it would be a direct supervisory role over a team of 6 (and probably more over time)--not that I couldn't do that part of the job, but it's been many years since I was directly over that many people, and it's not my comfort zone. And it turns out that was why they went with someone else--while they were "dazzled" and impressed with my other talents, they felt they needed to go with someone who came from a supervisory position and who could really slide right into the leadership role. So anyway, while the change might have been nice and the potential raise definitely would have been nice, I'm not particularly upset that I didn't get it. Life goes on, and now I get to plan my next round of visits to our other offices around the country. :)

On the photo-business front, I took some time last week to update my client tracking spreadsheet, and was surprised to see I'm up to 16 bookings for this year! My soft goal is an average of 2 gigs per month, so I'm right about on track for that. November is stacking up, though, including one day with two weddings. One is a short ceremony with a couple on the beach before they hop on their honeymoon cruise at Port Canaveral, and then I'd rush over to Deland for a more full-fledged afternoon wedding and reception. Fun, but I may need to order a couple more memory cards (and maybe a spare battery or two) to be safe! Might not be a bad idea to borrow a tilt-shift lens from Canon to try out on those too. Right now I'm waiting to hear from a new Mom (the maternity shoot I did a month or so ago) for a newborn shoot--she was scheduled for delivery yesterday, so maybe next weekend I'll go to their place for that. I should invest in some props before then! And work to get some more gigs, I'm pretty clear between now and then.

Well, not true, I have a family shoot at the Magic Kingdom on Friday, so I'm taking the day off for that. Hopefully it will be okay--it sounded great until the lady dropped the fact that her son is on oxygen, which might make things interesting. I guess I'll find out! It's also at mid-morning, hopefully it won't be too brutally hot. Not quite as humid, looks like, that's good. Bring on fall!

Comments

[girlguitarist.livejournal.com]

That's too bad, but at least you are happy about the decision! The mystery person must be super awesome that neither of you got it. Maybe it is a cyborg?? :)

[cp.livejournal.com]

Yeah, going in to get the decision I really wasn't sure what I wanted the decision to be, and if I'd be disappointed or relieved to not get it, you know? I guess that's a good sign it wasn't for me after all, but then again, it was really just the change that had me scared. Oh well. I think we did figure out who got it, and it's actually a puzzling choice. Aside from the fact that he's a team supervisor in his current role, the guy doesn't seem all that impressive. It will be interesting to see if he does a good job. The position might be open again in a few months, who knows. :)

[musicpsych.livejournal.com]

That's a shame about the job, but it sounds like it might have been for the best. At least you gave it a shot - I think that's supposed to be a good thing. :)

[cp.livejournal.com]

Yeah, if nothing else I thought it was good to dust off my interviewing skills and get myself out there in that way. My current boss and the lady hiring for this job both report to the same director, and I got to interview with her too, so it was a good thing to be able to talk with her and fly my flag a little more in that way. I tend to feel a bit behind-the-scenes and underappreciated in my current job, so that little bit of extra visibility was good. But I'm not unhappy with where I am, so I'm not really upset about not getting it, you know?