From when I left off, things seem to be getting quite busy. Even though I am technically unemployed, I feel like i'm running around and don't have time for anything. Funny eh?

I had an interview with Harlequin Publishing last week. Yes, it's the trashy romance novel publisher! When I walked in most of the employees were female, except for the HR recruiter who was male. I was actaully very nervous going into the interview. I usually get a bit nervous as I get there, but this time I was quite nervous the night before. It didn't help that I had a gig at Free Time Cafe that night as well, so concentrating on playing Saveface material as well as preparing for the interview proved to fill most of my head for those 2 days.

The FT job would be a marketing coordinator for the silouette series, which happens to be a romance series line of branded books under that label. I was quite nervous for the interview partly b/c the job description was *very* formal, for example it broke down my responsiblities by aproximate percentage of time, such as 20% financial analysis and reconciliation of budget. arugh! But in the end, the male recruiter turned out to be a very cool guy, and at the end we were just chatting. So, the next day (fri) I was called back for a 2nd interview, which is on Monday.

This one will be with the marketing manager who is the senior manager of this position. I was told that this interview will be more specific and technical... that means i need to brush up on a few of those snazzy marketing terms and contacts, and of course my previous marketing experience. I'll have to bring up some of my fav words like: Value proposition, service delivery, value-added services, best practices, understanding customer needs and transferable skils (among others). Any others I should drop? :) We'll see how it goes.. I hope she'll like me! This is a job that i actually like and can see myself being there for awhile. Fingers crossed!

Take care,

RE

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