spoke to my career advisor on friday about what to do when an offer is made. i have a few options:

1. graciously accept on the spot
2. say ill think about it and then call back to ask if the salary is negotiable
3. say ill have to think more about it to make the right decision, and if the salary is negotiable; then call back to accept or decline
   
4. say ill think about it, and then call them back to accept or not

we all know my magic number, but i dont know if its worth asking for if its 3k short, what with taxes and realistically, 45k and up is probably doable. but we shall see.... i really only need to make that much to be living comfortably while paying a $2200 mortgage. discussed this with mike last night and the calculator online says we will be able to do OK. and with my savings-freakyness, i suppose we will be OK. mike just needs to make 75k soon! :p

halloween partay tonight. goin to roscoes, i thinks. i am dressing up as butch, therefore im borrowing mikes huge pants. it better be fun!

oh hey! i got a second interview with CNA! i didnt think i was going to make it because they told me that they would let me know in two days if i get through to second interview, but the recruiter just emailed me today and its TWO WEEKS later! =) wooooo

so i get to choose one out of three fridays .... starting nov12th...

a very difficult choice, with allstate decision looming in the air.

omg - my BODY!
i went for my very first hip hop dance class last night, had a blast -- but this morning when i woke up, i felt paralyzed! the instructor definitely worked us out! it was good though! ihave six more classes, then i get to choose another dance method. totally worth the money and time.
cant wait for next week.

bought GTA san andreas and got sims bustin out for $5! am very psyched ...

great interview with TransUnion. it went UNBELIEVABLY well. like, im not even SURE how i did it, but the lady was apparent in her 'impression' of me. it was great (this was also the interview that i had gotten through the 'backdoor' to get to, AND i found out the reason for why i was being dismissed earlier - it was because they are, for this current round of interview, looking for people graduating and able to start in January... and since Im not graduating till June ... i was pushed aside .. but shes happy that i was persistent and that i got to talk with her)

so .. if i dont get my allstate, i will still have this one to work with. the second round of hires will happen early next year in January. she said that i wont need to go thru a first round interview again, and that the second round will take place in April. *shrug*

so like i said, if allstate doesnt work out, i will have this to tinker with.

for now, i am DONE. i DONT WANT to interview anymore and i DONT WANT to answer ANOTHER "tell me about .... " questions. bleghhhh

TIME TO CELEBRATE! i have MONEY AND CHARISMA! mwahahahaha!

omg omg omg ...
i think in the extreme business of things (and the fact that i havent gotten my birthday presents yet), i have TOTALLY forgotten that i am 25!! now that i have one less class to worry about, fewer interviews to prepare for .. the slow sinking sensation of being a quarter of a century old is finally hitting me.

OH SHIT!

this gives me FIVE years to make my first baby (whom i have christened lily isis (and begun talking to an imaginary daughter, very sad, i agree) and yes, i want my first baby to be a girl, and she needs to come before i hit the hilly 30 so that the two years that comes after her, i can make my boy and then im done and they can all be done with school before i hit 50) ok yea fine, thats the domesticated side of me. as for the career-charging-woman that i am, 25 to 30, my goal is to make 75k (ok to be a little more realistic, maybe 60k+) and work for a fortune 100 (and that wont be a problem if allstate gives me a job) .... but hey, i wont know for another two weeks. UGH. the PAIN of waiting.... *shivers*

so yes, i am twenty-five ... twenty-o-five. ugh. OLD. how can this be?

so i had my second round allstate interview. it was GRUESOME. i was DRILLED for two and some hours, and it was one of the more tiring interviews ive ever had. i mean, it wasnt mean or anything like microsofts interview, or accenture... but it was tedious and i had to speak a lot, and i MEAN, a LOT! the first tech interview wasnt too bad, it wasnt as structured as behavioral interviews and the interview jumped around left and right, so it was very casual feeling .. but he DID ask me a lot of very interesting questions and probed my database and modelling skills ... i would only assume that if i got this job, he would be the team lead for the projects that i work on .. the position is for database analyst by the way, and not systems analyst like i originally thought ... but thats fine, its all and the same anyways and i can always move on out to systems analyst later on ...

the second interview was VERY structured and VERY behavioral. i had five questions to answer, each of which had a unique situation and at least five bullets to the question. it was fucking tiring, and it was a LOT of fast talking simply because it felt like i was running out of time or something, while answering. the interviewer looked like a younger version of christopher reeve. very cute. =) and i assume if i got the job, he would be my manager .. mwahahaha!

difficult to tell if i will get the job or not. in either case, i will know in two weeks if i am wanted or not. lets hope it will be good news.

another interview to prepare for on tuesday, transunion, here i come!

i am AMAZED at the power of networking. i am the living proof that the damn thing works. let me tell you my story.

last week as i searched thru the depaul's online job board, i found a position that sounded perfect, with TransUnion. i applied, and thought that i should also find out whom i can speak to over there, so that i can either increase my visibility and also to learn more about the work culture. i went to my mentor, who then referred me to another person who used to work there. the dude knows two IT directors at TransUnion, gave me their numbers and told me he would also pass on my resume to these people.

i called them on monday. left voicemails. on tuesday, i got a decline for my application from the job board. i was disappointed, but went on with life. that afternoon, one of the IT directors called me, told me he got my voicemail, told me he got my resume, and told me that he forwarded my resume on to the recruiter who is coming to depaul next week to interview, and he wanted to let me know that bit of information so that i knew where the process is at, and in case the recruiter and i missed each other, supplied me with her information. flabbergasted at this new development, i said OK.

not two minutes after i spoke to the dude, the career center called me -- said they got a resume from the TransUnion recruiter and she wanted me to be put on the interviewing schedule. they also said that they will retract my decline for application (the one that i just got this morning), and reinvite me for an interview. i sat there and was like ... "oh, ok .. "

long story short -- i am not interviewing for that perfect position next Tuesday.

crazy world, it feels like in am 'networlding'.

I GOT THRU TO SECOND ROUND WITH ALLSTATE!!!! WOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!!

1. interviewed a receptionist candidate for student affairs
2. completed association bookings and reserved room for first reception/meeting
3. coordinated exam times with lisa and ian--met them in CTI lab, only to be pulled away .. back .. to
4. ... interview a second candidate for student affairs
5. run back to CTI to continue midterm-taking (yes, its 'take-home', cept i didnt get to take it home, because it was out last night, and i didnt look at it last nite, and due today!)
6. after 8 long hours of today, run back home and...
7. ... spent an hour on DDR (didnt think that would make me sweat, but sweat profusely, i did indeedy)

there is only so much one can do in one day, and the one thing that i didnt get to do today is go to the gym because i was busy doing all of the above. tomorrow, i get to go and will make full use of the time there to cut some fat off off my icky-body. i have another interview tomorrow, i will find out if i, myself made it thru to 2nd tier with allstate, and will be going thru to a buncha workshops to impress CNA for the thursday interview.

*phew*

ok, done for now. cant wait till the end of thursday (i have another million things to do that day, will reflect later)

*headache*

just got done with my pl/sql homework (pain in the ass, good thing i had an example to work off off), and to tell you the truth -- i just dont care about database programming .. im not much of a coder, regardless of what its in..

had my allstate interview today. went well -- hopefully lady will recommend me onto second interview (will find out in two days)

on saturday went to a bbq in dekalb in which mike slammed on his pedal and brought the evo up to 155mph before he chickened out and decelerated (lamo!) but the car felt very solid, running away with the wind. or shall i say -- flying with the wind. it was awesome.

dooley and kayee got married and had a reception on saturday night. spent all dinner bitching about paul and arlene. well, paul on my behalf because he dared call me stupid. the others (andi, marcus, and mike) bitched about arlene. but it was nice to bitch .. gawd i hate paul so much.

thursday interviewing with cna, yet again. good luck to me. will conduct my first ASA meeting that day as well, in two different sessions. wonderful, yay.

*headache*

happy birthday to meee ..

happy birthday to mee ...

happy birthday to meeeeeeeeee (oh so old now!)

happy birthday to me!!!!

happy birthday fasheepoo!!!!
answer your damn phone, sheesh :p