OH MY GOD, JOHANNA, I AM GOING INSANE --- here's the thing:
I interviewed for three jobs this week. Okay? Three.
One --- working as a nanny for this kick ass family in Southampton for $8,000 for the summer. (can we say yes please?)
Two --- working as a nanny for this slightly more down-to-earth family with less kids and cooler political tirades in Brooklyn Heights for the summer (again..... i'm okay with this)
Three --- working as a paid intern at [NY office of a small hot shop based in Europe] (snuck into the One Show Interactive last Friday and met some people... interviewed the next Monday)
Okay so today I was just walking along, minding my business, and I get a call. Offered job one, I'm super psyched, I say I'll think about it and call her back tonight but really I'm just thinking "Um, YES". One hour later, the woman I met from [NY office of a small hot shop based in Europe] calls (granted, I interviewed the DAY before) and she wants to offer me a full-time internship there this summer. And all the sudden I have a choice to make, and I'm so happy/confused I could kick a wall on accident and not feel my broken toes. (ever get that feeling?) Okay, so just about a half hour ago I get a call from the Brooklyn family and not only do they want to offer me the nannying job, but they wonder if I would mind extending it into the fall (working around my class schedule of course) which is amazing and means I wouldn't have to look for a paid gig come Fall semester. And WAIT there's more. WHILE i'm on the phone with Brooklyn guy, a call beeps in that I ignore. I check my voicemail after we're done and it is (who else?) [big, big global ad agency] calling to say that they actually discovered they have enough extra room in the budget to give me a spot and that they would love to hire me. HIRE. I heard the word YES about four times in two hours.
Man, I love it when this kind of thing happens. I'm so psyched for her. Congrats, love.
damn! that sounds like the best day ever! she must be one special person!!
ReplyDeletethat's such a nice thing to hear too...you always hear NY job-getting horror stories, so it's a good change!
Which one did she take?!? i'd be torn between the small hot shop and big global agency, depending which one it was. (the hamptons thing sounds cool too though).
also, i guess it pays to actually network at the One Show, and not just get wasted.
aw. me.
ReplyDeleteand as soon as I start one paying job (whatever it might be) you and me have a big, fat, dinner date. okay? okay.
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sounded just like ur experience
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