Letting go & moving on…

..that’s what I’m finally doing.  I’ve grown weary of waiting for contact to come through concerning the previously mentioned (my “Procrastinators Unite!” post)  pharmacy job. The government obviously is in no hurry to staff their pharmacy. Either that, or they’ve already done so and neglected to let me know. Hmmph.

It’s been 2½ months since my interview. I thought I’d get a somber “We’re sorry we can’t employ you at this time” phone call, OR, at the very LEAST…an auto-generated rejection e-mail from them, but no go. Nothing. Nada. Zilch.

I really don’t take it personally. (Ok, maybe I do, a little..) Anyway, I can’t wait any longer. The old bank account is suffering, and I’m going mad from boredom, but it IS really rough out there in the job market.

I haven’t even done too much artwork lately, since I’ve been a wee bit blue about this whole job debacle. My art blog is lying fallow, although I did finally get my business cards printed up. I designed them online using the Zazzle website, and they are GORGEOUS! I highly recommend them if you need biz cards.

But, I digress..

So…I was holding off on seriously looking for another tech job, hoping that the Feds would come through, but since the little pharmacy manager dude has been ignoring me, I sprang into action and called another hospital. One of the BIGGIES here in the Chicago area…very well-respected, very busy, and close to my home. I had e-mailed them my application back in Feb., and promptly forgot that I did so, since I was basking in the anticipation of snaggin’ a federal government gig.

Oh, foolish, foolish expertech!

One of my son’s friends actually works in the ER at this other hospital, and 2 months ago took a copy of my resume over to her HR dept. “Just in case”, she said.

Remembering all this stuff, I called the HR dept. at the iconic hospital. I told them about my online app., my resume, etc. I got switched to a different HR lady. Or shall I say, the HR lady’s voicemail. I leave her a nice, informative-yet-concise message concerning my app, resume, my abilities, etc.

I hang up & hope for the best. Maybe even a phone call in the near future. Not 10 minutes later, the nice HR lady calls me. (and this was at 6pm! I figured the HR dept. was closed by then. Guess not.)

She informs me that they’re not hiring full-time pharmacy techs right now, only registry, (which is on an “as-needed” basis) because the iconic hospital is expanding. I take this with a grain of salt because I know one of the BIG reasons why they’re only hiring registry, which I will explain in another post. (I know…the suspense, eh?) I say that the registry is fine. At this stage of the game, if she’d told me I’d have to fill scrips while dancing naked and playing the kazoo, I would have said: “that’s fine!” She asks me my last name so she can look up my app. on their system. She sees that it’s still there, and says I seem to have the qualifications for their registry.

She tells me that registry is a good way to get my foot in the door. When they do need full-time help, the registry is where they look first. Then she tells me she’ll send my resume & app. over to the pharmacy dept., and if they think they can use me, I should be getting a call within 2 weeks to set up an interview. I thank her profusely. We say our goodbyes & hang up. I allow myself a tiny, tiny little ‘happy dance’.

But, I’m not going to go TOO crazy, because look what happened the LAST time I did!

So, I will be waiting patiently. I will say hello to God, too..just to be safe. And say goodbye to the Feds, finally. Maybe my luck will change this time. But I don’t want to jinx it. I’m saving my “big” happy dance for another time.

Hopefully I’ll be dancing soon.