It's my first week at my new job as a Job Developer and I'm already swamped. I returned 20 calls before 11 AM this morning. And it didn't stop. I am so beat.
But it's all worth it. I have my own office now with giant windows. And about 20 squirrels outside as the tree next to me is a squirrel hangout. I finally got rid of that stupid work cell phone and now I have an extension and everything. AND I got a raise. Which should go up again in the next few months. So things are looking up.
I scored a few jobs for some youth at Famous Players last week. I received some emails thanking me today. I also got a youth a landscaping job that pays $10.50 an hour. And the employer is fantastic. I'm very pleased so far.
Last week, I facilitated two career classes at an uptown high school. The kids called me sir even though I was wearing a hat and Pumas. Bah.
It was REALLY fun. One girl shared her story about working at Swiss Chalet as we were talking about workers rights. She said "white meat used to be 30 cents and now it's $1." I don't know why but it was so funny to me that I had a laughing fit in front of the whole class. I couldn't control myself. It was really inappropriate but I think it broke the ice. Turns out I'm really good at keeping the attention of 15 - 17 year-olds. Go figure. Still a kid at heart, I guess
I just secured a wealth management company today who is interested in hiring 6 - 12 people from my roster. So that's good too.
Let's hope I get better at this corporate relations thing. As now I'm not just trying to secure partnerships, I'm actually trying to negotiate positions for high needs youth.
The recent gun violence has totally had an effect on me. Get them while they're still motivated, I say. We've ALL been saying that for the last 2 years. Of course, no one ever listens. Everything is a photo-op for these fucking politicians.
By mid-February, I will also be focusing a bit on youth with disabilities. I am really angry that there are zero services for them in the city. So, without my boss' knowledge, I'm gonna do a little focused job search for them since I think they should be placed in somewhat of a priority clients status. We'll see if I get shit for it but I think it's worth it.
But now that I have steady hours and I am no longer going into Rexdale, I can use my weekends for FUN FUN FUN till the weekend job fairs start coming in summer.
A recap is in order.
Here are a couple of shots from my crazy weekend. It seems calling my weekends crazy is just really redundant.
So we started off our Friday with a little lipsynching party. Note: the mic is not plugged into anything.
Notice the new Burberry polo from Harry Rosen. Fuck, I am so superficial.
Hopped over to the Guv's Gallery Lounge for Marcus Intalex. Dave and Kalinda post-necking. I even made out with her that night. God, she's such a tramp. I love it.
Chris stopping short with Shannon. Chris hates jungle but he was a good sport about it. And managed to stir up a whole shitload of drama that night which put us all in the middle of it all. Oh well.
I fucking hate pics of myself if I am not making an ugly face. You can see what kind of mood I get into after a certain time. And wtf is with the smoking thing in that space? Why are we allowed to smoke? I am a smoker but I'd rather have clean air and just smoke outside. But then again, with clean air, you can smell everyone's farts. Oh and Kelli beside me was really pissed at me (I just re-met her that night). She was so pissed off when she confronted me, she jumped on me, straddled me and punched me. I got really pissed and knocked her off me.
Fuck, Pat is a fucking hottie.
And my favourite: Jane's disapproving finger.
Good times. More pics to come of more shenanigans.
