Judgement

My judgement was correct regarding my interview yesterday. I had 4 appointments and only two showed up. One young girl and one elderly woman. The young girl will probably be hired Monday if the next two interviews do not go well. I was correct in assessing the older woman. She arrived at my office on time and took about 5 minutes to close her umbrella and take off her coat. She was dressed in nice business attire. She filled out the application and handed it back to me to review. Her resume did not have the year she graduated college. The application did. She graduated Rutgers in 1959. If my math is correct, she would be about 82 years old. I knew she was not getting the job, but it is hard to sit across from someone and give them the respect they deserve while knowing they will be disappointed. We chatted for a bit and I reviewed her resume. Luckily she had no medical office experience. I told her that we needed someone who knew coding and medical terminology. She agreed and understood. The interview ended on a very pleasant note but I feel bad for her. She seemed lonely and just wanted to be in the working world again.

Omission

Today I will interview four more people. The first person does not seem too promising. Her resume did not reflect what she sounded like on the phone. She listed her work experience starting from 2008 which led me to believe that she was a young girl. When I called her she sounded like an elderly woman. She had to make the interview early in the day as she had a doctor appointment in the afternoon. She sounded frail.The job duties are not for the faint of heart as the office is busy and no one will pick up your slack. At 9am I will see if I have assessed the situation correctly.

The Shot

This morning I am up early. My husband is going for an injection that will hopefully ease the sciatica pain that he has been having for months. I am up early. He is still sleeping. We need to be out of the house in 30 minutes and he is a slow moving person. Years ago I would be standing over him nagging about the time. Nowadays I just worry about myself. As I get older, my attitude towards life has changed. We will get there when we get there.

New Names

Names used to be clear. Jane was a girl and John was a boy. Now it is a free for all. Sometimes I do not know if a name is female or male and other times it looks like a parent took Scrabble letters, tossed them on a board and named their child whatever fell into place. Since I am interviewing potential job candidates, I am receiving many resumes. I have no idea if the applicant is a Man or woman. The job opening is best suited for a female, as most front desk receptionist jobs are,  but if a qualified male comes along I would hire him. Yesterday I called a person whose name sounded female, but a male answered the phone. I was a bit surprised although it did not really matter. I will be interviewing him today even though he has little office experience. I did not want to make it look like he was being overlooked due to gender.

Fresh Start

Today there will be a fresh start in my office. I will review resumes for a part time receptionist. Sometimes it is best when an employee leaves when their work ethic has left before them. A new person gives the office a fresh start. Hopefully there will be a good amount of resumes waiting for me when I get into the office. With my staff members going on vacations, I will need to hire immediately so I will not have an empty seat at the front window.

Pinned

I was at dinner last night and my grandson was telling me a story about one of his school friends. He said that the friend was acting badly and that made him pinned. He continued the story and again he said that he was pinned. I said that I did not understand what he meant by saying he was pinned. He jumped off of his chair and came close to whisper in my ear. He said that the real word was pissed, but since his parents said he could not use that word, he is using pinned instead. From now on, when people annoy me, I will say I am pinned off.

Mail Merge

Last night I needed to check something on my work email. My boss wanted me to do something immediately and I was not near my computer so I did it on the phone. That opened up a whole can of worms. When I opened the email, it merged all of the work contacts into my personal contacts. All 1848 of them. I do not want any contacts in my phone other than the 134 people I need. One by one, I am deleting them. I will be charging my boss for the time it takes to empty out the unnecessary information as what she needed me to do was nonsense.