Sense and Sensibility-ness-ing-ly

This will have to be quick, but only because my unemployment *looks like* it is coming to an end. Fingers and all other digits crossed.

I had an interview on Tuesday with a large mining company (30th largest company in the world I was told in the interview, and if the current takeover happens as planned by another large company, the resulting company will become the 2nd largest company in the world). It was for a 6 month contract plus plus (meaning more likely 12 months plus some more extensions depending on how the work I'm lining up for goes), and they'd whittled down all the applicants to two - me and another. Got a call today to say that they were working out if they needed to have a video conference with me and the person I'd report to (who is based in Melbourne) or if they should just plain offer me the job and have me start on Monday. They weren't VC-ing with the other candidate. So, now, I am just waiting to hear all the what and whens... of course, considering I'm in the city a bit tomorrow, I should be able to squeeze in the VC at pretty short notice.

The reason I am in the city so much tomorrow is that I have 3 (count 'em - more than 2 and WAY more than 1) separate interviews for roles. One for the Support Manager role for an international open source software company; one for the ICT Manager role for the Qld office of a large accountancy/law firm; and one for the Professional Services Consultant role for a large printing hardware company. Wow. When it rains, it pours. As I haven't been yet offered the first role, I'll go through with the interviews and see what progresses. To be fair, the first one I don't think is me; the second I'm very interested in but their offer will have to be good to beat the one almost on the table; and the process for the third has been so confounding that I simply have to go through with it to find out what the role is REALLY all about, as the paperwork they've given me and what the recruiter has told me to date has been a little... well, 'interesting' is the easiest way to put it.

I'll just have to blog about it all tomorrow night when I'm back from them all... unless I get some PC action while I am waiting in the city... which I may seek out, as I've time to kill between all the interviews.

BTW - I spent today down the Gold Coast working on my first paid acting gig - as a background extra for a VB Gold commercial. I doubt highly you'll see me, but it will be interesting to the see th final cut. My agent (yes, I have representation!) finally came through. Get a real job and I should be able to afford to get a decent head shot and then I'll see what kind of work I can get for real?!

Thanks to all those who have been caring for and praying for me, Michelle and the family as a whole while this whole process has been as it has been. I've been pretty down about it (as you may have read), however things are looking decidedly sunnier after today... and about time, too...