Asked to turn up at 0900 for a car shuttle, the trip started ninety minutes later. Somewhere on a street in Harris Park, the front for recruiter Credo stood in an emptied house. The others in the car ride were girls. One of which affected a look of Brooklyn ghetto chic and another resembling that of one of the workers at a government related office. Then there was the one with a supposed sling bag taken from the set of Farscape following the news of its axing. We started a little dialogue in this vein only to run into the question of how it even got started.
A big man, who introduced himself only as Mick, was holding the interviews. A mock display set of shelves in future assigning rested in an adjacent room and the short sleeve uniform displayed itself on a whiteboard.
An interview, this was in label only. Forms filled out days prior were double checked with verbal cues and much head nodding. Hardly anything new was presented here. Save for the mention of a 0500. Stumbling for a way out, Mick mentioned that the others being interviewed lived in the neighbourhood and could car pool.
No way out?
The girls offered at first to hang around so as to have the entire four walk to Parramatta train station. One of them checked their watch and bolted did three. Alone walked one, fearful of news that may be positive. A lesser of two evils magically appeared days later. Thankfully a dusk start was averted.
Monday, 31 May 2004
Dream industry this gaming one. And any way in was better than none. But when you find yourself on the other end of town when the interview starts, you know you've lost a bit of cachet before it all begins to fall apart.
Maps. Crazy and wonderful things. Walking around in a new city, it's a good thing to have a local map on you to know where you're going. But if you're not new, you know the city, but not all of it, could it hurt to have one any way? No.
Ultimately, when you bluff and pad your CV for a job, it's the soft skills. Or at least, skills you hope they don't run a test on you for. But hope is a dying thing, a blind thing. Get it out of the gutter and bone up.
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