BUZZURRO

Last night I received a phone call from my mother who is in the US. “Did you send your resume to an insurance company ?” she asked me.
“No” I responded, dumbfounded that she would ask me such a question. How would an insurance company in the US even know that I’m planning to relocate there? Then, just like a lightbulb turning on in my head, it came to me.

“No” I said again. “I didn’t send my resume there, but I did put it on Monster.com. They might have seen the resume there.”
“They probably did.” replied my mother. Then she gave me their phone number and told me that they left a message for me to call them back on her answering machine.

Today I called them. The lady answering the phone was not the one who left the message. I asked her to speak to X. She replied “She is not here right now.” And then she asked me “Are you calling from out of the country?” Maybe I’ve been in Italy too long because instantly I became suspicious. I answered curtly “Yes. Why? Is that a problem?” and she answered in the same nice voice “No. It’s not a problem. I guess this call is expensive, so I’ll direct you to another person.” I was astounded. Why would a stranger even care that I’m spending a lot of my money on a phone call or not?

Anyway, the other person, a man, picked up the phone. The insurance company is opening a new office and are having several orientations where they explain about the company to several people at one time and then interview them for various positions, especially sales positions.They need people to see their insurance policies to people, mainly older people.

I finally told him “Thanks for calling, but I’m not interested in sales positions.”
He replied”That’s OK. We have several openings in our management trainee program too.”
Then I said. “I’m not interested in a management trainee program.” (and all this is from a girl who for years complained that noone wanted to offer her a job (other than cleaning toilets).”

Finally he said “Well, we have some administrative assistant positions too, some jobs are part-time and I think some might be full-time.”
“OK” I said. And then I signed up for an orientation. He told me to bring a hard copy of my resume with me because afterwards there will be interviews.

I am 98 percent sure that it won’t amount to a job, but it is an interview with a prospective employer, and knowing how I do terrible on job interviews the experience of just having an interview will be more than helpful. I am glad to be able to have the experience of the interview, and I am more glad that someone even looked at my resume and wanted to speak to me.