Job offer.

[katsaris]

Well, I've had my first on-the-spot job offer. I hesitated and told them I'll tell them for sure tomorrow.

The good thing is that the pay is as good as it's possible for me to get at this early stage. And the company at first glance looked a good place to be.

The bad thing is that the hours are long -- also the place is almost an hour's distance from home. Plus an hour to return, that's 2 hours spent a day just in journeying.

I'm most likely gonna say yes. But if so, am gonna need to buy me lots of books to read during the trips to and fro, so that it won't be a total waste.

Comments

[skaly.livejournal.com]

Congrats on the job!

My commute's going to be about an hour too... but because I drive, I won't have time to read. So I guess it's audiobooks for me.

[(Anonymous)]

So did you take the job?

[katsaris.livejournal.com]

Is that you, R? I don't remember knowing anyone else in Canada.

Anyway, I ended up deciding to take a position that was offered me by another company. The pay's almost as good, and it's half the distance from home; the hours also seem better, in theory atleast -- I felt the slightly greater pay that the others were offering me really wasn't worth the life-devouring timewaste that I'd have to suffer every single day of work.

I begin work on the 5th of June.

[(Anonymous)]

Yes, it's me. Wish you the best in your new job! Glad to hear you had several offers to choose from. Just some words of advice...don't neglect the managing skills part of your career development. An MBA would be helpful. Sooner or later you'll need it.

- Rafael

[goncharov-max.livejournal.com]

Dear Sir/Madam!
My name is Maksim Goncharov.
I am participant of Work and Travel exchange program, sponsored by Council on International Educational Exchange (CIEE) (http://www.ciee.org/).

This program allows students from European countries to come to US during their summer vacation for a period of up to 4 months and LEGALLY work.
CIEE is providing me with all necessary papers to be eligible to work in US, including Social Security Number.
My employment dates are:
First day available to work - May, 29 2007
Last day available to work - close of September 2007

I'm looking for any position.

Maksim Goncharov
Date of Birth: 29/07/86
Place of Birth: Lipetsk
Nationality: Russian
Marital status: Single
E-mail goncharov_max@lipetsk.ru

Work experience
06/2006-09/2006 cafe Shokolad, Lipetsk, waiter
06/2005-08/2005 club Tornado, Lipetsk, bus boy
07/2004-09/2004 pizza Karusel, Lipetsk, kitchen staff

Education
2003 - present Lipetsk State Technical University,
Faculty of Automation and Computer Science
Field of study Automated Systems of Data Processing and Managing

Language
Good knowledge of English
Fluent Russian

Additional Skills
Advanced level skills in Computer Science
Driving license

Interests
I enjoy running, swimming and writing electronic music.