I need to wirte this down
I've just come up from the parkade and I must admit, I muttered all the way back to my apartment. 
Yes you've guessed it, I've been to enqure about the Events job. Well I went to speak to the lady on reception and I said
"Hi, I was just wondering when they are interviewing for the postion for the Events Coodinator"
She said that I had only handed in the the resume on Tuesday afternoon and the role has had a greater response than they had expected. She said she would get the recruitment guy to speak with me as I also informed her that I wanted to know if there was any possiblity in me a having a chance at this role.
The guy came out after a little wait. Before I let you know what he said I couldn't stop looking at his over styled gressy curly hair, he seemed like one of them people that really loved himself. (God that made me feel a bit better).
Getting to the point, Cassie. Well he took me into a room that I could only discribe as a cupboard, and asked me which possition I applied for. I replied the Events Coordinator and he asked my name then he had the cheek to say I don't remember seeng your resume. Good god man, are you mad........ I wasted two pages .......... yes two pages ........ of my BEST cream paper on you to say "Oh, I don't remember seeing it". 
Cassie stop muttering and tell the people on BE the rest!
Sorry....... Well, he goes on to tell me that they have had a lot of people applying, I was like yeah, yeah, I know this bit. He says have you had any experience in Events as we are looking at those as a proritiy. He may as well got out a hammer and smacked it in my stomach, oh and while I'm there spit on me please. I wasn't going to let him win on this, I informed him of my wedding planning days and how I organised a sussessful Wedding Fair at a Football Club, how I loved working in that line of work.
I was also thinking in the back of my head, I've also just told you dimwit, I emigrated from England just this Novemeber and your askng me if I have planned any Events. WOW, I think planning and reseachng and emigrating to another country shows some great planning, determination and research but maybe I'm wrong on that. Answers on a postcard!
Anyway, EXPERIENCE is always the bloody let down on everything. He also informed me that he wouldn't advise me to turn down any roles that I am offered as I infomed him that I have been invited to some. Even though I've only got one this afternoon. This is after I said how I really wanted the opportunity to have this role as an Events coordinator. I said to him that he was just being "polite" to me when he really wanted to tell me "You have no chance on this earth, what the hell are you thinking, woman".
I pulled the last thing out of my sleeve I could think of and asked how I could volunteer in order to get some "Canadian" experienece. In other other words getting my foot in the door and he took my name and I left feeling rather stupid and upset.
Looking on the bright side
I have a job interview this afternoon for a very popular store in Edmonton. It was one of the stores I really wanted to work for when I got here. One of my "I'll just get anything jobs" and wouldn't be that embarressed about saying I work for them.
The guy sounded really nice and its a new store that is being opened and they have a wide range of shifts available. Its just as a store assistant but you never know I might be able to work my way up.
If that other job gets in contact with me I can still go to the interview, I do hate messing people about though.
I'll take it out on the ski slope
We are off to Rabbit hill tonight so everyone better watch out I'm going to release some stress.
Lets see how this story unfolds.
Updated
What a difference an interview makes, I am really pleased with how it went. Heres me before slating this job when it looks as though there could be some very positive prospects to it.
The guy was looking at all my First Aid training as well as taking into account my organising and marketing skills dropping hints of the chances of promotion. Yes, I have to start from the bottom but he was very encouraging with what he was saying to me.
He was such a teddy bear this guy, almost wanting and willing me to say the right answers to these stupid questions he was asking. Don't get me wrong, I really wasn't nervous it was finding the right situations he was wanting.
I got chatting to him about the chances of recession in Alberta and Canada as a whole. In the end the poor guy had to kick me out. 
I thought he was interesting and we got on like a house on fire. I decided before I went that I had nothng to loose, I was going to be myself and if he didn't like it well he could lump it. When I was telling him how difficult I was finding it getting my head around the Canadian coins, he laughed at me. He said what a great way to start learning, working in a store.
Between me and you BE I always shove the coins in my purse and don't bother with them. Neil on the other hand gets all the coins out and pays for things with them. He better not come into the store while I'm working.
He said at the end of the interview that he would get back to me on Monday so lets wait and see. I thought I did well, just you watch I won't get it!
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