9am start in the CBD (Central Busines District - city centre to you and me) for an interview with a recruitment consultant.  The train was pretty quiet when I left Bayswater station, but by the time it arrived at Flinders Street, it was foo tae the gunnels.  The recruitment guy had a couple of ideas but nothing concrete (usual story) and said he'd get back to me.

 

With Rebecca still not 100%, Gill and the kids took a later train and we met before lunch on the steps of Flinders Street Station.  After a quick visit to tourist information we made our way to Southbank for a bite to eat.

 

My next interview was with a company who provide professional contract resource.  This was a grilling and a half from one of their senior guys who had been there "since the beginning".  He wanted to know everything about me as a person before we even started talking about work.  Where I was from, how many were in the family, what my dad did for a living - on and on.  He spoke quickly, without a pause hich in turn made me speed up until the question and answers were tripping over themselves. It was like playing mental squash with him!  At the end of a hour and 10 minutes he closed his notebook and just looked up - silent or the first time - and said "I think I understand where your coming from now" and with that he stoo up, told me he would refer me on to his collegues and showed me out.  A very bizarre experience.

 

So I met up with Gill and the girls and we headed home - time for a stubbie!