The job hunting support thread

[strung out]

Good luck for today strung out!

Thanks!

Went alright I think - the excel test wasn't as hard as I thought it might be, but there were still a few things I couldn't do properly. The interview itself was fine, I'm sure I can do the job, just have to hope they thought I was better than the other three candidates.

The other candidates wished me luck btw.

 

[Pickman's model]

Thanks!

Went alright I think - the excel test wasn't as hard as I thought it might be, but there were still a few things I couldn't do properly. The interview itself was fine, I'm sure I can do the job, just have to hope they thought I was better than the other three candidates.

The other candidates wished me luck btw.

that shows a nice spirit

 

[strung out]

I got the job!

Apparently I got an unusually high score on the excel test and interviewed very well. From Jan/Feb I'll officially be a Collections Support Librarian

 

[xes]

I got the job!

Apparently I got an unusually high score on the excel test and interviewed very well. From Jan/Feb I'll officially be a Collections Support Librarian

fucking rock on!! Congratulations!!

 

[frogwoman]

wtf do people not wish people luck in job interviews for jobs they're going for?

surely that's a bit selfish? if im interviewed with other people i always wish them luck

 

[Sapphireblue]

wtf do people not wish people luck in job interviews for jobs they're going for?

surely that's a bit selfish? if im interviewed with other people i always wish them luck

i understand, but i think OU's getting flack a bit harshly here.

he was just saying it felt hypocritical given he obviously wanted the job for himself.

then as someone else said, saying good luck isn't the same as saying hope you get the job, and then OU was ok with the idea.

it was all about not wanting to be awkward about it rather than deliberately being mean.

pickman's is being a bitch about it but he's really made a mountain out of a molehill as per.

 

[cesare]

I got the job!

Apparently I got an unusually high score on the excel test and interviewed very well. From Jan/Feb I'll officially be a Collections Support Librarian

That's brilliant, many congrats!

 

[Puddy_Tat]

I got the job!

Apparently I got an unusually high score on the excel test and interviewed very well. From Jan/Feb I'll officially be a Collections Support Librarian

 

[strung out]

fucking rock on!! Congratulations!!

It was your support that made the difference

 

[frogwoman]

Sapphireblue i'm not giving him flack, i'm just surprised.

 

[Pickman's model]

it was all about not wanting to be awkward about it rather than deliberately being mean.

pickman's is being a bitch about it but he's really made a mountain out of a molehill as per.

you're a fucking twat drama queen. made a mountain? did i fuck!

 

[Pickman's model]

Sapphireblue i'm not giving him flack, i'm just surprised.

i'm not

 

[Puddy_Tat]

 

[Mapped]

I got the job!

Apparently I got an unusually high score on the excel test and interviewed very well. From Jan/Feb I'll officially be a Collections Support Librarian

Well done

I've been attempting to steer some librarians away from using excel over the last few years. It hasn't worked at all.

 

[Sapphireblue]

Sapphireblue i'm not giving him flack, i'm just surprised.

oh i know you weren't necessarily giving him flack, sorry if it came across as accusatory or anything.

just wasn't sure if you'd read all of the sensible discussion amongst the bitching.

 

[Sapphireblue]

you're a fucking twat drama queen. made a mountain? did i fuck!

lovely example of who the real drama queen is here. just brilliant.

 

[Pickman's model]

lovely example of who the real drama queen is here. just brilliant.

let's remind ourselves what happened: i had a brief pop at Orang Utan because he wasn't prepared to wish a competitor 'good luck'. suddenly you decided this passing exchange was 'making a mountain out of a molehill'. it wasn't, it was a passing exchange and it was nothing to do with you. in addition to which you decided it was a good idea to call me a bitch. after your measured and considered decision to start on the insults, calling you a fucking twat drama queen for making a drama out of something which wasn't your concern is imo fair comment.

 

[xes]

It was your support that made the difference

well, ofcourse

 

[Pickman's model]

Well done

I've been attempting to steer some librarians away from using excel over the last few years. It hasn't worked at all.

what would you suggest as an alternative?

 

[Puddy_Tat]

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[Pickman's model]

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[Sapphireblue]

let's remind ourselves what happened: i had a brief pop at Orang Utan because he wasn't prepared to wish a competitor 'good luck'. suddenly you decided this passing exchange was 'making a mountain out of a molehill'. it wasn't, it was a passing exchange and it was nothing to do with you. in addition to which you decided it was a good idea to call me a bitch. after your measured and considered decision to start on the insults, calling you a fucking twat drama queen for making a drama out of something which wasn't your concern is imo fair comment.

i wouldn't consider several insults / barbed comments a 'brief pop'. particularly when other people had the decency to have a proper conversation with OU about the matter and you continued to 'pop' about it throughout.

as for 'not my concern', it could be argued that the conversation about whether or not to wish someone good luck was none of yours, and that didn't stop you.

 

[Sapphireblue]

anyway, trying to get back on track - not heard back from the recruitment person yet. people with 'agent' in their title being unreliable shocker!

 

[Pickman's model]

i wouldn't consider several insults / barbed comments a 'brief pop'. particularly when other people had the decency to have a proper conversation with OU about the matter and you continued to 'pop' about it throughout.

as for 'not my concern', it could be argued that the conversation about whether or not to wish someone good luck was none of yours, and that didn't stop you.

three posts

five minutes

brief exchange? i think so. the way you make it sound it was some hours and a page of vitriol.

 

[Sapphireblue]

three posts

five minutes

brief exchange? i think so. the way you make it sound it was some hours and a page of vitriol.

and then another post a couple of hours later that had the feel of refusing to let it drop about it which is what triggered my post.

it doesn't have to be pages of vitriol to be pointed and nasty.

anyway, i'm going to drop this now as clearly we won't agree that i didn't over-react to your over-reaction.

 

[Mapped]

what would you suggest as an alternative?

It depends on what you are doing, for quick stuff and if you are doing it right then excel can be fine. However a lot of the queries I get is messy excel data with tonnes of records. I've often had to help my colleagues with cleaning, matching and linking horribly structured excel metadata records before they get anywhere near the catalogue. There's tonnes of different structured formats to use xml, JSON etc. The key is to make it machine readable. Even a well done access database can output decent xml.

We're also collecting, preserving and normalising other people's excel workbooks in our collections and its a massive mess and causes hours and hours of work to make useable as a whole.

That's probably enough library geek stuff for a friday night

 

[Pickman's model]

It depends on what you are doing, for quick stuff and if you are doing it right then excel can be fine. However a lot of the queries I get is messy excel data with tonnes of records. I've often had to help my colleagues with cleaning matching and linking horribly structured excel metadata records before they get anywhere near the catalogue. There's tonnes of different structured formats to use xml, JSON etc. The key is to make it machine readable. Even a well done access database can output decent xml.

We're also collecting, preserving and normalising other people's excel workbooks in our collections and its a massive mess and causes hours and hours of work to make useable as a whole.

That's probably enough library geek stuff for a friday night

i don't know, i've been talking about archive geek stuff all day and i'm not archived out yet

 

[Mapped]

i don't know, i've been talking about archive geek stuff all day and i'm not archived out yet

You'll like the Digital Preservation Coalition's new memory sticks then. I really want one

 

[weltweit]

It depends on what you are doing, for quick stuff and if you are doing it right then excel can be fine. However a lot of the queries I get is messy excel data with tonnes of records. I've often had to help my colleagues with cleaning, matching and linking horribly structured excel metadata records before they get anywhere near the catalogue. There's tonnes of different structured formats to use xml, JSON etc. The key is to make it machine readable. Even a well done access database can output decent xml.

We're also collecting, preserving and normalising other people's excel workbooks in our collections and its a massive mess and causes hours and hours of work to make useable as a whole.

That's probably enough library geek stuff for a friday night

Me I love Access, frustratingly I don't have it on my home pc atm, and I notice that MS have added quite a lot of Access like features to Excel, still I prefer a database for much of the work I do.

 

[Orang Utan]

wtf do people not wish people luck in job interviews for jobs they're going for?

surely that's a bit selfish? if im interviewed with other people i always wish them luck

I wished her luck, was just overthinking it and got a right earful about it. Getting sick of this.