I'm ripping up my degree, I think it would be more useful recycled and used as toilet paper

12 hours after arriving in Perth, I was offered a job and started on the spot, then I quit 3 hours later. The job was, what I thought would be perfect. Tour consultant at Discover West Holidays. They offered me the job on the spot which made it hard to refuse and asked me to start training right away. They then told me I could only wear black, white, beige and navy to work..even though I would have no customer contact. Apparently what I was wearing looked like I was on holiday! (I don't think these people know how to holiday). I hated it already. And then, I'm told we can't even have our cellphones on in the building...what about the lunch room?? Where is the trust in your employees??

I thought about it over lunch. My neck was already sore from sitting on my ass all morning. The pay was crap and it would take me 1 1/2 hours to get to work every day. BUT This job COULD be good for my career, right? But whats the point in being unhappy in a job that is only going to lead me to another, maybe higher payed and respected, but boring job in every way. I decided right there and then, I just cannot work in an office anymore.

So now I have no flippen idea what to do with my life. But it feels kind of good to be lost. At least it means theres lots of things to find! Good or bad...

I decided I need to do something on my feet, talking to people. Mainly because thats what I liked about working for ISV. First thing that comes to mind - retail.

But then I have a moral dillemma. I'm trying to become less materialistic, and would love others to be the same. Thats not really retail in a nutshell..

However, I don't have time for moral dilemmas, I'm running out of money, and I need a fun job to do. Fast!

Anyway, I've landed a job as Assistant Manager for Roger David which is a rather flash mens store in Aussie. The Manager is so lovely so I'm sure I will enjoy working with her. Its in a mall only 15 mins up the road, and the hours are good. It means I can be on my feet bouncing around all day talking to random people, yay!

Oh, but disapointment! Its rained 2 days since I got here! Come on Perth mr sunniest city in the world! Actually, I'm not complaining, I did get to spend an hour on the beach the other day. Plan to do that everyday after work alllll summer! You jelous? huh? You better be!!

Life will do a 180 on you at least twice a year...

I promise there has been a reason I haven't updated this for a while...

I've been contemplating whether to tell the world the truth I guess. So here I am deciding to say it…I got fired!

And I’m currently sitting back at a desk at SeaLink in New Zealand working on the phones because I’m practically bankrupt! I’m so thankful for them letting me come back for a few weeks while I’m home.

So I’m going to attempt to tell you the answer to the question I have been asking myself for the last few weeks. What the hell went wrong?

My last entry was talking about how hard the work was as a Recruiter, but how fun it was. And I certainly haven’t changed my mind on that. When it was good, I felt like a rock star. But, when it was bad, it was hell with no way out. No one will ever quite understand the intensity of it all, because at the end of the day, it was just a sales job, right?

No, it was not just a sales job. And I would love to go into the intensity of it but bad mouthing a good company publicly is not how I roll. I’m just disappointed, because I KNOW that had I been given equal opportunity I would still be in America and could be doing an awesome job of it. I keep looking at some of the other recruiters photos and feeling happy for them but sick to my stomach because I know I should be there selling the program. I don’t care that it was so stressful I started biting my nails again for the first time in years, swore more than ever, and that I almost wanted to start smoking (but didn’t). I don’t care! I feel like no one on this planet wants anyone to go on that program more than I want them to, because it was a beautiful thing for me and it changed my life. So why shouldn’t I be selling it?!! I’m a big believer that everything happens for a reason, I just wish that reason was evident right now…

Anyway, rant over. I do apologise to everyone I haven’t contacted since I’ve been back in NZ, I didn’t see the point in saying hello and goodbye all over again, since it was such a big goodbye when I left in June. I’m leaving for Australia again this Saturday morning. I’ll be spending a weekend in Sydney with my friend Greg then I’ll be starting life in Perth on Monday!

Since there’s always a lot of talk about people crossing the ditch for various reasons (mine being change, money and weather), I’m going to keep updating my blog as to how the adjustment is going.

So far I have already set up an Aussie bank account, which was super easy over the phone because Commonwealth Bank in Australia own ASB bank. All I need to do is go and pick up my debit card when I get to Perth. I’ve applied for jobs on Seek, and I will be staying with my friend Dionne till the end of summer. Hopefully this attempt to work in another country doesn’t turn out so badly! Wish me luck. :-D