A Super Big Day...

So i woke up this morning with my day very clearly organised in my head. I was going to put my business woman suit on ( with my new trench coat that makes me feel like a celeb) and i would strut to work and dominate my interview to become team leader of the sales and marketing team at my work. The end. i would hopefully get a 2nd round interview and then it would be announced that i am in charge.

wow. things change quick. I arrived right on time which never happens so i was quite happy with that... but as soon as i sat down i knew my boss and the HR manager had other things in mind for me.

Really great interview. Great questions..some of them threw me off badly though. When asked "if made the team leader and you had to fire 3 of your team mates, who would you fire and why?" oh man... that is SUCH a loaded question. It is hard because these girls and boys are my friends.. i spend all day every day with them and we are extremely involved in eachothers lives. I wont let my friendship with them hold me back, but i dont see why being a bitch about it could possibly help. They also kept asking questions about problem solving using past experiences and i must have referenced my girls at camp 20 times. I have never been so thankful for camp in my whole life. Its suddenly dawned on me, that camp wasnt just the happiest pleace for me, but it also taught me so many life lessons. lame yeah yeah but its true.

Really talked full on for an hour about me, my life, my career, and my goals. They then went on to explain the team leader position in absolute detail. No Sales, No client interation. Boring. If appointed, I may not even have a budget at all; I may not even make sales calls. My whole day would be monitoring the team and motivating them to make sales and monitor their progress. 100% not what I want to do. So basically in the middle of the interview i stopped. Said i appreciated their time and asked to withdraw my application.

Oh geez.

The look on their face was priceless. Kind of like " oh, um, well, what the hell do we ask her next?"

Then the big question came. " Sarah, what DO you want to do? you cant run around America all your life" Ohhhh she really touched a sore spot.. but i chose not to react.

I answered that I LOVE sales, i love advertising, i love marketing and i am extremely ready for bigger clients and higher budgets and i want to start now. I told them that i am not leaving the country, im here to work and learn from them BUT i need to know they have bigger things in mind for me. If im going to give up travelling for 2 years, i need to know im going to come out of it at the other end with something to show for it.

Although the outcome was not was i expected today, i feel so empowered by the whole thing. I had a great interview, i realised that although team leader is the step up i crave, it isnt a step in the right direction. I know my bosses believe in my ability now and word on the street is theyre about to announce a new position. Key Account Manager. Drool... face to face advertising sales, National clients and million dollar budgets. Sales is my porn.no doubt.

I ended in saying that I am excited for the future, even though I don’t know what that is yet. I said I am dedicated to being the best I can be, i smiled and went back to my desk.

In the end, they know I want to learn, they know I want to achieve and they know I want more responsibility. What more can I do now?

in other news, i had a date a few weeks back with a boy i met on the train, it was horrible... he came to the date wearing suspenders and it officially lasted 8 minutes as i called rachel to come and save me ASAP when he asked me my views on capital punishment. Either way, i told him i wasnt keen...and now.. i see him EVERYWHERE i go! he must live around the corner from me, i see him when i go for walks, i see him when im on my way to work or after a big night out with the girls. Note to self. dont meet boys on public transport outside your apartment if you dont want to see them again. Awkward. The End.

Also, my best mate in Aus Rachel moved overseas last week. A little shattered as she is my partner in Melbourne based crimes, but more shattered as she is currently living it up in London with my lifetime lover Richard who i met at camp. Gah. Jealousy can be a tricky emotion...

ps. i can now cook 4 different meals. not including toast so technically thats 5! wahoooo!!