Saturday, May 12, 2007

Exciting job opportunity :)

So I know I mentioned a job possibility a while ago and said I'd fill you in when I knew more... so here's the filling for those of you who haven't talked to me recently:
The company is called E-Comm. They are a private company that is contracted by a number of the police, fire, and ambulance services from cities in the Greater Vancouver Area to answer 911 calls. Every time someone calls 911 in the area, it goes to E-Comm's call centre and is then transferred to the appropriate call takers and dispatchers based on location. The company is currently hiring. Reine's friend Ryan (who is one of the managers) offered to give me a tour and let me listen in on some calls in order to help me decide if I thought that this might be a job I would like. I went in last night to do this. I spent 2.5 hours there. I found the entire operation absolutely fascinating. I learned so many interesting things just in the short time I was there. After sitting with one of the call takers and dispatchers, I decided that this definitely seemed like a fun job. I decided to go ahead with the process of applying for the job. Tomorrow they are doing their information/testing sessions. At these sessions, they do the critical testing and first interviews. If you didn't get this done at the info session, the process would take a few weeks... this way you knock out three steps all at one time. If you pass the testing and make it through the first interview, an RCMP security clearance is started. The sessions for tomorrow are all full... however there are usually people who drop out at the last minute. Ryan told me that if I come to the 11am session, there is a good chance that I will be able to be tested, although he can't guarantee it. So tomorrow morning at 11, I am going back, hoping to get a spot in the testing. I am really excited about the opportunity that this job presents, and trusting that if this is where God wants me next, there will be an available spot in the testing and that I will pass (only 50% of the people who test actually pass). There would be so many really good things about this job: the pay, the benefits, the location (w/in walking distance of my house), the experience dealing with crisis and trauma, and the fact that it would be a great way to get to know the city and the needs in the city better, among others. Any of you who read this before tomorrow afternoon, please pray for me... that I would get to be tested and interviewed and that it would go well. I'll let you know the results ASAP :)

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