My eldest daughters job interview

[Ingrid]

Originally Posted by Vankarhi

I totally agree with you Nancy. And I must admit (i know you should not start a sentence with "AND" either. LOL) you seem to be a very learned person with a wealth of experience in many things. Sort of a jack of all trades, heh! I do not care what Kara chooses to do as a full time job now, she does not seem to really know what she wants to do. At the moment she thinks maybe hairdressing or office administation. We are just applying for everything and anything and putting resumes in to all business around town. We did the hairdressers last week. She always had an interest in hairdressing, but never went down that avenue. I have tried for years to encourage her to apply for anything and do courses that might interest her, but she just couldn't or maybe didn't know what she wanted to do. You learn from your mistakes, and I learned a BIG one many years ago. Kara wanted to be a chef, and I discouraged it (now i know I should not have) I thought that working in the hospitality industry was not the best job. I worked in that industry and as a mother of 3 children then, it probably was hard (especially when your are in a very bad marriage), but for a single girl, it could have been a dream come true. Who knows, but that is one lesson I have learnt, I will only encourage my kids now, and not change what they seem good at and what they feel they would like to do. Kara now does not want to work in the hospitality industry, seeing as she has worked at Macdonalds for the past 5 1/2 years. I have suggested she appy for an apprenticeship as a chef, but she has no interest now. One of our other children is showing an interest in hospitality and I will not discourage that if that is what she chooses. Kara seems to think that she would like to work in an office now, and she is really very excited about this job interview on Tuesday at a beauty shop as a Trainee Office Administator. You know she is really a beautiful girl, with a heart of gold, who really just needs to be given a break. Just like so many young people out there. She has had a couple of boyfriends who have used her and not treated her the way she deserves and this has not helped her self esteem either. The sad thing is, i can see "me" in her when I was much younger. I started to find myself when my ex husband and I split up when I was 35. I so hope my kids find themselves long before then.

Boy can i talk - sorry about that, but I am passionate about my kids, family and my feathered and furred family. Thanks for listening and for your advice and support.

If Its Hairdressing that she is interested in by all means stir her in that direction.. She may totally enjoy that kind of work. Sometimes at that age they are really unsure of really what they want, or what they want to do. I have twin daughters and believe me it has been a trial to say the least. I am so glad to hear that you are giving your daughter support. that is the most benificial thing you can do for her.
HUGS FROM ONE MOM TO ANOTHER.
Ingrid

[Vankarhi]

We did the hairdressers "round" about 2 weeks ago. This week we will do "businesses" for office admin. We will just go through the phone book and do up resume's and cover letters. Every week or fortnight we will choose a business type and then go through the phone book. Should be someone out there looking for a "Kara" to employ!!!

My mum had 2 sets of twins, both sets are boys (I am the only girl out of 9 kids, and first born too) and I can vividly remember what they were like. The first set are now 36 years old and the second set will be 25 in December (mum and I were pregnant at the same time. I had Vance in August, she had James and Colin in December). Young Colin always wanted to be a policeman and his dream finally came true last January. His twin is a carpenter.

[Tiki]

You can always ring them and ask for feed back on why she didn't getthe job, may be useful for the future.

[Vankarhi]

Originally Posted by Tiki

You can always ring them and ask for feed back on why she didn't getthe job, may be useful for the future.

I have told her that. That way she may be able to improve on her interviewing skills, as well as look like she is really interested in bettering herself.

They have not contacted her at all since the interview, so I will suggest she ring on Friday, if there still has been no contact.