Day 8

A good day. My Scotiabank contact came through - an e-mail followed by a call. I'm meeting him on Friday morning. He tells me there's actually two positions to be filled, one of which isn't even posted yet. We'll meet to discuss which might be the better fit. I'm excited but don't want to get my hopes up. What if neither is a fit.

Next up - my meeting with Rogers. The Starbucks is too crowded so we head back to his office. He gives me a brief synopsis of this "new organization within an organization". A Canadian version of Hulu and then some. The conversation was only a half hour but I liked what I heard and I hope he did too. He's young, but as my friend said, very sharp and astute. I could work for him, but I'm getting ahead of myself. We conclude with him saying he will go about setting up formal interviews with his colleagues, but he also wants me to consider starting on contract - immediately?

I sent my thank you e-mail and received an almost immediate response. Position/s will formally be posted - ugh- formality, but he will start arranging interviews next week. He really wants me to give some more thought to starting on contract next week. I told him that that is what I needed to give more thought to - I don't have a GST number and contract work really screws with my EI claim. He asked for a rate. Off the top of my head I gave him $100/hr (negotiable) plus expenses. Easier and cheaper to just bring me on full-time and I told him so. Let's see what action this brings.

I'm in a quandary. The Rogers opportunity seems more exciting and more up my alley, but I don't know enough details about the Scotiabank opportunity to make any rash decisions. A bank is stable and I have experience with this one. The last time I worked on contract there it included benefits. The salary range might be a bit low. Hmmm. I have nothing confirmed from Rogers, so again, I'm getting ahead of myself. Things happen for a reason so I'll just have to wait and see how things play out. Grrrrr.

It's that time again, but first another streaming episode of The Mentalist. I need to catch up.