Working Mummies Support Group #2

[Beautiful Disaster]

The ad is now gone.
I called this morning to see what was going on and the boss wasn't there and the lady said he would call me back when he got in. That was 9.06am. Still no call

[MummyNaomi]

Did you hear back from your boss BD?

Well I'm either derranged, stupid or just awesomely stubborn - I've applied for another internal role. Its a Business Analyst Role, a 12 month secondment. Lots of the BA roles are former Team Leaders etc as the management and communication skills transfer nicely, so I've thrown my hat in the ring. While the secondment status isn't fab, it gives me a 12 month reprieve, lets me improve my skill sets significantly and the manager said there is every chance a permanent gig may eventuate in that time, although this particular one is a maternity secondment.

Had a chat with a colleague who's been in the role for 12 months, and a chat with the hiring manager today, submitted it tonight. It closes Friday. Not gonna get my hopes ridiculously up this time, but gonna give it a red hot go! It's probably one of the last chances of a this type of role coming up for a while so a limited opportunity too. Down side - its open across SA/VIC and NSW so plenty of competition. I have my other interview feedback tomorrow too so hope to get something worthwhile out of that

[wysiwyg]

Good luck MN - I think is a smart move, and I think you will make a great BA - communication, common sense, and a desire to understand and the ability to influence, is what makes a good BA in my book (I started life as a BA) - I don't hold that much weight against some of the specifics you see adverts for BA's requiring - most of those are quickly learned, but if you don't have the other things which are more difficult to 'learn' - no amount of knowing the proper way to 'model' or document something will make up for it. Hope you get something useful out of the other interview feedback too.

[peanutter]

Get well soon!!

Busy week ahead here. I have two interstate bouts coming up this month (3 days, and then 5 days) and then overseas (with family, this time) for 5 weeks.

[peanutter]

Sorry to hear, MN. That's no good. But I hope it's because something even better is en route

Work this week has been *bonkers*. Beyond bonkers. And some days it's been really hard to get motivated, which is really a double whammy!

Got to do all the things next week ... And see the kids more. And we've got people staying with us, from out of town ... help!