I got an interview...

artman @_@artman @_@
Posted:
in General Discussion edited January 2014
...with IKEA. Interview's Sunday. I really don't know what for either. Could be sales, could be web or graphic design. I have a friend who works there and she suggested I apply and attach my web/graphic design resume with the application. I also have her as a reference.



I expected a week to two weeks for a reply. But HR called two days later. Thing is that I worked there before. From '85 to '90. I left to persue my design goals. Now I may be going back...weird.



With nothing else out there replying and with the web/graphics market as it is now I think this could be what I need to move on. Speaking of moving, that could be another decision I may have to make too. The commute from Center City to the 'burbs will be killer (1 bus ride = 1 half hour, there and back). Done it before but the option to relocate looks immanent...



Still, I am excited. It'll be a chance to be with my friend more.



I'll miss Philly though if I move... <img src="graemlins/hmmm.gif" border="0" alt="[Hmmm]" />

Comments

  • Reply 1 of 11
    hmurchisonhmurchison Posts: 12,425member
    Good Luck Art! The commute may suck but it's always nice to be pulling in some dough.
  • Reply 2 of 11
    outsideroutsider Posts: 6,008member
    Sweet! Good luck on the interview. My wife loves IKEA stuff.
  • Reply 3 of 11
    ghost_user_nameghost_user_name Posts: 22,667member
    :cool:



    Half hour is a long commute? <img src="confused.gif" border="0">
  • Reply 4 of 11
    artman @_@artman @_@ Posts: 2,546member
    [quote]Originally posted by Scott H.:

    <strong> :cool: Half hour is a long commute? :confused: </strong><hr></blockquote>



    Sorry. Hour and a half... I have done this before, but the other way around ('burbs to Philly and back). Still, it isn't that I have to hopscotch from bus to train to bus etc...



    Thanks for the support all. Thanks for putting up with my postal mental rants these past few months too...



    I have really been going nutzo trying to find work. There have been some nice openings (one was at an Apple reseller...still haven't heard from them... ). But there isn't ever a call back or they just drag their butts...



    Gotta run!
  • Reply 5 of 11
    g4dudeg4dude Posts: 1,016member
    [quote]Originally posted by Scott H.:

    <strong> :cool:



    Half hour is a long commute? :confused: </strong><hr></blockquote>



    30 minutes on the bus is nothing. If you had a car, it would be more like a 15 minute commute. I've always thought a commute less than 1 hour was considered short.
  • Reply 5 of 11
    logan calelogan cale Posts: 1,281member
    I commute to school/work an hour and a half every day. Good luck (with the interview, not the commute. )
  • Reply 7 of 11
    willoughbywilloughby Posts: 1,457member
    I wish you the best of luck. If you get the job at IKEA you'll be in my new neighborhood. I'm moving into that area in a few weeks and I'll be commuting to Philly everyday. So I'll be doing your reverse commute.



    I love the area though, but I don't like living in the city. To each his own, I guess.



    Good luck and here's to hoping they open an Apple Store in King of Prussia!!!!



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  • Reply 8 of 11
    logan calelogan cale Posts: 1,281member
    [quote]Originally posted by Willoughby:

    <strong>I'll be doing your reverse commute.</strong><hr></blockquote>



    Don't crash into each other.
  • Reply 9 of 11
    ghost_user_nameghost_user_name Posts: 22,667member
    You all should live where you work. I work with a guy now that leaves the house at 4:30 to get to work at 6. <img src="confused.gif" border="0">
  • Reply 10 of 11
    powerdocpowerdoc Posts: 8,123member
    Good luck, Artmann, perhaps some day i can baught something in Ikea designed by you ? :cool:
  • Reply 11 of 11
    alcimedesalcimedes Posts: 5,486member
    best of luck to you. i'm supposed to start my new job the 15th.



    i think the market might be picking up a bit.
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