Hoping 🙏

So the job interview went well.

It’s right in the major city… it’s located in a small unassuming gray brick building…

It was overcast and foggy in places today…

I parked, and started walking towards the door… I passed by a garage door around the back of the building with a hearse parked in front of it…

I got to the front of the building and there was 2 beautiful ornate oak wood doors with a section of etched glass in the top part. Very beautiful.

Both doors were locked… on the side was a door bell and a sign that read – ring bell to enter …

Little funny… cause in my mind I was kind of expecting “Lurch” from The Addams family to answer the door lol

Instead a beautiful young woman with her hair all slicked back in a bun, answered the door. She was dressed in a dark pants suit with a white shirt. Very slender, but beautiful face. She looked gentle and friendly.

I introduced myself and she smiled, shook my hand and said she would be right with me.

I sat on the couch and kinda took in the atmosphere… the building itself is old, and inside it was dark like, the lights in there had a yellowish to them- but it was very peaceful like. The furniture was old but comfortable… it gave you a feeling of kinda comfort? Was not a scary overwhelming type place. Very nice for a funeral home.

Then she came and got me and brought me to a small office… and I sat down in one of the chairs opposite the big wooden desk… she said “hold on one moment and let me grab your resume” … to which I pulled out 2 of my own copies and said “oh I brought you some” (she looked extremely pleased in the fact I was prepared) I was delighted a little bit by that… and saved her time as well. Think that made a good impression right away 🙏

She started by telling me a little about the funeral home… they are a “stand alone” funeral home… meaning they are not attached to any particular cemetery or morgue, they do not prepare the bodies there, but do offer those services. The body’s do come for services.

They can serve up to 300 mourners in their chapel, its actually 2 funeral homes (different locations) but they work together and share staff. The staff are like a team and well oiled machine when comes to funerals… details details details. Everything MUST be perfect.

She said many A type personalities work there for that reason… it can get stressful with back to back funerals and making sure it all runs smoothly. She said even she can be very demanding and expect perfection.

I do not have any issues with that… I am very easy going and can adjust to any personality. I also like details… I absolutely understand the reason for perfection in this industry.

So she asked me pretty simple easy questions about myself… like about my availability – which fits what they want right now… and I said on holidays or summer when school is out – I am available whenever needed.

She asked why I thought this would be a good job for me, so I told her I would be able to pull from my own experience and shared a little bit about having lost a lot of people recently. I am familiar with the details a funeral home needs to have – right down to the obituary…

Then after a few more pretty easy questions that I flowed with… she asked if I had any questions for her… why yes, yes I do … as I opened my portfolio and put on my glasses (lol)

So I asked her maybe about 5 or 6 questions … like

What are the challenges… and she said maybe the types of funerals can be a challenge as well as the families … you just have to be ready for anything

I asked if they were team oriented and a staff that enjoyed their work and worked well together – she said yes and that they work together really well, so much so that if there is a wheel that doesn’t spin right – it’s highly noticed.

I asked why she got into this business and she said initially she needed a job and started in that way… but as time went on it has become fulfilling to her by helping others. She has been in the industry for 11 years.

So after I went through my questions, I said ok that gives me a good sense of the job, I appreciate your answers – thank you very much.

She said she is hiring on both funeral homes and they have several funerals going on this week… but she has a deadline of Friday – so she will let me know by Friday the latest.

I smiled and shook her hand and said thank you very much- I look forward to hearing from you… she smiled …

As she walked me out, she suddenly says out of the blue… “you interview REALLY well”

Omg yay!!! I hope that’s a good sign!!! I smiled and again said thank you! I appreciate that!

So now I will write a “thank you” note and send it to her… I could do an email – but I feel that’s impersonal … a hand written thank you shows my care and seriousness and also shows an old fashioned professionalism. I really want to stand out!! Hand written is not usually something done often anymore.

People get emails every day – but not many get actual mailed thank you notes. So let’s see if that works. 🤞

I think it went really well… now I just have to wait until Friday – in the meantime I am still looking – I don’t want to totally get hopes up or put all my eggs in one basket… but went really well. ❤️

I’ll be back maybe later on? But also maybe tmrw ? We see

So possibly “Gnite” lol ✌️