March 21, 2014
In so many ways, it feels
like a blind date, sans a meal or beverage to keep my hands busy. There are
five candidates applying for one post at the Chiropractor/Acupuncturist’s
office in North Saint Paul . I sit on the firm
chair, writing on my spiral notebook, all of the responses to the inquiries,
dictating notes regarding the intimate details of the behind-the-scenes
functions of the practice. In the meantime, my head spins out, creating
disturbing facts from previous positions. I think backwards, to my job several
years ago, in very similar circumstances, paid twice what they are offering me
here. I cannot help but feel appalled, frightened about the state of the
market, knowing I will most likely turn down the offer, if in fact, the Doc asks
me out on another ‘date.” One part of me wants to stick with it to the bitter
end, wanting to see if I am the Winner. On the other side of the stark reality,
I can’t even pay for my expenses, aside from rent, with the higher end of the
spectrum wage range. Most of the others
applying, or at least the women I took a peek at, while coming or going from
the office, are my age or perhaps a tad more mature. With the numbers standing
in line down to five, I consider just how many applied and went through the skills
assessment then onto first interviews. It is exceedingly costly for a small
firm to hire a part-time employee. Appears to be taking up a lot of the weekly
lunch breaks, over several weeks. Why is it that the companies here in the United States of America
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