I miss you guys!

[fancytalk]

First week of training down. Not much time to be on the computer to read or post. I'm getting up a little before 6, gone by 6:30 and on the bus, then I don't return home until 6 p.m. And I've been tired this week so I'm barely checking my email. I could read and post at work. However, they do random screen shots of what you are doing. So even though I can check things during breaks and lunch, I'd really rather not let it be known to the Big Brother about the sites I visit on my own time.

Really think I'm going to like this job. I'm looking forward to getting on the phone and actually working instead of sitting in a classroom and "learning" all the things I need to do. There is also a wide variety of learning curves among our group so sometimes things move a lot slower than I want them to move.

OK, so this is going to be short today. I have laundry and house cleaning to accomplish since I need an extra 2 hours per day to do things. I'm looking forward to my true schedule when I'll be able to get up and do stuff before going to work.

Comments

[hippiedork.livejournal.com]

So, how much longer until training is over? I hope once you actually get to "work" that you enjoy it. Training is a pain because it goes soooooooooo slow.

P.S. PLEASE MAKE ME QUIT SMOKING!!!!!

:P

[yesimthegirl.livejournal.com]

I've got 2 more classroom weeks and then 3 weeks of practice calls. Training is a big pain in the butt when we spent 2 hours learning how to use Outlook and the email policies.

It's a good program. I'll have to look to see if California is on the list of states they serve. Because smoking is sooooooo bad for you. :P

[hippiedork.livejournal.com]

Ewww, did you scream? That would have made me crazy. But patience isn't my strong suit.

[fitfool.livejournal.com]

So what kind of tasks are you being trained to do? I forget what this new job is now.

[yesimthegirl.livejournal.com]

the job is a phone counselor position for a smoking cessation program. So we're being trained on how to talk to participants about what smoking does to your health, how to quit, and set up quit plans with them. And all that fun stuff also means that we have to learn how to use their database, so we get to spend this week doing that.