So today I sit and wait for the phone to ring...
The training session started on Wednesday with seven of us. Thursday there were five. Those five graduated yesterday with certificates. We all interviewed with the owner and sales manager at the dealership. That dealership is planning to hire three. Which means that two of the five will be calling the placement service Monday morning.
It's a little odd that I'm considering cutting my hair. When I've been asked about that in the past, it was something I really didn't want to do. Then again, it was in the context of cutting it to get a job I didn't actually want. No appeal there. But for this? For selling motorhomes and campers? That I can do.
The main issue at this point is I've had long hair so long it's hard for me to envision anything else. I cut in back in '99, and Amy liked the style, although I don't really remember it. Within six months I'd regretted cutting it. I haven't cut it since, and didn't plan to. At the moment I'm considering going for the shorter ponytail look. But there is something to be said that there is a large portion of the motorhome market that is a little older and quite a bit more conservative and might feel less comfortable paying a lot of money to buy something from "some long-haired hippie kid that doesn't shave."
I've been wearing my beard extremely short, so I'll probably let it grow out a little so it looks like an intentional beard, and not just stubble. Completely clean-shaven I look way younger, so that's probably not the better solution. If I look like I'm still in college that isn't going to help professional credibility...
But supposedly the owner and sales manager (both of whom I like) sat down together last night to decide which ones they were going to hire. The owner said he'd call everyone today and let us know one way or the other.
So now I'm just waiting for the call. I'm pretty sure I know the answer. I'm just not entirely sure what to wear to work on Monday. :-) (Maybe not the most manly of statements, but oh well.)
In training we were in shirts and ties. The employees all have logo golf shirts. I expect I'll be given a few of the shirts, but I never did meet their current sales guy, so I'm not sure if it's a dress shoes or hiking boots environment.
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