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04 January 2013

So he got the job →[More:] My son's externship at the pharmacy ended last week. They had him fill out an application and he "flunked" the personality profile, I think mostly because he sees shades of gray where they wanted black and white. The store smoothed that over and late last week had him take the drug test.

Yesterday morning they called him and said he passed his drug test and asked if he could start at 1 pm. He's worked two days so far and already has 19 hours worked, despite not being "on the schedule." (The store is still short of pharmacy techs even though they hired him.)

So far, so good.
post by: Doohickie at: 23:18 | 21 comments
Yay!

... and congratulations, too.
posted by Ardiril 04 January | 23:53
Good for him!
You must be pleased.
posted by rmless2 04 January | 23:57
Hooray!
posted by sperose 05 January | 00:24
Whew! Good stuff!
posted by sio42 05 January | 00:41
And.... he's already starting to look at apartments.
posted by Doohickie 05 January | 00:47
Ha. Doohickie, you must be relieved.
posted by jouke 05 January | 01:40
Oh man that's so great!!!! I actually had him in a small corner of my thoughts, so it's nice to be able to make that corner a happy warm spot. And, hey congrats to you on the achievement you have made as well (I'm not a parent, so I can't quite put it into words, but I think you done good.)
posted by Twiggy 05 January | 01:43
Wonderful!
posted by arse_hat 05 January | 01:52
Glad for you and for him.
posted by fleacircus 05 January | 02:09
It's good to know you're allowed to acknowledge grey areas if you can pass a drug test. Ah, America.
posted by ethylene 05 January | 02:12
YES! I love hearing good news!
posted by mightshould 05 January | 04:41
Woooo!
posted by The Whelk 05 January | 06:06
This is great news. A successful feeling for both of you. And Mrs. Doohickie also no doubt. A nice start to the new year!
posted by Kangaroo 05 January | 07:29
Very good news!
posted by gaspode 05 January | 08:26
Whooh whooh!
posted by Slack-a-gogo 05 January | 08:50
Those employment personality tests are comically ridiculous. Glad that wasn't a dealbreaker. Congratulations.
posted by Miko 05 January | 10:32
Great news. Fingers crossed that this is the start of a good career for him.
posted by Senyar 05 January | 10:33
Yay!
posted by msali 05 January | 10:39
Excellent!
posted by brujita 05 January | 13:05
That's awesome. Took me awhile to find my niche, too (I was 36 when I started teaching). And I'm into my 11th year at my job now (never stayed more than six months at a job before -- my family had lost hope). Course, in my case, desperation really helped with the "stick-with-it-ness."
posted by Pips 05 January | 16:49
Congrats!
posted by gomichild 05 January | 17:02
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