Skype

Seeing as I am going to be unemployed in three two-and-a-half weeks [yikes], I am starting to reach out to recruiters. One of the guys I am working with (from out east), asked if we could meet over Skype.

Great. The first test for potential employment seems to be whether you can install basic computer software [are you smarter than a fifth grader]. I, of course, had to call Nicola [I’m an accountant who comes with her own help desk].

In addition to simple connectivity, there are presentation things to think about with Skype. I thought “Ah – sketchy quality, my PC camera is 4 years old and has god-knows-what stuck to the lens – he’ll barely be able to see me. I will definitely take off the ballcap, but probably just fluff the hair.”

It’s a damn good thing I tested this skype thing beforehand. Not only is it NOT sketchy, but when I sit over the keyboard [like any good accountant does when sitting in front of a computer] – you can actually make out the pores on my face. Ack! I don’t need a resume, I need a facial. Not only did I NOT wear pajama bottoms as originally planned…but I went ahead and put on perfume, just for good measure. I hope this skype thing doesn’t catch on for meetings – I will have to upgrade my all-pajama office attire.

Incidentally, a skype view into my home office is a little unflattering. At least my PC camera was pointed AWAY from most of my desk – much like a camera pointed out the front door of a condemned house. Seriously…it was mainly pointed at my disproportionately large face [I really was too close] and the ceiling. Which is good, because 12 hours after Julieta finished cleaning our house – the ceiling was the only tidy part of my whole room.

[sigh] I better work on my skype skills or I am going to be limited to a super-casual, big-faced workplace.