"Certifiable"

So tomorrow (I think) is the Big Day. The culmination of the last 6 weeks of training. The reason I say "I think" is because this whole culmination thing was supposed to happen on Thursday, but as you can see my managers aren't exactly worried about punctuality.

So I'm getting "Certified". Getting "certified" means that I finally get in to "Production". Getting into "production" means I can finally sit at my desk and make outbound phone calls and try to get people to come into the school so I can talk them into enrolling.

Getting "Certified" consists of spending approximately an hour and a half with my manager posing as a prospective student. Taking him through the 35-slide power point presentation that I have now memorized... The presentation includes a component where I will take about 25 minutes questioning the "applicant" about his education and employment history and his career objectives to ensure I'm placing him in the correct (one of eight) programs... Then, I will take him on a tour of the campus, making sure to hit at least 12 "features", explaining each, you know, as an expert... And finally we commence the presentation, and I "close" the "student" by having him sign on the dotted line...

I went on a mock Interview as these things are called on Thursday. It was my first. And I am horrified to say that it was a disaster. It was the first time that I had the chance to actually piece every thing together.

They say no one ever fails these things. And I'm not so worried about that.

It's the ass-of-myself that I'm bound to make in front of real applicants that turns my stomach.