There was a announcement for a position open in Koulutuskeskus Salpaus. They are looking for a person to be responsible for organising stable work in Jokimaa. The title would be Tallivastaava and this person will be responsible of all the practical things in the stables. There are about 40 horses and 3-5 persons working and guiding the students work. I send an application and got into interview. 41 applicants in total and they are interviewing 6 persons.
The interview situation was, well I didn't know that there are still interviews like this. four person sitting in front of me on the other side of the meeting room and questioning me for an hour! There were developing manager (also partly HR Person), some bigger boss from Päijät-Hämeen Koulutuskonserni (lady, who's name and title I forgot already), koulutusalapäällikkö and one teacher (she happens to be a friend of mine from Mustiala). The questions they asked:
- Why did you apply for this job?
- What do you think learning is?
- Do you have experience in working with young people?
-Do you have experience on being a boss?
- What would you do if a student refuses to come to school?
- What do I think of schools horses?
- How will I manage a situation where five people are looking the same horse and saying different things how it should be taken care of?
- Can you fix things in the stable for example a flat wheel?
- Do you like to tell other people how to do their job?
- How would you market our new manege outside?
-Do you have a driving license and a permission to animal transport?
- What special competences do you have? for example shoeing a horse?
etc etc
Anyway the interview went well and thanks to studies in IPTE I could answer in all the questions. And I asked questions myself too: how are things managed in the stable, the timetables etc. I don't have experience of being a boss or not that much of working with young students, I don't have a permission to animal transport, I don't have a license to drive a trailer but a small truck yes. But is there a person who has all these abilities? To be a professional horse person, a boss, salesman, capable of guiding students, a handy man and so on. One has to be a superhuman to get a job these days! So it depends if they appreciate more teacher studies and heavy experience in stable work and that I'm a team person or they will choose some handy man to fix stuff around and driving a truck and a trailer. Not to mention that I have useful experience from abroad and I could guide also foreign students. Plus if there's a need I could be a substitute teacher also. Well we'll see how things go and if I don't get the job it's not the end of the world.
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