shifts

[threeplusfire]

Today I'm learning to do something completely new and different at work. I'm training to be a back up for the unit that handles background checks and criminal checks, as well as doing online reports and faxes. It is fascinating stuff, both more complex and more simple than my regular rounds. I feel good about it, and there is an advantage that if a good shift opens up I could put in to move into a full time position handling these sorts of things if I wanted.

(It only took months for my own background check, fingerprints and forms to clear. Bless the government and all its complicated layers but did that really need to take months? Wow.)

Work is insanely busy. At least I'm too tired to cause trouble for a good reason.

Comments

Checks

[bronchitikat.livejournal.com]

Probably better that they take months & are done thoroughly, than a quick turnaround & no real checking.

Well, that's the theory.

Doesn't seem to stop all sorts getting 'positions of trust' over here though. One of the more recent news items was of a girl (student) being found dead in a church building. Turned out the caretaker was a registered sex offender - but he didn't disclose that on his job application & they couldn't check cos he'd given a false name. Oh, & the police had lost track of him!

I know, the police have too much to do & not enough people, or money, to do it all.

[sykii.livejournal.com]

Man, I so need a Swearingen icon. That is just awesome.