Director of HR Wants to Meet With Me...

[Anonymous]

...but I haven't done anything!

I'm a SAHM who's decided to go back to work part-time after being home for 5 years. I recently applied for work through a temp agency doing clerical work in the type of field I worked in for 10 years prior to staying home. Mind you, I was a CPA but decided to do clerical work in a financial institution instead of taking on the more serious task of having to worry about numbers. It gives me something to do, an outlet now that the kids are all in school full-time.

The agency referred me to a company. I met with the key players in the company's office, filled out my preliminary paperwork, etc. I just listened to a voice mail from the Director of HR of said corporation. She wants me to come in for a meeting. WHY? The message was left yesterday so I can't call her back and ask what's up. I'll do that on Monday.

In the meantime, can anyone think of a reason she'd want to meet with me over menial work that I haven't even started yet? Start date is in two weeks? I've been out of the rat race for a few years and I'm not sure if this is the norm now.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:...but I haven't done anything!

I'm a SAHM who's decided to go back to work part-time after being home for 5 years. I recently applied for work through a temp agency doing clerical work in the type of field I worked in for 10 years prior to staying home. Mind you, I was a CPA but decided to do clerical work in a financial institution instead of taking on the more serious task of having to worry about numbers. It gives me something to do, an outlet now that the kids are all in school full-time.

The agency referred me to a company. I met with the key players in the company's office, filled out my preliminary paperwork, etc. I just listened to a voice mail from the Director of HR of said corporation. She wants me to come in for a meeting. WHY? The message was left yesterday so I can't call her back and ask what's up. I'll do that on Monday.

In the meantime, can anyone think of a reason she'd want to meet with me over menial work that I haven't even started yet? Start date is in two weeks? I've been out of the rat race for a few years and I'm not sure if this is the norm now.

You never know... Could be she got your resume and wants you for something else. If you technically start from a temp agency and they want to hire you they have to buy out the temp agency.

[Anonymous]

They might want to hire you.
Cheaper cpa.

[Anonymous]

Don't stress! What temp agency did you use?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:...but I haven't done anything!

I'm a SAHM who's decided to go back to work part-time after being home for 5 years. I recently applied for work through a temp agency doing clerical work in the type of field I worked in for 10 years prior to staying home. Mind you, I was a CPA but decided to do clerical work in a financial institution instead of taking on the more serious task of having to worry about numbers. It gives me something to do, an outlet now that the kids are all in school full-time.

The agency referred me to a company. I met with the key players in the company's office, filled out my preliminary paperwork, etc. I just listened to a voice mail from the Director of HR of said corporation. She wants me to come in for a meeting. WHY? The message was left yesterday so I can't call her back and ask what's up. I'll do that on Monday.

In the meantime, can anyone think of a reason she'd want to meet with me over menial work that I haven't even started yet? Start date is in two weeks? I've been out of the rat race for a few years and I'm not sure if this is the norm now.

You never know... Could be she got your resume and wants you for something else. If you technically start from a temp agency and they want to hire you they have to buy out the temp agency.

+1 It's probably a good thing, OP. Good luck!

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Don't stress! What temp agency did you use?

Whitman. Which by the way is a wonderful agency. I've been very pleased with them.

[Anonymous]

She probably wants your social security card.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:She probably wants your social security card.

Already submitted.

If lost, couldn't she have simply given that as the reason for calling?

Why request a meeting instead of having the piddling HR worker call for it? Why not ask the temp agency for it?

[Anonymous]

I can tell you that HR at my job is like, 5 people. And one of them only does benefits, another only does training and development, no recruiting or hiring at all. So it would not be at all unusual for the HR director to contact a candidate about something and it could easily be something piddling. I wouldn't stress about it.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:...but I haven't done anything!

I'm a SAHM who's decided to go back to work part-time after being home for 5 years. I recently applied for work through a temp agency doing clerical work in the type of field I worked in for 10 years prior to staying home. Mind you, I was a CPA but decided to do clerical work in a financial institution instead of taking on the more serious task of having to worry about numbers. It gives me something to do, an outlet now that the kids are all in school full-time.

The agency referred me to a company. I met with the key players in the company's office, filled out my preliminary paperwork, etc. I just listened to a voice mail from the Director of HR of said corporation. She wants me to come in for a meeting. WHY? The message was left yesterday so I can't call her back and ask what's up. I'll do that on Monday.

In the meantime, can anyone think of a reason she'd want to meet with me over menial work that I haven't even started yet? Start date is in two weeks? I've been out of the rat race for a few years and I'm not sure if this is the norm now.

You never know... Could be she got your resume and wants you for something else. If you technically start from a temp agency and they want to hire you they have to buy out the temp agency.

I think this. Think about if you really want more responsibility than the clerical position you were hired for and be prepared to hear the offer and if you need to, take some time to think about it.

[Anonymous]

Yeah, I have no idea what this mtg is about, but I know a few CPAs that were SAHMs for a while - or still are more or less working very part-time, I think your skills may be in demand