Yes, I have now started my first actual outside-of-the-home-and-school job :-)
I began this past Monday (yesterday) and am now working for KILDEN, a sub-section of Forskningsrådet ("Research Advisory") that focuses on women and gender studies. It is a temporary position that lasts from (and including) October to the end of January (a four-month position, or, as I like to think of it, a semester-long position). My work primarily consists of maintaining a national database for candidates for corporate boards of directors and assisting the customers registered within the database. Beyond this I will also participate in and assist various projects within KILDEN as best as I can. Unofficially, my work includes odd-jobs such as watering the plants, maintaining the copy machine, etc (menial work that just doesn't cross anyone else's minds).
It's a full-time job (or close to) at 37.5 hours a week (which include a paid half-hour for lunch each day). I've got a few holidays in December (Christmas Eve, First and Second Christmas Day, New Year's Eve, and one day of my choosing), and the work is thankfully the kind that gets done at the office (meaning that I won't have to take any projects home or work overtime). The pay is the nicest part though, which is (I believe) approximately $4,500.00 (prior to income taxes, 30% in Norway) per month. I look forward to my first paycheck :-D
That's it for me! My spare time has been drastically reduced by this development, so I must make the most of it :-)
- Nick
