The Roey, 全名Roebuck Bay Hotel，始建于1890年，是Broome历史最悠久的旅馆。经营范围包括：背包客栈，旅馆，餐厅，3大酒吧(Sports Bar, Oasis Bar, Skylla Lounge) 和 酒超市。
在The Roey, 每周四晚上的Wet T Party极受背包客及当地人欢迎。“没有来过Roey的Broome之旅是不完整的”——大家都这么说。
简单介绍下我在The Roey的岗位：
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职位：Account Payable
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薪资：$26.49/h
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工作时间：逢工作日8:00-16:30
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工作内容：
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收集打印invoice，找领导签字授权付款；
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录入系统，确保各种资料电子存档；
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处理各个系统的报告，确保数据一致；
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在due date前给各大供应商付款；
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核对Statement，确保没有遗漏处理的invoice；
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记录核实每天营业额，及各种账户之间的调账。
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完成会计交代的其他活。
关于Account Payable这个岗位，我暂时没找到对应的中文翻译，而且又是在给会计打下手，暂且称自己为会计助手。欢迎内行小伙伴赐教。
由于当时得到offer太开心，我都忘记问薪资了，直到第一次发工资才得知时薪是$26.49，周末另算（这个薪资在Broome这个打工者天堂只能算上平均水平）。
工作时间为周一至周五8:00-16:30, 中午任意休息30分钟，每周工时有40h。
时间倒退回1月中，虽然当时很欢乐地在咖啡厅打咖啡，但是它离家远，通勤不方便，想找份离家近的工作。
彼时的我，已经尝试过小超市，中餐厅，咖啡厅，西餐厅打杂，不想再找类似的工作，决心进军办公室打杂。
接下来就是狂刷几大招聘网站：Seek, Indeed, Gumtree, Facebook。我甚至在网站上设置了Broome的新工作提醒，只要有新岗位登出，隔天便会收到网站的新岗位汇总提醒。
1月15日，在收到Seek推送的邮件提醒后，火速网投了这个Account Payable的岗位，离家只有800米，骑车5分钟，简直完美。
虽然我之前没有任何此岗位的经验，但是我脸皮够厚
投完后再仔细一瞧“But if you feel you have the desire and commitment to learn, comeand see us for a chat. Everyone has to start somewhere”莫名被后半句感动到，大白话即：只要你有心要学，过来聊一下，没经验也没关系，每个人都是这样走过来的。
立马让活泼可爱美丽动人的舍友Ophelia帮忙打印了简历，骑着我的Tiffany出门去walk in投简历了。
Walk in当天没聊到什么，递交了简历，员工就让我回来等电话了。这话真心客套啊，但如果他们过几天不给我电话，我一定会厚脸皮再回来的。
3天后，就收到经理Tamara的面试电话了，大概问了一下我之前的工作经验，我坦诚在澳洲并没有相关的经验，着重强调之前国内的银行经验，及我超级愿意学习新知识的心。她很爽快地约我隔天到办公室面谈。耶嘿！成功了一半！
挂了电话后，那天下午一整天我都在Youtube恶补MYOB的基本操作及温习Excel的课程（离开办公室已久，连基本快捷键都忘记了），为面试做力所能及的准备。
1月19号面试当天，排在我前面的一位面试者看上去非常正式且职业，给我添了不少压力。
然而轮到我面时，整个过程并没有我想象中的严肃和正式，我甚至都想不起来问了啥问题。面试结束后，两位经理Tamara and Sue和我确认了上班时间。【震惊，幸福来得如此突然】
1月21日，正式开启了我在The Roey的办公室打杂生涯。
从投简历到电话沟通到面试，再到正式上班，只花了6天。这个效率赞耶！
你们一定和我一样好奇，他们为啥在此岗位上请一个中国的背包客咧？就此我还突发奇想特地“采访”了我的上司Sue Diamond。
前方高能预警：我的声音太大，Sue的声音太小，整体音质欠佳，感兴趣小伙伴可以戳开，纯当听力素材。
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我比较幸运
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他们很缺人
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中国人天生的逻辑感优势
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我给他们的感觉很开心，性格不错。
语言障碍是肯定有的。听不懂的时候，我都直接说不明白，Sue要么换另外一种表达，要么直接给我谷歌单词。
她虽然是我的头头，但是绝对没有大架子。从基本概念的解释，流程的介绍，到MYOB系统操作，都十分耐心教我。
由于这个岗位的性质，她希望我不确定的地方能及时沟通，而不是自己擅自做决定操作。这或许在其它岗位也适用，不懂就要敢于请教。
她乐意教，我用心学。在她的教导下，一个月后，另外一位员工入职时，我已经能教新员工系统层面的操作了。
从左到右：Account Payable, Accountant, Bookkeeper
工作内容不难，同事也很好相处，唯一一点很难适应的就是：只有30分钟的午休。午休后的我盯着电脑就能睡着。何以解困？唯有咖啡！导致我现在重度依赖咖啡，不喝咖啡就没劲。
最后，结合我自己这段找办公室工作经验，给想找类似工作的小伙伴一点建议：
简历是给雇主展示自己能力和工作经验的第一个载体。过了这一关，才有接下来的电话/面试。
网上有很多简历模板可以套用；而关于岗位描述，可以借鉴招聘网站类似职位的用词。尽量让简历看上去整洁及专业。
不管职位要求多高大上，不管自己是否符合职位要求，投投投。投了不一定有机会，但不投肯定没机会被看见。
这听起来很老套。一旦尝过英文好的甜头，你就会自觉学习了。网络资源那么丰富，大家一定会找到适合自己的方法。
在Broome的小伙伴呢，周末有空可以顺便载Amy逛下超市，发工资了就请Amy吃顿饭，带Amy出去兜风。
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最后，给大家拜个晚年，祝大家牛气冲天，找到理想工作。
A: I suddenly have this idea. You know I’ve been writing blogs, right?
S: Yea, What have you done now?
A: Would it be OK for you to …like…answer a few questions and I will take a video of that and put it into my next blog?
A: Just a simple very very simple…OK What comes to my mind is…
S: I have to think what comes to your mind.
A: You know I always have new ideas, eh,yes. It is basically about, you know, jobs tips for backpackers who are lookingfor office jobs. That’s what I am going to write, going to share.
S: Jobs tips, wooooo That’s hard. A lot of people don’t want backpackers for office work.
A: Yea yea, we do know that but you knowhere I am.
S: You are lucky, very lucky.
A: Yes. I consider myself very lucky too. So eh, my questions 1 is what do you value the most, you know, in the candidateor the person that’s gonna work with you in the office?
S: Oh God. How I get myself into this.
A: Take it easy, It is very…
S: I know, that’s what I am thinking about. What do I value? Someone who can follow a process. When you use Excel, you can move stuff around.
A: Got that little skills to make works easier. That’s good.
S: Someone who understands. Talking you anyway.
A: Ha, you’re talking about me. Yes. And thank you Sue! My next question will be, I probably have asked you before, but I kind of forget. So when or what made you and Tamara that, you know, kind of came to an agreement that ( to hire me)？
A: Desperately need someone badly.
S: I suppose being Chinese…there is an assumption that Chinese are logical thinkers,clear thinkers, business, I supposed, oriented.
A: But, you know, you just look at my resume…
S: With technical, I don’t know, Chinese people are supposed, are able to get hired in banking and business world. It is just inherent skills. It is something that is within you.
A: Oh, appreciated you saying that because,you know, like we already know, I applied the job on SEEK, and then I walked in, and then when I came for the interview, and I think it is gonna be like hard and truly interview, but when I came for the interview, you were interviewing another young man, right?
S: Yeah, he was just laid-back, and yeah, no worries, when the pressure gets put on, what do he gonna do?
A: But you can tell what you can expect from me that day? Just curious.
S: He had a lot of qualifications in Australia, he wasn’t using it. And you ask yourself why.
A: Emmmm. I am so lucky. Cause I remember that day when I walked in and I ‘ve told you yesterday before I came to the office to meet you and Tamara, I did watch a lot of videos(of MYOB).
A: Yeah, I am just want to be prepared. But what surprised me is, like, we were having a very casual talk about my availability and when to work something like that. And then I got a job. Yes, so now that we are…
S: The hard thing is that I can’t keep you.
A: Yeah I am thinking, I’ll try to be here as long as I can
S:….I can handle it. Cause all the backpackers in Pearlers or Sports bar, they come, they are gone.
A: Before you know it, know them.
S: Exactly. You do payrolls, all the employee files. They come, they go. Trying to keep up with moving it on.
S: It is just something inherent with Chinese, I suppose, you expect them to have more understanding of technology.
A: So have you ever worked with any Chinese before?
S: I have, not many. Just sort of generalized expectation, or perception.
A: Oh~~~I ‘ll take it as an accomplishment.Thank you Sue. And what’s next? So, what’s your first impression of me that day? Although we didn’t really have a very serious interview.
S: You were…impression… you were happy, you were out… Look like you were making things easy to please people.
A: Thank you, even the first day?
S: Even the first day? Especially the firstday.
A: Really? Thank you Sue.
S: Nice personality. Looking to please people.
S: You are still easy to please. Make it easier for the employer.
A: Enjoy to work… enjoy the working.
A: Yes, thank you. So… What’s next what’s next…
S: Stop, turn it off. That’s what’s next.
A: OK Sue. I would make you better Chai Latte. I’ll catch up catch up with the best Chai latte that you’ve ever had. OK. Thank you Sue! I am happy you are doing this for me. Thank you!
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