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Thursday, June 28, 2012
Killing Time
Tuesday, June 26, 2012
The Other Shoe
I've not posted for a while partly because of stress and mostly because my attitude has been terrible. I've been keeping myself busy with one thing or another but mostly just getting by. The majority of my stress has been from work. I've been doing 2 peoples jobs with no recognition or resolution of the issue pretty much ever since I came back from my back surgery in February. I've been applying for other positions steadily for a month, but knew that the hiring process at the college is slow & that I needed to be patient. Yesterday I had an interview for a reception position in the office of the Dean for Health Sciences. I knew it would be a fussy position but was familiar with the people and felt that even with the known challenges that position would be an improvement from the stress level I have been forced to keep up with in advising at Redwood. The interview went well (I felt) and I wasn't putting too much effort into worrying about the results one way or the other. This morning when I checked my work email I had a couple messages from the Shannon who I worked for recently in Health Science Admissions. She had a position opening up soon at Miller campus and wanted to know if I was interested. I was...
A while later I got a phone call from the deans office asking me to come in for a 2nd interview with the dean and division chair, we scheduled it for Thursday & I was excited.
Another while later I got another email from Shannon including a schedule & asking if I could start on the 9th....when it rains it pours. At 7:30 this morning when I was dragging myself into the office, prepared for another day of not being able to give the quality of customer service I'd like to give due to the quantity of students demanding it, I had no idea that I was going to have this awesome of a day. So here I am, 9 hours later having accepted the new offer, turned down the 2nd interview, and given my notice to Advising. Whew!
Things happen for a reason. I say that repetitively, but it really is true. I have been seeking a change and preparing for a move & now when I need it most; Ta da! Choices. I am so relieved just having made these decisions and acted on them. To have this job literally fall into my lap like this when I was so ambivalent about the other jobs I've applied for was so perfect. I will be good at this, and I know I'll get the training I need to feel confident doing it.
So from no updates to a BIG change here ya go. I promise it won't be months before I post again ;)
Live Long & Prosper
~m
A while later I got a phone call from the deans office asking me to come in for a 2nd interview with the dean and division chair, we scheduled it for Thursday & I was excited.
Another while later I got another email from Shannon including a schedule & asking if I could start on the 9th....when it rains it pours. At 7:30 this morning when I was dragging myself into the office, prepared for another day of not being able to give the quality of customer service I'd like to give due to the quantity of students demanding it, I had no idea that I was going to have this awesome of a day. So here I am, 9 hours later having accepted the new offer, turned down the 2nd interview, and given my notice to Advising. Whew!
Things happen for a reason. I say that repetitively, but it really is true. I have been seeking a change and preparing for a move & now when I need it most; Ta da! Choices. I am so relieved just having made these decisions and acted on them. To have this job literally fall into my lap like this when I was so ambivalent about the other jobs I've applied for was so perfect. I will be good at this, and I know I'll get the training I need to feel confident doing it.
So from no updates to a BIG change here ya go. I promise it won't be months before I post again ;)
Live Long & Prosper
~m
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