new job

2 days after Ezril was born I received a call from my boss. The gist of the call was that the company wasn't meeting its goals, and couldn't afford to employ me any longer. Needless to say it was quite a shock, yet it was not surprising given the climate of the company for which I was working at the time.

My 8 days in a row of vacation was cut short and I found that although I had planned to do nothing, I could no longer relax and enjoy doing it.

I began to tap into all connections and see if anyone I knew had any prospects. I have many contacts for outside companies in the same industry, but not one of them had anything. I wasn't surprised given the other companies experiencing similar layoffs.

I continued to apply for any opening which remotely matched my skills and experience, and polished up my resume, etc.

Exactly two weeks after the layoff call I got a call from CollegeAmerica Services Inc. about my application for the analyst position. The man on the phone asked if I could meet him in an hour for an interview. My hands were covered with glue, and I had fiberglass and dust ALL over me (remodel work), but I of course said 'yes' immediately.

I interviewed with two people and we talked about the job and the industry. I've been working in the exact same thing so I could 'speak their language' which is a very specific, convoluted one.

A few days later the interviewer emailed and said since he didn't know how to judge my analytical/reporting skills by talking to me, he asked if I could provide an example of my work.
I was able to procure a huge report that I built from scratch with lots of boring data to send him- I felt like the report was quite impressive and got my hopes up.

Exactly 3 weeks after I got the layoff call, I got the "you're hired" call. He asked, "Can you start tomorrow?" I felt that only a mump would say no, so of course I got my little self shaved and cleaned up, and was there bright and early.

I've been here a week and so far it is fantastic. I'm getting my bearings and all signs point to this being much, much, much more enjoyable than my previous job, which was satisfactory, if not stressful at best.

March saw a lot of huge changes in life, and the dust seems to be settling. From my current vantage point it seems the Lord decided; "You're not all that happy doing this- time to change" and He had everything all lined up for me- everything 'fell into place'.