Job Update

It has been so long since I updated I hardly know where to start! I started a new job mid-November. I am so incredibly thankful for how God worked it all out.

On a Thursday I decided to update the resume I had posted on Monster.com months ago. After I updated it Monster gave me the option to make it available to more people, so I decided on a whim to do the more public resume. Within 24 hours I had calls from three headhunters with actual available positions. I was leery at first because many placement operations will tell you they have job openings, but when you get in there you find out they really don't, but they are suuuuure they will get some soon.

On Monday I met with a headhunter that has been in operation since 1967, but I had never heard of them. I met with her and ended up talking to her for over an hour. She brings her dogs to work, what's not to like, right?? =) She had some suggestions for my resume and after I made the changes she sent it to a very well known law firm. Later that afternoon I got a call from her to set up an interview on Wednesday! By the time I got this call from her I had two interviews a day scheduled for every day this week. So, I spent much of my week coordinating where I needed to be and how to get there.

So, on Wednesday I met with a very nice office manager/paralegal manager at the firm and really had a great interview. But I have had great interviews before and you just never know if you did as well as you think you did. Thankfully, by the time I got home I had a phone call from the headhunter telling me how much she liked me and wanted to have me back to meet with the attorneys. The only problem was that one of the attorneys was going to Germany for 12 days starting Saturday. So, here I am thinking this processes is going to go on for awhile...and then I get a call asking me to come in on Friday morning to meet with the attorneys!

I really hit it off with both of them, but like I mentioned, you really never know until you get the call back. After the interview I went to my parent’s house to scan my passport for one of the Headhunters, and I noticed I had a message on my cell! The headhunter was calling to tell me they wanted to offer me the job!! She mentioned in a sad voice that they couldn't offer me the salary I had asked for, but I said it was okay, and then she said how about more?? What???? They offered me more salary than I asked for!!! They also decided to hire me on as a permanent employee, instead of temp to perm. So, I start my new job on Tuesday while my main boss is out of the country.

The cool thing about this entire process is that I felt God with me the entire time. I knew that whatever happened I could count on it being God’s will. I had gotten to the point money wise that I was calling the mortgage company to see if I fit into any of those payment plans the government has come up with, and had just deferred my student loans. It was that bad. My parents offered for me to move back in with them if I needed to. (Have I mentioned how awesome my parents are?) It’s a weird place to be in, where you completely trust in Gods’ will, but still fear what that might end up being. The whole situation has taught me that God does things in His timing for our good, and that we have to rely on that. It something I need to take into other areas in my life. =)