The Story of My NEW Job

About a month ago I started my new job.  How everything happened, I think it was meant to be.

As I had mentioned before, I applied and interviewed for a newly created manager position in HR.  I spent hours preparing and creating a whole notebook of information that I planned to use when I started the job.  I was a little nervous during the first interview but I was so excited about all of the work I had done to prepare I blew them away before the interview officially started.  I was offered a second interview in which I spent a great deal of time preparing.  Again, I rocked it.  But now I am getting ahead of myself.

My first interview included only HR people, but the second included one woman that was not part of HR.  We were introduced and she described what she did.  While I am standing at the front of the room ready to present listening to her explain, I found myself thinking… ‘wow, that sounds really fun.  I think I would like to do that…’  Probably not the best thoughts to have when you are about to give a presentation for a job interview!

I left the interview feeling very proud of my presentation and responses to the questions I was asked.  I believed I really showed them what I was capable of and really hoped they picked me.

Well, I wasn't picked.  And I found out I wasn't picked the same day I found out that my Grammie wasn't doing so great.  A double whammy of bad news for sure.

But it allowed me to go and see my Grammie without being distracted about maybe being picked for the job.  I am glad I was able to fully focus my last visit on seeing and being with her.

Fast forward a month or so.  A friend asks me to check out a job posting she was interested in and to give her some tips.  After I was done looking at the posting she was interested in, I thought ‘oh, why not check’.  Well, my ‘oh, why not check’ attitude changed to ‘HOLY CRAP THE DEPARTMENT OF THE WOMAN FROM MY INTERVIEW IS HIRING!!!’  Of course I had to run it by my dad to get his okay.

I applied and then had to wait.

As I left the office one afternoon I received a voicemail from a work number.  I didn’t recognize it as an HR one so I listened to the message right away.  I was offered an interview!!  I was so excited I called back right away to schedule it.  I was on cloud 9.

I then realized I would have to tell my boss that I had an interview and might end up leaving… that was going to be a shock.  I have to say she took the news very well and told me that I would do great and they would be very lucky to have me.

Well, they must have realized I was a catch because they offered me the job!  Which ended up causing drama in HR (there was a massive move based on me leaving), but I think at this point everyone is situated and going on with their working lives (just in a slightly different seat and with different work responsibilities).

It was sad to pack up my desk and know that when I left I wasn’t going to be coming back the following Monday.

My HR co-workers threw me a little going away party and everything was so thoughtful and wonderful.  It made it that much harder to leave.  But I have to say the change was a good one though and I am very glad I did it.

This was a very specially made gluten-free cake!  The cookies were gluten-free too!!  Both were delicious.

I love the new place.  It is 1000 times different than HR and I am getting to do fun manipulations of data.  My co-workers are awesome and very nice.  I am not answering the phone, though.  I did very much enjoy that in HR.  Since I have moved to the new job I have received three phone calls (from non-department people), two of which were wrong numbers and one from the person who took over my job in HR.  So a month and three phone calls, not good odds if I want to talk on the phone anymore.

And (just in case you were wondering) my ducks made it over here too.

I have a large enough work space that they all fit and I have TONS of room left to spread out and work.  I was initially worried about bringing them over, but everyone has said nice things about them.

I already have a fairly massive OneNote of all of the things I have learned so far and it is starting to rival my Records one!  I hope to be able to share it like I did with the Records one.  I know it will help out with all of the files we have notes on.  Right now they are scattered all over in different binders for different terms = much to disorganized for me.

I hope to continue impressing them with the speed with which I learn things and my ability to get them all super organized!!