Thursday, June 26, 2008

My New Job!!!

I am finally employed again...the mortgage will continue to be paid- Praise the Lord!
It's the perfect marriage of the things I am best at: university enrollment and project management! I'm very excited and very blessed to have this opportunity...and I don't have to be anyone's boss!
The best perk of all is that I get to work from home.
When I was the Director of Admission Operations at Concordia- St Paul I was a client of this company so I have a well established relationship with some of the employees, including my new boss, a peer Project Manager and one of the VPs.
I don't want to bore anyone but here's how it all went down: when Lesley (my new boss) found out I wasn't working she wanted me to interview for this same job but we'd have to move to Iowa. I told them I'd love to but we were not interested in living in Iowa...if they were in (i.e.) San Diego no problem- but not Cedar Rapids, Iowa. So communication was ended, no hard feelings and I thought nothing of it again. Last Monday they emailed me and asked if I'd consider working from home (DUH! OF COURSE) and if so they wanted me to interview. I interviewed over the phone last week, was in Iowa Monday and Tuesday and they offered and I accepted the position yesterday!
I am very excited and ready to get back to work. I will miss some of my freedom of hanging out all day with the doggers and having all of my chores done before anything really got dirty enough to clean but I am really happy to be an active participant in paying the bills again!
The best part is I still get to be at home so the dogs can play outside all day if they want to and I can have the chicken thawing for dinner and the laundry all caught up but still be doing something for 40ish hours a week that I love/get paid for.
Here is a brief synopsis of what my new job entails (the job itself is a little thicker than this describes, but it will give you an idea- hence the term brief synopsis):

Project Manager- Enrollment Mgmt.
Cedar Rapids, IA (nope, 1815 Sherwood Ave!)
Work as liaison between RuffaloCODY clients and internal departments to ensure client satisfaction.
ESSENTIAL DUTIES/RESPONSIBILITIES:
Establish and Manage timelines, lead program implementation
Monitor progress, results
Make recommendations to enhance program performance
Track clients budget
Create invoices for clients
Build & maintain relationships with clients & internal groups
Assist Account Executive with strategic planning

So- thanks everyone for your support, patience with my emotions and prayers during this big fat life lesson I just experienced.
I pray that all of you have jobs that you love and/or the courage to know when it's time to leave and try something new!

2 comments:

Amanda said...

Gurl...Good Job!! That's like everyone's dream job! Getting paid-at home-no makeup!!!!! Hope you love it!

Troy Rosenkranz said...

Congratulations! It's tough to keep up with reading your blog since you update it so often!