A New Job!

I finally have some good news that's job related (and that would be the first time I can say this all year!). I've been quite unhappy with the way things are going where I work. I am in chrage of HR and the office, and I also supervise 8 staff. But they don't use me for HR, and I have almost no say with my staff. I love doing HR and have been doing it for quite some time and want to keep doing it. But when you're at a company that will have everyone else help with job assessments (for example) but me, then there is a problem.

So I've been looking for something new, working with a recruiter and searching on my own. I've had a few interviews, but nothing to write home about. Then I found a job with an accounting company that is about 7 miles from my home. I really liked the responsibilities that were listed. So I sent my resume. I got a call the next week asking me to come in for an interview, and they sent me the job description. And WOW - I was totally in love with the job description!! It was everything that I wanted to be doing. So I was pretty psyched about the interview.

So I went in for the interview. I met with the managing partner and another one. I felt an instant connection with both of them, liked what they had to tell me, and they seemed to like what I had to tell them. I wanted this job! And then I found out we had a connection - the managing partner (Paul) knew the president (Jim) of one of the companies I used to consult for. They've known each other for 45 years! So Paul asked me what Jim would say about me, and I said that his remarks would be positive. He was my favorite client. So the next day, I sent off my thank you's and got a reply back from Paul. He talked with Jim and Jm had nothing but positive things to say about me. So that was good. I was expecting to hear from them later that week to come back in for another interview.

So Monday I get an e-mail from the other partner (Rob) asking if I could come in this week to meet with some of the other partners. I went in this morning. Rob said that he wanted me to "meet with some of the people I'd be working with." Of course I took that to be very favorable. So I met with two more of the partners (there are 9 in all), and that seemed to go well. Then, as we were finishing up the conversation, Rob told me that he "really liked me" (in terms of the job) and Paul said that he wanted to hire me!! Yippee! I replied back that I would like to work there. So I was expecting a call later today or tomorrow to finalize everything.

So I get into the office, get onto my e-mail and lo and behold, there is an e-mail from Rob with my offer letter! Everything that I wanted - salary increase, free benefits, 4 weeks vacation, starting when I wanted to. How unbelievable was that?!?! And my time off for football games is not going to be a problem. So, I accepted the offer!!

I am turning in my notice on Monday. I would do it tomorrow, but my boss won't be there. So I'm going to figure out what processes I need to document, start cleaning out my office and computer, and figure out what I need to do in the next 2 weeks. They want a month's notice, but I'm not doing that. I'm giving 2 weeks, then will be in MN for a week, then will start the new job the next week.

Thank you, Lord, for this wonderful opportunity! I'm so excited about work again!