Last Thursday, I had an interview and was offered the job in the interview. It was a great position, seemed interesting, had good compensation and some nice perks... the only downside was that it was about 45 minutes away, without traffic. As I contemplated the job and desperately tried to figure out what the best decision would be, I just kept thinking to myself all the reasons why we moved in the first place. A better quality of life. That's it - the reason for our decision to move, to experience life on the road for seven weeks, to end up in California, all led back to one extremely simple, yet vital staple - increased betterment of life. I was so conflicted with my decision to work for this company that in the mean time, I decided to make some life moves myself.The prospect of accepting a position that didn't fit in to my "betterment of life" qualifications kind of scared me, and I didn't want to end up with any regrets. I knew I had to make moves - and fast! I only had several days to figure out... basically my LIFE! Fortunately, there was a company that my mentor had told me to check out about a week prior called Digital Telepathy, and they had an opening! Literally my DREAM JOB - Manager of Company Culture! But I just hadn't been able to apply yet because everything had been so crazy (and I wanted to take the time to write an amazing wow-factor cover letter).
When I was offered the position during my interview on Thursday, I knew I needed to work fast. I contacted my mentor and prior Bucks4Books manager, Chris, and explained my predicament. Between his hard work and the Bucks4Books CEO, Bobby, I was able to start my application process. Bobby sent a preliminary email to Digital Telepathy, and I began working on a cover letter to sweep them off their feet - I don't think I've ever put so much passion into a cover letter before. I knew this was my one and only chance at getting this dream job position, and I was going to rock it (to the best of my abilities!) After receiving my cover letter and corresponding with the team at DT a little bit, I was offered an interview on Tuesday! I prepped myself and was ready on the big day. I interviewed with two members of the team, and explained my situation with my other offer. They said that after the interview they would discuss the prospect of me continuing on with the interviewing process and if I made it to the next round they would expedite the process for me - fantastic! Shortly after my interview on Tuesday, I was sent the company's personality tests, and was offered an interview on Wednesday followed up with joining the team for one of their weekly lunches (they provide their staff with 2 lunches per week where all 23 employees gather around one long table and eat together - one of the many great perks of working with DT). I was elated - I was so close to getting my dream job.
As I was about to leave the office after lunch, one of my interviewers pulled me aside and gave me a verbal offer for the position as long as my references checked out. WOOO HOOOOOO! I was ecstatic. Although the other position that I had been offered was amazing, the commute would have been too much for me, and the position with DT is something I think I can really excel at and grow from. I couldn't be more happy. The office is right downtown in a really great area (John and I even looked into some apartments yesterday that I would be able to walk to the office from), there are amazing perks, paid health insurance, great team to work with, and the company's main focus is having its culture be the basis of every employee's experience. The amazing thing is, among other responsibilities, my position is going to be ensuring that every employee is living and breathing the company culture.
So after our week, I think you can understand the lack of blog posts - it has been a very crazy yet exciting time. And now we're one down, one to go in our job search! Unemployment ends for me as of Tuesday, so John and I are enjoying our last few days of freedom together! Also, John has an interview this upcoming Tuesday, which we are very hopeful and excited about so keep your fingers crossed and say some prayers about that one! So that leaves me to my final word of advice from Nora Roberts for all my readers out there: "If you don't go after what you want, you'll never have it. If you don't ask, the answer is always no. If you don't step forward, You're always in the same place."
Ready for my interview and post-job offer celebratory pizza!
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