Within days, Adam and I both got jobs :-) He had interviewed with FLSmidth back in April for a Field Engineer position. Because of the poor job market right now, they had to get approval for the position, which took close to two months! This is the company Kurt has worked with for close to 35 years. Adam did an internship with them during the summer in between his sophomore and junior year.
This job will have him traveling A LOT!! He will be the on-site engineer for building projects. It will entail him traveling in and out of the country. He could be on a job for six months up to a year. They've indicated to him his first 'job' will most likely take him to Brazil for half a year. He's already trying to learn Portuguese! He's very excited about the travel aspect of it-he'll get to see the world 'on the company.'
He starts his job on Monday, June 30th.
And then there's me :-) I applied for this job back in January, never heard anything from them, and pretty much forgot I had even applied! About a month ago, I received an email from them asking me to do an on-line assessment for them to get to know me and for me to get an idea as to what the job entailed. Within a week, I got another email asking me to set up a phone interview with someone from their HR dep't. I talked to that person within the next day or so, she told me she'd forward my info to the clinical dep't and if they felt I might be a good fit, I'd be asked to set up an interview with a clinical supervisor. Within 24 hours, I got that email asking when would be a good time to have a phone interview with the supervisor.
I spoke with her on a Friday, I had to do an online typing test (they wanted to assure I could type at least 30 WPM) and then took a ~40 question clinical test. I got one wrong on that test. I had done the online typing test the night before and typed 50 WPM. When I did it for them I only got 37 WPM!! I think I was nervous!! The interview went really well, she promised me I'd hear something the next week.
By Monday, I had a message waiting for me to call them and they offered me the job!! It's a full time job...I haven't worked full time since before Alyssa was born in 1989! That'll be different, for sure!
I start Friday, 6/27/14 (They start their training/orientation on Fridays). I'll be taking up to 70-90 phone calls per day authorizing diagnostic tests for insurance companies. And the best part of it all--I'll be working strictly from home! There is absolutely no travel involved at all!! My hours will be 10:30-7 pm the first two weeks for training and thereafter I'll be working 9:30-6 pm. I'm not a morning person, so I'm totally fine with those hours! At some point, if I get the chance I may bid on a bit earlier shift if it's available, but for now, I'm good with these hours.
I have to work in an enclosed room (HIPAA), so the only place available is our spare room, which currently has Alyssa's college desk (no drawers) and chair in it. I'm not gonna go right out and replace them, because I want to make sure everything works out, but I don't think it'll take me too long to pick up at least a new chair, since I'm gonna be in it all day long! The only claim to fame for her chair is that it's PINK! I don't think it'll be all that comfy for an eight hour shift!! Now that Adam's graduated, he brought home his room air conditioner, so they'll put that in the room for me so it's nice and cool. I'm also hoping to pick up a small fridge to keep in the room. I feel like with taking up to 90 calls per day, I may not even have time to go pee, let alone go downstairs and get myself a drink. I'll have to see how that all plays out.
I'm excited, yet nervous. It's been 14 years since I started a new job and this is so totally different than what I've done! But I know I'm a fast learner, so feel confident I'll be fine :-)
Looking back on this whole thing, I think everything that happened was in God's plan. Being off these last six months, enabled me to work on our new pictorial directory at church (which was A LOT of work!) with Kathy, our church secretary. (She and I are definitely going out for a drink when the final copies come in!!). In addition, Pastor Elizabeth asked Alyssa and I to direct our VBS this year. Being off allowed me to do planning, ordering, purchasing, etc. It's been a long time since I've spent so much time at Hackman's and ACMoore!! Finally, my unemployment runs out at the end of June. When do I start my new job? June 27th. Word.
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