I gotsta job!

Well people, at long last I will be gainfully employed, starting in October. Cue choir singing the Hallelujah Chorus, cue bells, cue dove release, cue parents' and boyfriend's sigh of relief.

I accepted the position of Conference Director at Academic Impressions, Inc. (www.academicimpressions.com) on Thursday. I will be developing these academic conference programs and recruiting key note speakers for the conferences, which are focused on mostly administrative groups in higher education. I'll spend half my time researching and putting together programs and about half finding speakers and working with them to make sure they're on board with the material I've put together for them.

Anyway, I'm stoked!

I started my job hunt last November, and I thought I'd review some stats from my almost year of job seeking.

Number of times I cried in the bathroom at DU cause I was never gonna find a job: 1

Number of times I threatened suicide if I didn't find a job soon: 3

Number of times I got mad at Brian when I asked him for career advice and he didn't say what I wanted him to: 5

Number of weeks homeless: 2

Number of times people asked me how the job hunt was going: 5,000,007

Number of times people told me they were sure I'd find something great while their eyes darted about because they figured they were probably lying: 3,000,0000

Number of times I made up the type of job I was looking for rather than tell someone that I had no idea: 5,000,001

Number of friends I watched find a job before me: 8

Number of friends I watched quit their jobs and find another while I was still looking for a first job: 2

Number of friends I watched quit their second job and find another job while I was still looking for the first: 1

Number of phone interviews: 5

Number of on-site interviews: 7

Number of PT jobs I picked up while job hunting: 5

Number of full-time job offers: 1

Number of full-time job offers accepted: 1

I guess it all worked out in the end. Thanks to all my supportive friends and family! - Naomi