Well...It's May 24th, and now have a job offer. About a week ago I was flown to an interview in Dalton, Georgia. It is the capital of the carpet industry. Thanks to my Aunt, who was the first female manager within the company I was able to receive this interview.
The process was about a month long, but well worth it. I don't know exactly where I will be relocated to but I will be training at their headquarters starting July 15th. I am extremely excited. This is not the accounting job that I thought I would end up with and the personalities of sales people have seemed more fitting for me.
I like sales because my job will require that I "drive" to see local businesses within an existing territory and check up on them. You know I have a passion for driving and especially talking to people; Connect them with interior design products and services. This includes meeting up with a variety of different people and having lunches. Now I can't say how awesome this job is yet because I haven't officially started, but I have a feeling it's going to be very fitting of what I want out of life.
The personalities of the five people I interviewed gave me that vibe that it's okay to have a sense of humor and think outside of the box. I would make jokes and they we would laugh. You see, being a sales person means having an entrepreneurial spirit when it comes to making presentations. You have so much room to be creative when it comes to selling a product. I have always been a fan of unconventional presentations, and believe it or not one of the interviews I had was absolutely like none I've had before.
The firm I will be working for is owned by That famous holding company by Warren Buffet. How cool is that? Warren Buffet anyone? And none of this could have been done without my Aunt at the forefront of securing me this interview, my parents for coaching me, and my friends for believing in me. This has truly been quite the experience.
I will never forget what it was like to be unemployed, and I will never forget that politics matter. Most of all there are people out there like me who still haven't found jobs not because they are unqualified, but because businesses aren't functioning under good business practices. I have a word of advice for struggling corporations out there. Instead of hiring so many people at once and firing a bunch, why not just hire a few and truly invest in training them? After all training expenses are a loss when people quit or are let go. "What the world needs now...is love...sweet love"
Being unemployed for this long has taught me so much. I have also learned as a result of being unemployed: finding out more about who I am. You've already seen the list of things I've learned written in my other blogs: From shooting guns to cooking to drinking wine. I have even decided to get used to drinking whiskey on the rocks. Practice makes perfect, and might I recommend start with Jameson Irish.
On a side note, my younger brother is back from UT after finishing his freshman year. He has also secured himself a job in the same week. It's a summer job at Target, and my family couldn't be happier that both of us are employed. We've been hanging out all over the place and on Sunday, we're going to a gnarly surf town known as Santa Cruz!
Until next time ladies and gentlemen. I will also be continuing the story of "Beyond Nowhere". For it was an unfinished analogy for the unemployed and the dreamers.
