Friday, July 10, 2009

Well That Didn't Take Long...

I'm officially employed again! Through a chance meeting with a former co-worker this week I heard that another co-worker was the GM at a nearby bike company. I got on their website and saw that they had an opening that matched my skills. So I planned to write a cover letter in the morning and send in my application.

It turns out they were faster than I. That evening I got an email from their HR Director. We agreed to meet on Wednesday. I had four interviews that day and another two on Thursday. Today they made me an offer and I accepted it. Starting Monday I'll be the Executive Assistant to the President of this company.

Sweet!

And...phew!

25 comments:

Big Alice said...

WooooohooooO!
Congratulations! I hope this place turns out good, but for the moment, happy employment!

~Donna~ said...

OMG OMG OMG...Spencer loves you!!!

He's all about the bikes and this is like totally cool and you just earned MAJOR cool points.

I'm jealous.

~Donna~ said...

PS...not only jealous that you already found a job, but jealous that you took some of my cool points...hee hee hee

Congrats!!!

Anonymous said...

Yay! Congratulation!

Mother of Chaos said...

YAY! Way to go!!

Kathy in San Jose said...

So you got to play for a couple weeks and before that got old, you went and found yourself a new job! Excellent!

Teenuh said...

Congratulations!! That is so excellent. I'm so happy for you! :)

Alison said...

Hey great news - congratulations.

pdxknitterati/MicheleLB said...

Congratulations! And that is way cool that they called you first!

Toni said...

Yay!!!!!!!!! Time for some celebratory yarn!!!! Oh wait. is that being supportive or enabling?????

Candy said...

Congrats, Rachel! I'm so happy for you! One less thing to worry about now.

Lisa R-R said...

Congrat on your new job!
I love my specialized bike - this fall it will be 10 years old. I use it about 8 or 9 months of the year.
(darned snow).
Lisa in Toronto

Norma said...

Wow, FANTASTIC, Rachel!!!!!

Nora said...

That is fantastic! Congratulations! And what a great place to work. My husband has a Specialized - his favorite bike, even more so than his made-in-Wisconsin Trek.

blogdog said...

Congrats! I'm glad you didn't have to pull up roots and move back here to face the drought of work on this coast. I'm still unemployed after 5 1/2 months, which is a scary sort of first for me. Glad that you got to bounce back so quickly!

Cookie said...

How wonderful! Congratulations, Rachel!

Anonymous said...

Wow, congratulations! That's wonderful!

Robin said...

Looks like a great company. What fun to be around people who have created such a fun product.

AlisonH said...

Oh, yay! Congratulations!!!

Mrs.Q said...

Very, very sweet! Congratulations!

Zardra said...

Yay! Congratulations!

Anonymous said...

I just bought one of their bikes, I love it!!!!

Anonymous said...

Congradulations! That will be sooooo much fun. I hope that doesn't slow down the spinning! : )

Leah

bean said...

just looked at the company...wow! AND they are hooked into the whole susan g. komen thing....a job and helping wipe out cancer all in one fell swoop! ;)

Sue said...

Congrats on the new job -- I'm a huge believer in the power of networking!