It's Official!

[fairyrune]

RICH GOT THE JOB AT WESTCHESTER COMMUNITY COLLEGE!!!! 


This is the third time he's gone after this position, and he finally got it!   

He's been interviewing for the job for over a month now.  After the first interview, he had to wait for the Dean of Faculty to come back from vacation.  Once the Dean got back, they scheduled an interview.  She called him and left him a voicemail a couple of days later, offering him the position.  Rich got the message while he was at work at B&N, and immediately gave his two weeks' notice.  That evening,  I celebrated by toasting him with a glass of blueberry mead.   

The next day, he called the Dean back to accept, at which point she informed him that it was conditional.  He had to prove that he had three years of theater experience, or else the job would go to someone else. 

This was a problem.  Nearly all of Rich's experience has been in the form of freelance work over the past ten years.  Human Resources wanted it written in a "From Month/Year To Month/Year, # of Hours Per Week" format.  That was going to be obnoxiously difficult to do. 

Not only that, but they would only count every thirty credits of college experience.  Thirty credits would get him a year, fourty five would still only get him a year. 

After much panicking, running around, paying $200 in past due parking tickets from SUNY New Paltz, we managed to get everything together and into the format they wanted. 

And we waited. 

 

They received his official transcript yesterday, and everything's set now! 

His last day at B&N is Friday, his "official" start date at the new job is Tuesday, but he's going over there to help his new supervisor get some thing done before the students show up in the mornings before his B&N shifts this week.  

In one fell swoop he not only got a full-time job in the industry he trained for, but he ALSO more than DOUBLED his current salary!  He will never have to suffer through another holiday season in retail again!   

I am so very proud of and happy for him, and you all should be too! 

SQUEE! 

(I am a little annoyed that the HR lady, who made him jump through more hoops than a Sea World dolphin in the past two weeks, never bothered to call him herself and tell him everything looked good.  But that is neither here nor there, and he's got the job ANYWAY, so I'm letting it go.)

Also, did I mention SQUEE!? 

ETA:  I would like to offer my sincerest thanks to everyone who has supported Rich and I during this stressful time.  Whether you lent me a shoulder, an ear, or just a hug and  the reassurance that everything would be fine, I have no words to express how grateful I am.  We are very blessed to have such wonderful people in our lives.  Thank you. 

Comments

[aziraphalesshop.livejournal.com]

Valhalla

[mynock25.livejournal.com]

Awesome. That's where my classes are...

Maybe we'll run into each other.

[aziraphalesshop.livejournal.com]

Are you attending orientation this week at all? Wed or Thurs?

If not llet me know. I'll be there a lot, and if you tke any classes around the theater you will definitely see me.

[drkestetrnlangl.livejournal.com]

Congrats! :-D What did you apply for?

[mynock25.livejournal.com]

No orientation - conflicts with work. (And, the guy who registered me for classes saw the 4 years of undergrad on my transcriopt and doesn't think I really need the orientation anyway.)

I don't even know where the theater is, but I have classes in the Classroom Building and the Technologies Building.