Nine months of job hunting has finally come to an end!! Last week, I was offered a position at THE high school I mentioned in my previous post!!!!! I am beyond excited about this opportunity!!. This county had a ton of high school openings while I was conducting my search. I checked the location of each high school that I applied to and this particular one had the best location in my opinion. I still applied to the other schools just in case, but was secretly hoping and praying that I would get my top choice. As time went on, the other high schools were filling their positions left and right. I did some further research on the demographics of the school and I was sold! The population it serves is one in which I have a true passion for working with! Everything fell right into place with this one and I'm truly thankful and give all glory and honor to God!
So here's a short version of the path I've been going down since the last post. I feel the need to share this because only sharing the victory without the struggle can lessen the impact of how great this blessing is.
Interview #1 that I had at the elementary school in Richmond basically turned me down. I wasn't bummed about it or anything because I really didn't want that job anyway. I'm not even just saying that as an ego defense mechanism because I was rejected. I really did want a high school position and this one was for an elementary school position. I also found out at the interview that I would be part time at one school and part time at another if given the job. Totally not ideal and I wasn't really feeling that either.
As I mentioned before, I sent my cover letter and resume to the principal at the high school I really wanted to work at after my screening interview. I got no response from her. I wasn't even sure if she read my e-mail. Well about two weeks later, I was just getting off of a plane coming home from a vacation to Los Angeles with my sister when I got a phone call from a random 703 phone number around 6pm. I picked up and there was a woman on the other end stating that she was from the high school I was looking to work at and was wondering if I was available to come in for an interview in 2 days. Eeekkk!!! I had just taken a 5 day vacation and would be just returning to work and then to ask for another day off?? I wasn't sure if I would be able to pull that off, but I asked anyway and my boss said yes!
So I headed out for this interview and it took me about 2 hours to get there. A two hour trip followed a 12 minute interview. Yes...that's right...I was only in there for 12 minutes. I talked so fast and there were only 10 questions. I headed home just praying I did well. About 4 business days went by and I noticed online that the position still hadn't been filled. I was getting nervous and wondering if I would be offered the job or not. I figured if they really liked me, they would have called immediately to offer me the position. A few people advised me to call the school to follow up, but I was so scared that I would seem pressed or thirsty that I debated if I should actually do that or not. In actuality, I was really scared of calling to here "sorry, we went with someone else" and it'd then be "that awkward moment". Well I mustered up the nerve to call and the principal said "I haven't submitted the names yet, and that's all that I can tell you. Just hold on. Just hold on".
Hmmm..."hold on" ey? Well I suppose she wouldn't tell me to hold on to only get shut down, right!? Low and behold, the next morning, I got a call from a representative from Human Resources offering me the position and I happily accepted!!
So there you have it...I am now a high school counselor!!!!! :) Thank you, Jesus!!!
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