The One in which I get a Job

Hello all,
 I'm writing this to you from the past because I wanted to tell you all about my job but I didn't want to say  anything about it until the papers were signed, so this post has been saved on my desktop for the past three days. Hopefully, the future finds you well. 

I hope you guys had a good break because I sure did. I mean, sure, it rained and I had a take-home midterm to work on BUT I also got a job. Yep, I have a big girl job all lined up and it starts the Monday after graduation.[1]

So where is this job, you say? Why it’s at MitchellCommunications Group here in Fayetteville. I’ll be working in research, which is actually pretty perfect for me. Because as most of you know I like breaking down all things in to their little parts so I can better examine them.[2]

Outside of getting a job, I got to visit family and see my niece and nephew, which is always awesome. I also got to do some shopping and may (or may not) have bought 4 pairs of new shoes. It happens.

Classes are moving along. We had a big test in Strategic Management before Spring Break and I found out that score and I have safe B.[3] Enterprise Systems is fun and I’m gaining some more exposure to the different Business Intelligence softwares out there. Grant Writing is great! I love working with Life Styles and I’m really excited about the program that I’m writing a grant for. Finally, Project Management is an interesting course and I like the group I’m working with but I just wish it wasn’t so long. My Tuesday’s are soooo long with that 3-hour class from 6 to 9 pm.

Alright, that’s it for today. I’ll leave with you with this video to celebrate my job and Spring.

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[1] Actually, I start working part-time next week so I can get onboarded before I start full-time.

[2] However, it will still take me a while to not associate my job with the David Foster Wallace short story “Mister Squishy.” Go read it. In fact, go read any David Foster Wallace.

[3] You’ll learn to love those in the MBA program. 

Yup, still posting!

               Has it been a week?[1] Anyway, I’ve been busy applying for jobs and going to class. I’ve applied to a couple of sales analyst positions in the area, associate spots at a couple of management consulting firms[2] and the MBA-specific programs at Sony and L’Oréal. There’s an internship in Dublin this summer that I’m considering applying. It seems like a great opportunity but, to be honest, I worry a little about how expensive it will be to live there. The application is due this week, though, so I have to decide fast!

               Classes have been good. We’re doing an Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP) simulation in my Enterprise Resource class and the software reminds me so much of how software used to look back in the day.[3] Still, the simulation is a good, interactive way to get experience with ERP. (Not that I would necessarily want to do ERP, but you get me.) This coming week I’ve got a bunch of meetings to bring the new students in on Graduate Women in Business and the Women’s Shelter project. I’m really trying to get something accomplished with both of these but I’m getting a little stressed about running out of time.

               On the good news front: 1) I found my old copy of Age of the Empires II, so I’ve been nerding out on that; and 2) I’m going to be working this semester for the Business Librarian and will hopefully get to make book-forts.[4]

Until next week!

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[1] It must be. I’m watching a new Project Runway as we speak.

[2] Symphony IRI and Innosight

[3] My parents had a computer at home when I was little (think pre-school) that they got to do taxes. It ran Dos and used actual floppy disks.

[4] Exactly what it sounds like.  Preferably you get someone else to build one near you and can throw wads of paper at each other. Maybe play some bombastic symphonies while you’re at it.