Another Day of Potential

That sounds really upbeat, doesn't it? However, it is true. Even if the jobs for which I am interviewing fall through, having these opportunities has helped me feel better about my own skills and the current job market so that I know I will get a job soon.

What was going on when we last talked? I had been on a phone interview with the VP for whom I would work at ADP and I thought it went well. It seems it did, since I have the next interview tomorrow with two of my peers. It is for an Implementation Manager position. I would be in charge of implementing their Time and Attendance tool for all of the Western US with a staff of 20. It would be a new experience for me, since all of my IT career has been company-internal and not working directly with external clients.

I also told you that I had an interview with ASU on Wednesday. It went very well and they expect to make a decision on it by next week. I would be a Sr. Project Manager in a new team, but no one would report to me.

And today, I meet with my old company for a Sr. Manager position. I would have 4-5 Project Managers reporting to me.

So, I guess I need to decide what I want to do for the next few years. Do I want to be an individual contributor or a manager? Do I want high-stress, high-opportunity, higher-pay or lower-stress, nights-and-weekends-off, lower-pay? I truthfully do not know yet. I will keep praying about it and building some type of evaluation matrix (that sounded a bit nerdish, huh?).

One way I can tell I am more relaxed about my job search this time is I played with a photo yesterday based on a Pinterest inspiration photo. As I was telling Dad, it seems that, when I am looking for a job, I somehow feel guilty doing things not related to the job search. Anyway, here is the inspiration from art.com.

And here is my version using my own photo.

OK, I need to grab some breakfast and get my day started. I did a little Bible study in the John Piper book we are learning in Sunday School. I have linked to it in previous posts. Today's Demand from Jesus is Believe in Me from John 12 and John 14.

Oh, tomorrow's phone interview is at 8:30am, so don't look for an update before that. I'll let you know how it went.