I decided to blog for me. I just think about so many things and I don't know if anyone can access my blog and see what I'm writing ... but in the case that others can see ... I'll keep it clean. I'll have to check on that. So my most recent concern of course is, my job. I started working here as a temporary through a temp agency. No biggie right? Well, during this entire time that I'm working as a temp i'm continually applying to full time positions. Of course then I get this job offer from a law firm ... oddly enough it's the same law firm that I'm working as a temp for! Bingo! So 6 weeks after I start as a temporary at this off-site law firm litigation case for a large pharmaceutical company, I'm a permanent employee. This was much to the dismay of many others in the department I started working in, productions. Some of the members of that team had been there apparently for over a year and had been working hard to be made permanent and here I was ... this brand new person waltzing into their world and all of the sudden, BAM! I'm permanent and they're still chipping away at the door. Funny thing is, once I became permanent, I moved departments. I was moved to relevance and I was also informed that I would be made a "supervisor". Can you imagine my shock?! Well needless to say, I wanted to make sure that I was doing a "superb" job. People put their confidence in me to perform and I didn't want to let them down. So from August - October I worked non-stop. I was working 9:00am - 10:00pm Monday - Thursday and on Fridays I would let myself get off at 7pm or 8pm depending on how much work needed to be done and how tired I was. Then in the first few days of November ... It's a sleepy morning and I'm strolling onto the elevator to take me up to the 19th floor and I'm looking at the news bulletins they have available and it says that our client has decided that they want to make a settlement agreement. Good news? HELL NO!!! No sooner had I gotten into the office, it was apparent that many others were already clearly aware of the situation and I was way behind the curve. People were talking and speculating, worrying, fretting, "freaking out" and many were on there phones calling up headhunters or emailing out resumes. A week later, (and I was supervising about 100 attorneys at this point) they release roughly 40-50 attorneys and some others found another temporary job with Merrill Lynch. The office went from this wonderful lively place to ... NOTHING. On top of all that, there is a grand total of roughly 11 permanent paralegals with our law firm (including the 4th floor or the privilege team). We were told that every effort was being made to find positions for us at the main firm but that it was possible that we might get let go. Now, to be honest ... I'm low woman on the totem pole. I was the last one to be hired on permanently and quite honestly if they adopt the same policy at the law firm with the contract attorneys, "last one in, first one out", I'm a shoe-in for getting let go. I don't want to be caught with my pants on the ground, so ever since then I've been applying for anything and everything under the sun.
The good news is ... I recently went to an interview at this NYC private investigation and consulting firm called Thacher Associates (http://www.thacherassociates.com/) and they seemed to be impressed with me. They even asked me for a writing sample which I promptly gave them as soon as it was possible for me to access my writing pieces. The VP of the company is apparently reviewing my writing sample and as soon as he's finished, they'll be asking me to return to meet with the 2 main VPs. I'm excited! I applied originally for the executive assistant position but they're also looking for a Project Administrator as well and felt that I might be a good match for that job as well, so they're considering me for both positions. I can only count my BLESSINGS AND THANK GOD FOR HIS GRACE AND GOODNESS AND FAITH IN ME. It's so funny how I feel about trials and difficulties when they come my way now. Even though I started to stress a little about my financial situation (I had 20 hours of overtime every week and it's now been cut down to, NOTHING! This seems to be a recurring theme with this law firm), I just kept saying to myself "No! I won't believe that because MY GOD shall supply ALL OF MY NEEDS according to his riches and glory by Christ Jesus!". I feel like the last time this happened and I didn't doubt that He would bring me out of the mess I created, he rewarded me for my faith. I feel like I'm being tested in that way again and once again like the wonderful GOD that He is, He is bringing me out of my troubles and rewarding me for my faith. THANK YOU GOD! THIS IS ALL YOURS, EVERYTHING I HAVE, EVERYTHING I AM ... GLORY BE TO THE ALMIGHTY GOD, THANK YOU! Ok, I just had to get that out. Yeah, I'm Christian but i'm NOT religious! Even God doesn't like religion; He says that "religion will make my words of no use".
Well, pray for me. I know I will! LOL ... I want that job, it really sounds like so much fun and I could definitely see myself staying there for awhile and attending part-time MBA school while I'm there and just being ... Happy. Everything happens for a reason, everything whether or good or bad that is occurring in your life ... is moving you in the exact direction that God is intending for you, so don't fight it. Just go with it.
The good news is ... I recently went to an interview at this NYC private investigation and consulting firm called Thacher Associates (http://www.thacherassociates.com/) and they seemed to be impressed with me. They even asked me for a writing sample which I promptly gave them as soon as it was possible for me to access my writing pieces. The VP of the company is apparently reviewing my writing sample and as soon as he's finished, they'll be asking me to return to meet with the 2 main VPs. I'm excited! I applied originally for the executive assistant position but they're also looking for a Project Administrator as well and felt that I might be a good match for that job as well, so they're considering me for both positions. I can only count my BLESSINGS AND THANK GOD FOR HIS GRACE AND GOODNESS AND FAITH IN ME. It's so funny how I feel about trials and difficulties when they come my way now. Even though I started to stress a little about my financial situation (I had 20 hours of overtime every week and it's now been cut down to, NOTHING! This seems to be a recurring theme with this law firm), I just kept saying to myself "No! I won't believe that because MY GOD shall supply ALL OF MY NEEDS according to his riches and glory by Christ Jesus!". I feel like the last time this happened and I didn't doubt that He would bring me out of the mess I created, he rewarded me for my faith. I feel like I'm being tested in that way again and once again like the wonderful GOD that He is, He is bringing me out of my troubles and rewarding me for my faith. THANK YOU GOD! THIS IS ALL YOURS, EVERYTHING I HAVE, EVERYTHING I AM ... GLORY BE TO THE ALMIGHTY GOD, THANK YOU! Ok, I just had to get that out. Yeah, I'm Christian but i'm NOT religious! Even God doesn't like religion; He says that "religion will make my words of no use".
Well, pray for me. I know I will! LOL ... I want that job, it really sounds like so much fun and I could definitely see myself staying there for awhile and attending part-time MBA school while I'm there and just being ... Happy. Everything happens for a reason, everything whether or good or bad that is occurring in your life ... is moving you in the exact direction that God is intending for you, so don't fight it. Just go with it.
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