Changes !

So some major changes have been made! Oh my goodness, it happened very fast, but I am so INCREDIBLY EXCITED! I have given my notice at my current job and have accepted a position with NIKE! For those of you who may be unaware the Nike Corporate Headquarters in located in Beaverton, OR, about 2 miles down the road from our apartment. It is an amazing campus and from everyone I have talked to an awesome place to work.

I have to tell the story of how it happened. For the past few months I have felt like I wanted a change in my job. I didn't do much about it, until one weekend I got my butt in gear and fixed up my resume and decided to apply to a job I saw online at Nike. I have always wanted to work at Nike but submitting an online application felt like it was just going into a black hole. The next day I called my former boss that I worked for at the Career Development Center at Pacific, and I asked her if she had any contacts at Nike or if anyone was registered in the Alumni Network that I could meet with. She said she thought she did and would get back to me, but she also let let me know that on that Friday there was a job fair. Normally I have to work until 2:30 on Fridays, but I happened to have worked more during the week and I would be getting off at noon, and the job fair started at noon. I wasn't very enthusiastic about going, I would probably be the oldest person there since it was mostly for college seniors (and "recent" grads) and Nike was not on the exhibiting list. But I figured I would go and get some practice in. While there I was informed they would be having a Networking session where students could meet with other professionals and talk to them about what they did. I took a look at the list and there was one lady from Nike. When the networking session started she was busy talking with others, so I decided to just go home. I got in my car drove down the road and then I felt like I really needed to go back, I turned around and drove back (this is totally out of character for me, if I'm already going home, I'm going home!). I walked right to the networking session and no one was talking to her, I went over started talking to her, let her know I had applied for a position, told her what I was looking for, what I did in my current position etc. and we totally hit it off. She told me she was going to have a couple openings in her department soon, and based on my experience I would be a good fit. She gave me her direct phone number, the names and e-mails of 2 people that she told me to send my resume to and 2 weeks later I was called for an informal interview, later that day I was called for an official interview, had an interview and then got offered a job! I actually was offered a different position than the one I interviewed for but it sounds awesome. So I accepted. I have to say with how easily this all happened, I definitely felt God orchestrating the whole thing! I start my new job May 23rd. I will keep you lovely people posted on how it all goes :)