Suddenly…I got a job offer

Yup, it happened. Today.

I’d like to tell you this story from the beginning…..

All the kids have been in school for a few years now and I still stayed a stay at home mom. I was contemplating to go into the ‘world’ but I am just not made for a ‘regular’  job. You see, I have ‘issues’ – after staying at home for so many years, without or only little education (some college) I contemplated school. Between the fears of not being able ‘to make it’ and others’ remarks of ‘you are too old for school’. I brushed this idea aside. First I got into the world of real estate investing, then social media marketing, finally I was able to combine it and marketed a few properties here and there. Then came the deployment and lots of ‘serious’ professional development went out the window. After the deployment came our PCS to Colorado.

After our arrival in Colorado I knew I wanted to get out into the business world. I took a resume writing class on post (very good, BTW), attended job fairs and sent off resumes. It was a total new experience. I didn’t know that I would not even get a ‘Sorry’ from employers, why should they with 600 applicants per position? At the job fairs I met a lot of ‘deer in the headlights’-looks, then who knows maybe I just went to the wrong job fairs?

When I was looking through government job descriptions I realized that I was NOTHING to them as even for some of the lowest position required at least an associates degree. This was a low blow, especially considering that had I started school when I first contemplated it (above paragraph) I’d have my Bachelors Degree by now. 17 years of my military spouse-dom really didn’t mean anything. Volunteering didn’t matter. Mentioning of domestic organizing (as I was recommended to mention on my resume) didn’t matter, activism didn’t matter. Nothing mattered without a degree.

So what was I going to do? MyCAA didn’t apply to me, I didn’t qualify. I decided, I would plug away on my website(s), work on social media and inbound marketing and would connect with other. Furthermore, I noticed that I needed MORE on my resume. By now, you have noticed, that I decided NOT to go back to school. I started the Military to Medicine Program which offers free medical administration training for military spouses. I’ll talk about this program on a different blogpost.

Mid March, we purchased our dream home. Our realtor and I kicked it off. In the endLong story short, I decided that I was going to go for my real estate license and work with her. Since then, a hundred other things went on competing for my attention. Would I quit the Military to Medicine Program? I decided not to quit it, nope, I needed to finish it, and crammed the course. That was done and now the Realtor Course was in first place. I finally seemed to have a plan.

Today I received an offer to work for a company as a project manager and liaison for web development projects. A PAID position. OMG! How could it be that now when I have a plan that I am following, this offer rolls in? I was so stoked and then soooo disappointed at the same time, because I knew I was not going to be able to take the offered job, due to personal reasons.

Why am I telling you this? Because I can and this is my blog! HA. Honestly, though today felt so tremendously good and it was a great ego booster, I had to share. After weeks, months of feeling quite worthless, this opportunity today came up. What a great feeling.

It means that even creating online connections WORK! I had seen this with other spouses, like with armywife101.com, however I never believed that is would/could work it for ME.

Lesson learned:

1. In my next life I’ll get my degree early in life.

2. If you’ve ever experienced a similar situation know this: NEVER give up, something WILL happen. Network, stick with your passion!