TheBanyanTree: Heading Back into the Work Force

[Pam North]

YIPPEE!!!!!!!!!!!!!  Such terrific news all the way around
Pat!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!  I am SOO happy for you!!!  :-)

On 1/18/06, Pat Martin <mspatmartin at shaw.ca> wrote:
>
> It wasn't that long ago I was worried about my future.  Having just
> separated from my husband of 25 years, I felt adrift and desperate for a
> direction.  My friends told me to relax and not force things.  They said
> that everything would work out.  Smart people, my friends.
>
> In the past month alone, I have experienced monumental changes.  I
> celebrated Christmas with my mother for the first time in 30 years.  My
> relationships with my brother and sister have improved dramatically.
>
> And now a job has come to me, a well-paying, part-time accounting position
> for an engineering company, and I wasn't even looking for work.  To my
> surprise, my ex- boss, the one I told off three years ago, recommended me
> for the position.  I have been hired without an interview, sight unseen,
> based on my resume, my letters of reference and my ex-bosses input.  Wow!
> I start on Friday. The job is a casual position that will last six months
> and I will only need to work between 5 and 10 days a month.  I can make my
> own work schedule.
>
> I feel very fortunate, and I'm really looking forward to getting back into
> the work force. Working makes me feel good.
>