After a few months of searching and interviewing, I was finally starting to see the results. I had received an offer for a Customer Support Representative at Solutionreach but was also waiting to hear back from SEO.com. I let SEO.com know I had received another offer, however, was still interested in their company. Fortunately for me, they countered with another offer. Now decisions had to be made. I applied Mike's technique of doing a pro's and con's list. Only problem is they had the same pay, about the same drive time, many of the same perks, and both had the intent to move me out of the entry level roll relatively quickly. Ultimately, it was going to come down to which company I wanted to be at and what type of work I wanted to do.
I decided if I was stuck in an entry level position for a while, the work description sounded more exciting at Solutionreach. Haley's sister, Stephanie, along with several of the people I had interviewed with, told me the entry level position at SEO is very monotonous. I was also impressed with several of the personnel, not to mention a few personal connections, at Solutionreach. Joseph Stith, a family friend of Uncle Rob, called me after I had been extended the offer and was willing to answer any questions I had. I could tell he was genuinely interested in my success. He even mentioned the possibility of me moving over to Adobe seeing they could probably pay me more. Karmen and Steve, one of Mike's friends from high school, were also much more excited when they extended the offer. Mike had also vouched for Steve and his Uncle Rob who both worked at Solutionreach and loved it. With my mind made up, I accepted the offer and would start employment on March 16th. I was pumped!
I let Steven's Henager know I would be accepting another offer. My supervisor, technically known as my ADOA (Assistant Director of Admissions), had seen it coming. He said they would miss me but he didn't seem too put out. Although he should have been, since I was on course to make a record month of sales for myself and get enough starts (6 or more) to earn "Top Dog" status. Yet I can't be too offended because I was ready to get out of there except for I was sad to leave my good friend Meghann. Nevertheless, it was definitely the right move and Meghann would again be joining forces with me a few months down the road. To make it only sweeter, she got a porcelain dog from Mike, another employee at Steven's Henager, to award me for my unofficial Top Dog status! We celebrated the weekend prior by playing games with Dave and Amanda, going to see "Man on the Edge", and having a pizza party with Grandpa Goates. Even though the pay was less, it was definitely worth the switch. We would see more benefits to come...but that my friends is for a later time!
After a few months of searching and interviewing, I was finally starting to see the results. I had received an offer for a Customer Support Representative at Solutionreach but was also waiting to hear back from SEO.com. I let SEO.com know I had received another offer, however, was still interested in their company. Fortunately for me, they countered with another offer. Now decisions had to be made. I applied Mike's technique of doing a pro's and con's list. Only problem is they had the same pay, about the same drive time, many of the same perks, and both had the intent to move me out of the entry level roll relatively quickly. Ultimately, it was going to come down to which company I wanted to be at and what type of work I wanted to do.
I decided if I was stuck in an entry level position for a while, the work description sounded more exciting at Solutionreach. Haley's sister, Stephanie, along with several of the people I had interviewed with, told me the entry level position at SEO is very monotonous. I was also impressed with several of the personnel, not to mention a few personal connections, at Solutionreach. Joseph Stith, a family friend of Uncle Rob, called me after I had been extended the offer and was willing to answer any questions I had. I could tell he was genuinely interested in my success. He even mentioned the possibility of me moving over to Adobe seeing they could probably pay me more. Karmen and Steve, one of Mike's friends from high school, were also much more excited when they extended the offer. Mike had also vouched for Steve and his Uncle Rob who both worked at Solutionreach and loved it. With my mind made up, I accepted the offer and would start employment on March 16th. I was pumped!
I let Steven's Henager know I would be accepting another offer. My supervisor, technically known as my ADOA (Assistant Director of Admissions), had seen it coming. He said they would miss me but he didn't seem too put out. Although he should have been, since I was on course to make a record month of sales for myself and get enough starts (6 or more) to earn "Top Dog" status. Yet I can't be too offended because I was ready to get out of there except for I was sad to leave my good friend Meghann. Nevertheless, it was definitely the right move and Meghann would again be joining forces with me a few months down the road. To make it only sweeter, she got a porcelain dog from Mike, another employee at Steven's Henager, to award me for my unofficial Top Dog status! We celebrated the weekend prior by playing games with Dave and Amanda, going to see "Man on the Edge", and having a pizza party with Grandpa Goates. Even though the pay was less, it was definitely worth the switch. We would see more benefits to come...but that my friends is for a later time!
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