Ryan has a job
So after two phone interviews and two full day in-person interviews (that involved meeting the president and all four COOs) I have a job! My new job will be with a small consulting firm based out of Vancouver. They have about 130 people working for them. The main gist of the company involved around leadership coaching and working with the front-line workers of companies to “Connect the Front Line to the Bottom Line” (to quote the company’s mission). The corporate culture is fantastic (when you can quote the Three Amigos with the top brass – that is a strong indicator of good corporate culture). Unlike many other consulting firms, they highly value quality of life (must be the Canadian blood in the company) and don’t try to grind you into the ground with 80 hour work weeks – another important consideration in my search. My first assignment with the company will be with the forestry products group. Because the client contracts are typically up to 12-18 months, they will often relocate the consultant to the client site. My first client (and relocation) will be in South Carolina. South Carolina is one of the states I have not living in so I’m looking forward to something new. I don’t know exactly where I will live yet, but the client isn’t too far from Greenville greater metropolitan area – so somewhere around there probably. Not to hang around Boston without a job too long, the position will have me start the week after Thanksgiving with training in Vancouver. I will then probably rotate around to other client sites to shadow some current consultants in their work before finally moving to South Carolina around the New Year. Naturally I find out I’m moving to SC a mere week after putting snow tires on my car. Oh well. Of course ya’ll are welcome to visit me in sunny SC (I’m practicing my southern vocabulary)!
Oh, and Happy Thanksgiving everyone!
Yee-haw! cue the Lynyrd Skynyrd, Ryan is coming down to South Cackalacky!
Awe, I read Vancouver and I thought we were going to get another northwesterner. It’s just as well you probably couldn’t take the sogginess.
Congratulations Ryan!
I just wish it would be so easy to find a proper job at my country as well /sigh/
Joel: you seem to use some words that remind me on the Gaelic or some Celtic language, LOL. And Cackalacky has a special meaning in my mother tongue
You know you’re from South Carolina if….
1. You can properly pronounce Tugaloo, Tamassee, Jocassee
2. You think people who complain about the heat in their states are sissies.
3. A tornado warning siren is your signal to go out in the yard and look for a funnel.
4. You know that the true value of a parking space is not determined by the distance to the door, but by the availability of shade.
5. Stores don’t have bags or shopping carts, they have sacks and buggies.
6. You’ve seen people wear bib overalls at weddings and funerals.
7. You think everyone from a bigger city has an accent.
8. You measure distance in minutes.
9. You go to the lake because you think it is like going to the ocean.
10. You listen to the weather forecast before picking out an outfit.
11. You know cowpies are not made of beef.
12.! Someone you know has used a football schedule to plan their wedding date.
13. You know someone who has a belt buckle bigger than your fist.
14. You aren’t surprised to find movie rental, ammunition, beer, and bait all in the same store.
15. A Mercedes Benz isn’t a status symbol. A Chevy Silverado Extended Bed Crew Cab is.
16. You know everything goes better with Ranch dressing.
17. You learned how to shoot a gun before you learned how to multiply.
18. You actually get these jokes and are “fixin’” to send them to your friends.
19. You wanna go back to South Carolina, where everything is normal
And finally:
20. You are 100% from South Carolina if you have ever had this conversation:
“You wanna coke?”
“Yeah.”
“What kind?”
“Dr Pepper”