March 29, 2010--Job

Well, it looks like I'm going to be going back to work sooner than we had planned on. Erick has really been wanting to put more time into the church, plus he's so tired when he gets home from doing construction that he doesn't have the energy to do any outreach or anything besides preaching. We had planned on waiting until I graduated until I got a job, but we decided to see if maybe there wasn't something I could do part time at least to free up some of his time.

So I went to a career fair at my college last Thursday to check out the local businesses that were hiring. There were several tables and I put in a few applications, but the one table I kept coming back to was the one for the local TV station. I had actually put in an application there a year ago on a whim, but they hadn't called me. I looked at the jobs they had available and I didn't fit the qualifications for any of them. I talked to the guy there and mentioned that I would love to work there, but that I had majored in office administration, not broadcasting. He didn't seem to think that would be a problem and told me to wait around because the news director would be in soon and he wanted me to talk to him. I did, and he encouraged me to apply for a job as a production assistant. They offered to give me a tour of the station when I brought back my application.

I called to find out when the best time to go there to drop it off would be, and the first guy I talked to, who is the operations manager, called me back today and invited me to go over there for a tour. He showed me all the equipment and the studio, which was really cool. Then he asked if I wanted an interview right then, and I said I did. He said he was definitely interested in hiring me and that he had to leave the job open for two weeks, but to give him a call in a couple of weeks if he doesn't call me first. The job they are offering me is from 4:00 p.m. to midnight, and I would be running the camera and filming the news and stuff. I wouldn't make as much as Erick does, so he'd still have to work probably two days a week to make up the difference. But he'll have time to work at the church and won't be so tired all the time. I should be able to get my school done in the morning if he helps teach the kids and takes over cooking the meals. He's a good cook anyway.

I'm excited--I think I will really enjoy working in a TV station. They mentioned that I could have opportunities to move up, too, once I learned the behind-the-scenes stuff, and that eventually I could be a reporter. I would love to do something like that.