Woody Cavenaugh

Two years 16 days ago I was hired as a temp at UNCG in the fledgling IT Project Management Department after having been laid off two months earlier as a technician. Six months after I was hired as a temp I was told that I would be brought on permenant full time "real soon". Durning that time I have studied, trained, and developed myself in new and exciting ways (not just the obnioux outfits either). In return I went from fast food money and ten hours a week, to fast food manager wages and 40 hours a week. Not bad for five years total with the state.

Today they posted my job online to be a permenant full time position with bennifits and everything. The wages are close to night/closing fast food manager. The insurance won't be very good, but it will be better than the two years I have had no insurance at all.

Now all I have to do is interview better than the teaming masses of other out of work very well qualified laid off IT workers to claim the position I have built. Is it perfect? Heck no, the closest thing they could find to what I did was "INFORMATION SYSTEMS LIAISON I". If only I had chosen to work in Oracle and not Access I could've doubled my salery that easily. Oh well, live and learn.

But listen to me, I talk like I have the job already. I have all of UNCG's ISOM graduates to apply against. Fortunately I have a huge advantage over them. Not only do I know how to turn a computer on, I also know how to open applications. I guess I really should ask for more money.

So like the advice Ed Cone offered the last time my job was just about to be made mine I am going to "get to work".