the long awaited phone call finally happened today...i heard back from fossil. dun dun DUN! olivia (the person in charge of filling the position) told me that she had some good news and some bad news.
the bad news: someone was recently hired very high up in the company to work at the hong kong headquarters.
how this relates to me - the job that i interviewed for was not an established position, it was a position added to the handbag department (title: product coordinator) in order for things to run more smoothly. the addition of this new higher-up position caused complications with the handbags coordinator position, so the company has to postpone the addition. so basically, no one gets the job...at least not for an unspecified, possibly long, amount of time.
the good news: they wanted me for it.
how the good news is even sweeter: she said that they really loved me for the job and thought that i was a perfect fit for fossil. since it could be up to 6 months before they are ready to hire someone for that position, they did not want to leave me hanging and keep me waiting...so she found another position that i can interview for. "we think that you would be a great asset to our company and we want to find a place for you," she said.
GOODIE!!!
i was pretty much almost guaranteed some sort of position there! she could have just said, sorry, i'll call you if it opens up. no. the reason she waited so long to contact me was because she was looking for SOME opportunity to get me into the company. and she said that if the position i originally interviewed for is ready to be filled before i commit to anything else, she'd call ME. i still have 5 and a half weeks before my internship is over, but now the chances of me securing a job after it's over are pretty high. and with FOSSIL...the company that i have been wanting to work for all along. God is good.
when i find out more information i will most definitely keep you posted. thank you so much for all of your encouragement and prayers, i could really feel the support of all of you. it looks like i'll be living in richardson, girlies! i wouldn't be able to live at home and work there - it's already a 40 minute drive from my house (with NO traffic) and i have to pay $2 in tolls. a daily 3 hour round trip paying $2 each time would not be good for me.
nothing is set in stone, but i feel like i have more direction. just when i start getting discouraged God blindsides me and reminds me that i should have just trusted Him all along. silly Laura.
Love.
5 comments:
yessss...i knew there was something great coming along for you! i was reading my Bible last night and i came across some stuff on waiting. it made alot of sense, and im sure you were going through that same thing waiting for the job. God can teach us the most in waiting; its then that we learn how to really rely on him. when we get filled with impatience we can direct that toward God and spend the waiting time praying.
sorry...didnt mean to preach to the choir. you already knew all that ;)!!
i love you dearie. im so happy for you. youll be amazing in ANY job you get! i miss you and love you!
congratulations! you're a super special girl and i knew they'd see it. i miss you!
so you can't even realize how hard it was for me not to read this post first! i had to catch up on your last three and it was horrible knowing the answer was at the top (kind of like skipping to the end of a novel or something). anywho, I'm ECSTATIC about the fabulosity that is you! i knew they must of loved you (how could they not?) but I'm sure it's a relief to have that reasurance. I love how God always takes care of us...he is amazing. love you!
p.s. i've been checking out the website and i'm super jealous...look at you all being super creative and high tech!
yo ldee. you are a FIERCE hot mess.
youre moving to richardson! :)
oh and i like the new blog look! super cute!
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