Year 2009 is starting out with a lot of changes for our family. In about 2 and a half months, we will be expecting our first little bundle of joy. That is our first BIG change! The second big change is Deo's change of jobs. As of today, Deo started his new sales career with The McGraw-Hill Companies. He went through a pretty grueling almost 2 month interview process and was finally offered the job after Thanksgiving. Deo is, as of today, a regional sales representative for Southern Arizona and portions of Colorado. He will have a set number of colleges and universities and, basically, have to sell McGraw-Hill textbooks to professors. There is also a lot more that encompasses this job that appeals to Deo, such as working with professors to get their work published. He is super excited for this opportunity and for a chance to actually utilize his degree he worked so hard to achieve. So far, it seems like it will be a really good company that he will be able to grow within. For those of you that didn't know, he will be leaving his job as a Bank Manager after almost 4 years. He really enjoyed getting the managerial experience but in the end, Deo realized that he really enjoys sales and hopes take advantage of his past sales and management experience.
This new career means a lot of change for our growing family. First, it involves a lot of travel which scares the both of us a little, especially with our baby on it's way. But we're hoping we will be able to manage since he will be mostly doing short trips to Phoenix and around Southern Arizona. Another big change will be the fact that outside of traveling, he will be working from home. This may come as another challenge to us, but with all change we will learn to adjust to make it work. Even though there is an increase in travel there are some other perks to the job that we think will ultimately help out; he will get a company car, laptop, cell phone, and it's quite a bit more money than what he was making at the bank.
So far, 2009 is definitely a year of change but we're hoping it's a year of change for the better!
3 comments:
Yaay for Deo, McGraw Hill is a great company, wish him the best of luck in his new fab job for me! And I have to tell ya, D works from home, and its pretty darn rad. Happy 2009!
Wahoo! Congrats Deo! So exciting, I am sure a little nerve wracking but definitely exciting. More excitement to come in the year - it'll be awesome!
Yeah! Good changes all around! Happy 09!
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