This has been in development over the past few weeks, and I wanted to keep it under wraps until I had determined it was indeed blog-worthy. As most of my friends and family know, I have been looking for a new job for the past few months- something in the IT field.

I responded to quite a few Monster and CareerBuilder postings and even had a few interviews (including one for a job in Wyoming!) Either the jobs did not pay what I felt I was worth, were too far away, or were otherwise not a good fit.

I had initially been hopeful of starting at Robert Half Technology here in Cincinnati, as the recruiter seemed to like be and appreciated my interest in Linux and Open Source. Unfortunately, we had some communications problems after the interview- he was out of the office for an entire week and did not receive any of my voicemails and the position he was going to recommend me for was subsequently filled.

The interview at Pomeroy went especially well, especially when I identified a legacy BNC connector on a rather antiquitated PII server. I was skeptical that I would hear anything back, until I received a telephone call last Tuesday. They wanted to know whether I was still interested!

Starting August 4, I will be a Depot Technician in charge of reimaging workstations and portables at the Hebron distribution center. I will also receive training to be a certified HP Printer Technician. I’m looking forward to my new job, but I don’t think my current employer will be as enthusiastic about receiving my notice.