A Look Back

So today marks the first full month in my new position at Hero-Web.  (Sweet!  That's almost half my stay at my old job!).  I have nothing against my old position and it was unfortunate that the economy affected their situation, laying off 5 others that same day.  I was starting to get comfortable with my work and co-workers, so the timing was bad.  I had a budget down, paying off bills, and starting to save.  And 3 months was not enough time to build effective experiences (all those significant, measurable results that job descriptions ask for).

But luckily for me, 3 months was also a short enough time that my job-hunting skills were still fresh in my mind.  I went to action the day after I got laid-off.  I went to the career center in the business school at UO, I updated my resume, and began looking for new jobs.  I had severance to live off and was willing to take part-time work.  

Sometimes it was stressful, especially getting laid off knowing that my girlfriend's lease was up and we were still looking for a place to move in together.  It took me a while to find anything, and I was even starting to look in Portland.  Fortunately, I was able to find this new job on Craigslist.  It looked like a good opportunity for me to stay in the same field of work.  

My first month at Hero-Web has been very interesting.  There is a huge world out there to the internet marketing industry.  This job is going to give me great first hand experiences and I know that I am going to be learning a lot.  I get to work directly with clients (small business) - improving their search results, increasing the ecommerce revenues, and eventually working on social media campaigns if they choose.  Even in these tough economic times, it is great to see that small business are looking to the internet and hiring marketing services.  Hopefully things turn around and everyone is doing better.