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.

Newest Updates!!!

Well...I have had some new developments as of late and my life is going to get a lot more interesting. I just got offered my first full-time job after college, pending the background check, but that won't matter. I'll be working for Marchex, Inc. Click on the logo to go to their site.


They are one of the leading local search and advertising company. My position is going to be as a Search Marketing Specialist in their Digital Platform Group. The team I will be with works with national clients to help them create search engine advertising campaigns. It sounds like a great opportunity for me right after college and it should give me some great experience. I am very excited for this new position at their Eugene office.

And that's where my other new development comes in - I am going to be moving back to Eugene in the least sense of it. I have been living here for the past four year for college. Right after spring term was over, all of my possessions got moved up to Portland. But then I had to stay behind to take one more class, and during that time I stayed with my girlfriend.

Although I love the city in Portland and I hope to return there in the future, I am very excited to stay in Eugene. There were a lot of things I did not get around to accomplishing while here during college, especially when it comes to fulfilling my "foody" habits and trying out restaurants, I never got a chance to climb Spencer's Butte, etc.

So in the coming weeks I'll be posting about where I'll be moving to in this great city, posting pics of my new diggs, etc. It should be interesting!