A new beginning to my professional career

A fair amount of time passed, since my last blog update. I began posting blog entries, after I first began efforts in finding a new and better career opportunity. During the absence of new blog updates, I focused my time and energy on finding a new job. Now I can happily report that my efforts were successful. On Monday, I start my new career at company I am happy to be a part of and work for.

I simply wanted to return to an Information Technology career focused on technical functions, providing technical assistance, performing technical troubleshooting, and utilizing technical problem solving skills. At my old job, my primary job functions shifted completely away from the historic and currently defined job description to other functional practices, where I have no formal educational or professional background. The departmental focus at my previous job transitioned from a technical career to predominantly bookkeeping and accounting application usability support. My background is in Information Technology, which is the type of work I prefer. My new job allows me to return to the type of work I enjoy the most.

Prior to Spring in 2008, the last time I actively sent out a resume, or applied for a job, and interviewed for a job was nearly eight years beforehand. Much about job seeking, and the process of applying for those jobs changed over the years. My next series of blog posts documents my journey of gaining new employment. I hope sharing my experience helps others, who find themselves seeking a new career, after several years or more of being out of the active job seeking market. Many people ask me lots of questions about how I obtained my new position, before I left my previous job, and I hope this next series of blog entries answers those questions for other individuals as well.