A little bit about my new job

I start on January 7 (just a week away!) and I’m really excited. I didn’t let on about this before because I didn’t want to write about it while I was waiting to get the offer, and then it was holiday time and things were just crazy and hectic. But now that I have a minute to send this in, I thought I would so you all would know (because I’m sure you are all just dying to read about it, heh). So, the new company makes magazines (and some books) for the manufacturing trades, and they own and attend several trade shows to support those magazines. My title is Directories Editor, which means I’ll be in charge of making the Directory of Exhibits for these various trade shows, some of which support for the shows, and others that create a new revenue stream for the company. I’ll also be doing some work in my down time with a new data repository they’ve set up. This will include helping create taxonomy for electronic content and probably working on several other strategic initiatives as well, all of which is directly tied to the work I’ve been doing for the past year. I’m really excited about it, because I love trade shows and the manufacturing world in general, and the web content stuff is interesting to me, too.

 

My friend Kim works there and loves the place. I was teasing her some time back that I should really come there because every time she talks about going to a conference or trade show, I tell her that it sounds fun. Then in November, Kim’s boss mentioned they were probably going to start looking for a directories person, so I told Kim I wanted to throw my name in for consideration. I sent my resume to Kim, who sent it to her boss, and a week or 2 later I went in for an interview. I went thinking it would just be for the directories stuff, but while I was in there, the web people joined us, and after talking with everyone about all the projects, I was ready to sign on right then and there! I was on pins and needles after the interview waiting to hear if I got it because it is such a great fit for my skills and interests. If it turns out to be half as great as it seems right now, it will be a great job!