Okay, I have been following some job boards and have a few places I search. I just found the first viable job to apply for. That means it is within a couple thousand dollars of what I make, it is something I have the basic qualifications for, it is in the area, and it is something I would like doing. It is a tuition classification coordinator, sounds like a lot of student support tasks at the college nearby. I have thought that work in higher education is a good fit. It is more data based than my current work, a lot of communication between all the parts of the system and a deep understanding of the tuition classification rules. Of course I would have to learn that, however I do know how to intellectually manage a lot of information. I am making notes about my application and going to officially apply Tuesday morning (read an article about the timing of doing applications, crazy stuff). I can emphasize my work in collaborating between many stakeholders, clear writing and an ability to follow clear guidelines and rules.
Edited to add: I am actually quite scared to do this, any cheering is welcome!
Now I am back to work after my week vacation as well. My first day back I had a meeting about 'issues' that came up at my site (one staff called out, of course). It was over an hour, my supervisor had 2 typed pages, single spaced, of what to talk about, and his supervisor came to the meeting. I am now required to come to the main office for our meetings, I think it is because I answered one phone call one time for an essential payroll task. In any case I felt it was supportive that his supervisor was there, more that she was watching him than I was in trouble. A couple times she made a small empathetic comment when I got overwhelmed with the meeting. And she did take notes, which included my point of view on some things. I ended up not losing my temper because I had someone there. Our largest conflict is over the cancelled training and she noted that I did not agree on the timeline of him cancelling my training. I am debating about going back into my emails and proving my point, The most brilliant moment was when she asked him a question, he said yes, and then he said yes to the opposite thing that I said, and then she called him on it and had him get to one answer.
Meanwhile we had our pre-licensing visit while I was gone and my staff did great!
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Originally Posted by iris lilies
