employed!

after what seemed like an endless road of applications and interviews, i finally got a call back from the university of utah health plan insurance company and i am the newest member of the enrollment coordination team! we've been in salt lake for a little over a month now and i was starting to feel very discouraged in my efforts to find a job. my goal was to become an employee in some aspect for the university of utah for several reasons:

1. tuition stipend {after one full year of work, chris will receive half off his tuition--that will end up to be almost $30,000!!!}

2. health insurance benefits {cheap and super good}

3. free UTA trax pass {chris has one too so we can go all over downtown and even ride the frontrunner to layton free!}

4. fitness and wellness membership at the U free

i had my first interview for the position last thursday and received a call-back for a second peer interview on friday. i had my interview yesterday morning at 8 am {yikes! i haven't been up and ready for the day that early in quite a while, i know it's embarrassing!} and i received a call around 3 in the afternoon yesterday from my new boss offering me the position. i was so shocked i asked what after he'd offered me the job. i was shocked not because i felt my interviews went poorly, but because i had absolutely no insurance experience and i knew that going into the interviews that that detail would be a major problem. it's such a blessing. i'm happy with the salary i'll be getting and the three other people i will be working in a team with seem like very nice and down to earth folks. i'm excited for this new adventure and i'm so happy that the search is finally over. thanks for everyone's help, support and prayers. they have definitely been answered and chris and i are so grateful!