Making The Most Of It

I have been out of work going on 6 months now. One might think you would get bored with nothing to do, but I have never been so busy or enjoyed anything so much. Is that awful of me?

By now all of you know that I am trying to get that "really goode job" with Murphy Goode Winery in California. I have spent more time networking and drumming up votes than I have ever spent on applying for a position close to home. (hmmmmm - maybe that should tell me something) I have written 2 different essays and emailed a few hundred people asking for votes. I have posted the link to my video on LinkedIn in every group I am part of and on Facebook several times. It is working. I have 364 votes as I am writing this and fully expect to go up over 400. If votes are any determinate on who makes the Top 50, I should be in. (Jean's Video for a Really Goode Job)

My daughter and son-in-law and I have started our own business distributing Gluten-free food. I have spent several days and hours on this as well. It also appears to be paying off. I have a couple of definite customers and am working on one big customer that would give us the solid footing we need to look at this as being a viable business that one day will actually support all of us.

Then I decided to become an Independent Wine Consultant for Wine Shop At Home. This is so much fun. I actually earn money tasting wine with a fun group of people and get to help them discover how great wine can be. Wine is my passion - how could a job be any better - if you can even call this work. It is more like a big party!

I also am working at the temp job I mentioned in I Have a Job. It appears to be a great company that cares about their employees. I have my own office and my own phone extension. They updated the phone list to include me and I even have the option of working from home.

Next week I have been given the opportunity to attend the DELTA Plus training at CCG in Greensboro. I will be going on a scholarship so there is no cost to me.

I am making the most of not having a job and sometimes wonder how a person finds the time to work 5 days a week! ;-)

Really Goode Job

Ok - here it is!!!

http://www.areallygoodejob.com/video-view.aspx?vid=pbcUt2-Z4Ac

This is the job I am trying to get in California at a winery called Murphy Goode. The job is temporary - only 6 months. But it is the opportunity of a lifetime. If I can get this, when I get back I should easily be able to work at any winery around here. That is what I would like to do, reinvent myself and move into the wine industry. Please vote! If you could share this with your friends so they could vote as well, I would really appreciate it. I have a feeling that the popular vote will carry a lot of weight on who gets selected for the top 50. Then there will be another round to select the top 10 who go out to California (all expenses paid) for a week for the final interview stage where they select the lucky person.

It took me a while to decided how the popular vote actually came into play. Then it hit me. The number of votes you acquire is a direct reflection on how well you truly network. So right now I need all the help I can get. If you can forward this to your network and ask them to vote as well, I would appreciate it so much.

Thank you!!!

Jean