New Job

On Friday the 13th (go figure) I actually had an interview with an employer here in Danville, which was arranged by Trillium, a staffing agency. It went really well and on Monday I was informed that they wanted me to work for them. The company is CCMSI and handles workman's comp. claims, with several offices nationwide. Apparently the headquarters is here in Danville. The title they gave is "Help Desk Analyst" - but it's really not much. All I currently do is answer the help desk phone and monitor the email, write up tickets regarding the given issue, and assign it to the appropriate person or department. So far it's been fairly slow, which is nice because I'm able to do other semi-productive things, such as writing this blog entry.

It's not a resume builder but it's better than several jobs and in this economy you gotta take just about anything, not to mention it also pays almost $5/hr. more than what I was getting on unemployment. The interesting thing is that this is the same company that had some developer positions (starting at $40k/yr.) open not too long ago, which I was being considered for. But Trillium found out they ended up outsourcing them rather than hiring anyone, which kinda stinks. As of right now I am officially a "temp-to-hire" and therefore technically an employee of Trillium, though they think CCMSI will likely hire me directly, which will also increase my pay a little bit.

However, I still want to move and would like something which would build my skillset more so I'm still going to be looking elsewhere in the meantime. My sister informed me of a hiring event at a company in St. Louis where a friend of hers works. St. Louis wouldn't be my first choice, but it's certainly not bad and isn't too far away either. This looks like a really good oportunity which hopefully I'll be able to get in on. One really intriguing position is a Photogrammist, which apparently involves "computational analysis of photographic information" - analyzing things like photos, maps, and charts. We'll see how things go and what develops.