A Brief History

I moved to NC from TN in 1978. One day, I was eating at Hector's in the mall, and met a guy who had just opened an employment agency. He needed a "secretary."

Job responsibilities included answering the phone, interviewing prospective employees and matching them to employer's needs, scheduling interviews, helping clients with their resumes and so on.

Just so happened, I was available. Never really interviewed with him for that position, he just told me to show up the next morning and he would put me to work. I did, and he did. As his agency was brand new, he was not able to pay me more than minimum wage, and he knew I wouldn't be satisfied with that for long. He was very generous in allowing me to peruse the positions as they came in, and he said I could have my pick if something looked interesting.

One job that caught my eye was as an expediter at a large distributing company. Actually, what caught my eye was not the job itself, but the pay was decent and the hours were 10 am-7pm. So, yeah. I faxed them my resume, and arranged an appointment for an interview. When I showed up for the interview, they sat me down at a desk and put me to work.

Twenty eight years and ten positions, including management, later, and here I still am.

For another two weeks anyway!

PS - The man that "hired" me left soon after and joined a commune in Washington state. Seriously!