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I interviewed yesterday at the Woodbbury location of the Minnesota Lung/Sleep Institute. I had interviewed previously at their Edina location. Although they said that they were doing a lot of internal moving about of people, and it would be until the end of the month before they were sure what they were doing, they called today and offered me the job. They said I had great qualifications and was obviously a good fit.

This is a quality outfit. They do good work. I've had a sleep study done there. They offer a uniform allowance, for heaven's sake. They're offering $22 an hour, a princely sum. And they do support for continuing education, $200 and two days off a year. Since continuing education is required for maintaining one's certification, this is important.

They are also offering a non-compete contract. They'll pay $2000 over the course of a year if I agree to work only for them within a 50 mile radius for 18 months. Since I hate changing jobs, this is a no brainer. I said yes.

I'll have a car commute for the first time in my life. I'm not looking foward to that, but people cope with it every day. It's about 30 minutes by car to Woodbury. I wish it were closer, but it's not so bad.

So I'll be employed for the first time in 3 years. I start the 29th. Seems so weird. I gotta go buy some scrubs to wear.

Date: 2010-11-17 10:40 pm (UTC)
From: [identity profile] buttonlass.livejournal.com
Hooray and congratulations! That's a welcome bit of good news.:)

Date: 2010-11-17 10:55 pm (UTC)
From: [identity profile] davidschroth.livejournal.com
Hurray!! And congratulations!!!

Date: 2010-11-17 11:07 pm (UTC)
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From: [personal profile] jiawen
Congrats! It'll be good to get back to work.

Date: 2010-11-17 11:20 pm (UTC)
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From: [personal profile] guppiecat
Excellent news!

As for the car commute, you may learn to love it. I use mine to listen to podcasts or lectures from The Teaching Company. It's turned into some very nice relaxing downtime.

Date: 2010-11-17 11:43 pm (UTC)
From: [identity profile] fgherman.livejournal.com
W00t!!!! Mazel tov!

Date: 2010-11-17 11:52 pm (UTC)
From: [identity profile] dreamshark.livejournal.com
Good to hear!

Date: 2010-11-18 12:21 am (UTC)
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From: [identity profile] markgritter.livejournal.com
Congratulations!

Date: 2010-11-18 12:39 am (UTC)
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From: [personal profile] aedifica
Hooray! And congratulations! I hope it works out wonderfully for you.

Date: 2010-11-18 01:07 am (UTC)
From: [identity profile] mrissa.livejournal.com
Congrats!

Date: 2010-11-18 01:10 am (UTC)
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From: [personal profile] sraun
Yay! Congratulations! Other than "nights", do you have any idea what your schedule will be?

Date: 2010-11-18 01:31 am (UTC)
From: [identity profile] rivka.livejournal.com
How wonderful! Congratulations!

Date: 2010-11-18 01:36 am (UTC)
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From: [personal profile] redbird
Yay!

Yippee!

Date: 2010-11-18 02:15 am (UTC)
From: [identity profile] dlandon.livejournal.com
That is awesome news, congrats!
- D

Date: 2010-11-18 02:28 am (UTC)
From: [identity profile] lydy.livejournal.com
Not yet. I do two weeks of days, first, to train. Then it will either be Sunday, Monday, and Tuesday, or Wednesday, Thursday, and Friday. We'll see.

Date: 2010-11-18 03:38 am (UTC)
From: [identity profile] minnehaha.livejournal.com
Oh my dear this is just stupendous!

K.

Date: 2010-11-18 04:55 am (UTC)
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From: [identity profile] gerisullivan.livejournal.com
Huzzah! Way to go.

Question on the non-compete: are they offering you a fixed number of hours each pay period?

Date: 2010-11-18 06:07 am (UTC)
From: [identity profile] evilrooster.livejournal.com
Woohoo! Layers of great with great sauce drizzled over it all!

Date: 2010-11-18 12:54 pm (UTC)
From: [identity profile] papersky.livejournal.com
Congratulations -- I hope it's lots of fun.

Date: 2010-11-18 04:09 pm (UTC)
From: [identity profile] markiv1111.livejournal.com
Great news! I hope it works out as well as expected (but there's no reason it shouldn't).

Nate

Date: 2010-11-18 08:37 pm (UTC)
From: [identity profile] lydy.livejournal.com
Yeah, they're offering full time. Yay! I thought I was probably going to have to work on call or casual at first.

Date: 2010-11-20 12:00 am (UTC)
From: [identity profile] mom23cats.livejournal.com
wonderful news

Date: 2010-11-20 07:45 pm (UTC)
From: [identity profile] apostle-of-eris.livejournal.com
y-a-a-a-y!
positive cash flow good!

Date: 2010-11-25 03:01 am (UTC)
From: [identity profile] careswen.livejournal.com
Cheer!!!! Many congratulations!
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