So, now what?

Howdy ya'll? The Hollister rejection last night hit me hard, I'm not going to lie about it. It seemed like the last straw, one too many things gone wrong in a "series of unfortunate events" to put it in Lemony Snicket's words.

In fact, I spoke to my parents and grandparents last night and determined that it'd be best if I move to Europe for a few years to start out my career right, get the proper training, and then move back to the States. I've done some research on open positions in Germany as "Oracle Business Intelligence Consultant/Analyst" and found quite a few that I would fit. For anybody that doesn't know, that's the position I almost got with Eagle Creek, but didn't get because they didn't want to sponsor a work visa this year. With 4-5 years of experience in this field, however, and the baby boomers retiring (see my previous entry), chances are great for me to come back and lead the life I want (house, dog, country club, tennis, and sailing - oh, and Long Island Iced Teas!).

Yesterday, I was pretty set on that. Today, however, I got a phonecall from Abercrombie (thanks for finally calling me after like 3 weeks ...) to set up an interview for the same position as I interviewed at Hollister. I have no idea if that's going to go anywhere, but it would postpone my temporary departure from the US by a few months. I have called back, but got only voicemail, so I left a message and now I'm waiting, once again, and hope that things would move along a bit faster than last time. This job at least would provide me with some hard cash that I could use over in Europe as well as with some experience, something to do, and insurance. Also, in case I do get a job interview in Europe, I could just fly over there for a couple of days as opposed to moving everything at the first sign of an interview.

Ya'll take care & thanks for the advice given so far, keep 'em coming,

Johnny