Yesterday was my first day at my new job. I now work in American Fork for a company called Gravity People, Inc. It is a recruiting service for senior and executive level positions mainly in the IT industry but have started to branch out into other sectors more recently. It was a lot to handle the first day: paperwork, orientation, training, shadowing other employees, etc. I did get to do some first-level screening by the end of the day, but I have lots more to learn.
The job environment is pretty good. Gravity isn't a huge company. They started in 1998 and have their main offices in San Francisco. The office in AF has less than 20 people, 12 of us who are researchers. We each have our own workstation and computer. Everything is computer based. I work M-F from 9 a.m. -6 p.m. (for now) and get an hour lunch break. My co-workers are pretty nice and easy to get along with. That's good. It's pretty casual too. We don't have to dress up much either unless exectutives from SF come in. Joel, the COO, came yesterday, but was casual too; he wore a polo shirt and jeans.
I get to ride the bus both ways. It isn't that bad. It takes about 45 mintutes each direction for a minimal fare. The same bus also stops at the State Developmental School in AF so we get some interesting personalities on the bus in the morning. All and all, I can't expect much more out of it.
I'm excited to learn more and become more comfortable with my job descritpion. But in the meantime, I'm making new friends and started down my new career path.
2 comments:
Wow, sounds like you are in the real world now! It's crazy to think that college is over (for now!). Don't you wish you could just teach at the MTC for about $30K a year?
I was just offered a full-time position at General Motors. We'd prefer to be in Utah, but feel this is the best career move for me. Maybe we'll be back in a few years. Best of luck with your job! Stay in touch.
By the way, that last comment was from me, Adam Denison!
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