Thanksgiving and a Promotion

We had a great Thanksgiving holiday last week. We traveled to Las Vegas to spend it with Jaclyn's family. We had a great time showing off Austin, visiting family members and friends, playing games, watching movies, and doing some Christmas shopping. Jaclyn's step-brother, Michael also returned home from his mission in Portugal so we were fortunate enough to hear some stories and see pictures of the lives he touched there. Austin was great traveling; he slept well on the road and in Grandma Sally's playpen and did great with everybody holding him. Maybe he be a people person when he grows up. It really was a fun trip for all of us. It was hard to come home and leave all those loved ones for a few months. (We are spending probably spending Christmas with my family in Vernal.)

In other news, I was promoted at work this week. GravityPeople made some changes in the HLM team this week and I was one of six to get promoted to a high level. (HLM is Hiring Lifecycle Management, basically, our process of helping clients hire people.) Instead of just looking up resumes, I will also be the first contact for candidates on the phones. I will also get to call people to try and recruit them for open positions. (When I say recruit, I mean call people who may not be actively looking for a job, but have the qualifications we are looking for. For example, they may be doing a similar thing at a different company, but may not have resume posted.) The cool thing is that the other five people who got the promotion have been around much longer than I have. I am the most junior person in the company but still given the promotion. That made me feel good. I've been in training this week with an exec from SF to learn my new roles. Oh yes, the promotion does get a pay raise.