I just completed week six of my new hire training, and I have more weeks of training. In reality, onboarding continues several months after the official training is completed with my current position, which lasts a little over three months. I have no complaints. I must say, out of the places that I’ve worked, this is definitely the most organized training that I’ve encountered. If more companies put this much time/effort into their new hires, I imagine employee satisfaction/confidence would be much higher for jobs that require an extensive skill set. I’ve worked within the insurance industry before; however, that was health insurance.
I’ve made a career change late in my career, and I must say that I’m happy with my choice. It’s something I’ve thought about for the past few years, and I finally decided to take that leap. Yes, it can be a bit unnerving, adding a new skillset on top of what I’ve already known. However, I’ve always enjoyed a challenge. What’s helpful is being surrounded by a supportive team, having a fabulous boss that I talk with weekly via virtual meetings, and feel appreciated. That goes a long way in making the transition easier since I have to learn the terminology and become familiar with the numerous systems that I must navigate during my workday. The fact that we do have such a supportive team makes the hurdle to learn a new skill set a bit easier.
My daughter’s college schedule begins Spring 2022
In other news, my daughter is preparing for college. She decided to wait until the spring semester to start college. Initially, she was hesitant about telling me her desires; however, I told her that she can always tell me anything. After she shared her thoughts while taking a car ride, she told me she was relieved since it had been on her mind. She’s taking a few courses this fall; however, the bulk of her classes won’t begin until early next year. I told her that I thought it was fabulous that she realized that she needed to take some time to step back, reflect, and focus on the path that she’d like to pursue in college. She met with her guidance counselor towards the end of last week and left the virtual meeting excited and with a much clearer idea of what courses she wants to pursue.
In other news
My nephew was in town last week. Thursday – Saturday. However, I’ll write about that in another post and share a few pictures of some of the places we visited while he was here. Oh, we’re also thinking of visiting family in South Carolina this Thanksgiving. We’ll see! I’ve chatted with my favorite Aunt, and it appears that a lot of them will be “going home” this season. I mentioned before that my mother came from a large family. There were sixteen of them. Fourteen of the siblings are still alive. I imagine one of the reasons for wanting to make sure they go this year, is they are getting older, two have passed away. The last one that died was about eight years ago. However, the oldest is nearing 80, and the youngest are in their late fifties.
Tomorrow is Sunday, my daughter and I have a few errands to do; however, we’ll be taking it easy for the most part.