What’s she up to?

When people ask me what Brittany is doing now, I have to stop and think a minute. That’s because she has changed jobs several times this summer. It’s worried John a little, but I remind him she’s 23 years old and with the broad major of communications and PR and living in Charleston with a minor in hospitality/tourism, she’s finding her spot.

Luckily she doesn’t mind interviewing! Probably because she loves to talk. (And she can talk to a wall!)

She was approaching her one year anniversary as the front desk manager at a hotel, when she thought she might like more regular hours. At the hotel she worked every shift and every day possible, which made juggling her second part time job a little tough.

So she started searching online for what else there was out there, and found a marketing and customer liaison position for Freedom Boats. This is kind of a country club for boaters who don’t actually own boats. As members they can check out fishing boats, pontoons, ski boats, cabin cruisers, etc. Brittany has always loved boats and having grown up on the lake thought she would be a perfect fit.

24 hours after the interview she called and said, “They haven’t called me back yet!” I said, “Brit, it’s been one day!” She replied, “But, I’m worried! I’ve never not gotten a job I interviewed for!”

The next day they offered her the job. She gave the hotel two weeks notice, had one day off and then began her new job. It didn’t take her long to realize most of her days were spent alone in an office with a phone. Customers would call and reserve their boats for the weekends or evenings when she wasn’t there, so she had no real live people contact. And that just wouldn’t do.

So she got online again and found another hotel in downtown Charleston that was advertising for a front desk manager and sent in her resume. They called the next day, a Friday and asked if she could come in for an interview on Saturday. She did that and Sunday they called and asked if she could come in on her lunch hour Monday to interview with someone higher up.

The first thing he told her was they had been swamped with resumes. So Brittany decided to sell herself. (And she had a lot of pent up words from having worked alone the past three weeks!) By the end of the hour the man told her, “Well, I think I’d be a fool not to hire you!”

So after this two week notice she’ll be starting another new job. And maybe it will be a little easier to answer, “What’s Brittany up to?”

At least for now.