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Happy Trails
It's really hard to say goodbye. I've lived in Kansas my entire life and I've made many really good friends here. Some of my closest friends from St. Anne's and from Boeing are some of the best people a person could ever hope to call friends. For the most part, I've been very happy here.
An opportunity for me to provide a better life for my family has presented itself, but requires that I move to Atlanta, Georgia. I have to admit the thought scared me at first, but I know it's the best thing I could do for my future and my kids' future. Fear turned to acceptance and then to excitement. I really am looking forward to my new career and life in the South. It's a crazy time right now, trying to make all the arrangements, finding a place to live, moving, starting the kids in a new school, starting a new job. As busy as I am right now, I don't want to forget to say goodbye and thank you to everyone who has been so dear to me. It is important to me to stay in touch with everyone so here is my personal e-mail address. Please write to me.There are so many people to tell that I thought I would put up this page so that I could let as many people know as possible where I'm going and what I'll be doing. I will be working for a company called PowerCerv. I will be an Application Service Consultant. In plain English that means I will work with PowerCerv customers that purchase their ERP systems from PowerCerv to convert to their new systems.
It felt very strange buying one way tickets to Atlanta for us. I believe we will be back again for Thanksgiving to see our families.
For my family and friends who want to keep up with what we're up to, I plan on putting pictures on this site and also have an online calendar at http://www.calendarz.com/?cal=cal3711&cmd=calview
We plan on moving to Cobb County in the greater Atlanta area. Actually in Marietta, Georgia. It is a beautiful place with award winning schools and a small town atmosphere. (I sound like a travel guide, but it really is a nice place)
Cobb County Convention and Visitors Bureau Click on "Cobb Communities" for Marietta
******************************************************************************************************I've had so many questions about how I found this job and how I put my resume on the internet and conducted my job search totally online. I wish I could answer every question and help everyone who wanted help, to put their resumes online. I found this article in my subscription to WebMonkey that I feel has most of the information I could give you, plus a few goodies I hadn't thought of. The Online Job Hunt by Lisa Schmeiser is a great place to start. (Although the article centers around web-based jobs, the advice she gives about resumes, cover letters and searches apply to non-web jobs as well. )When you're ready to begin searching my recommendation is the Online Career Center (OCC). OCC allows you to define your job search by industry, specialty, geographic area, etc. You can post a resume with them using a fill-out form and define keywords that will pull your resume when a company or recruiter is searching for prospects. There are many other sites that you can check out that specialize in different areas of expertise. Use a search engine such as Infoseek or Lycos to search for "jobs", "resumes", "online resume", etc. Also, try searches using keywords for your profession. In my case, I used "APICS", "CPIM", "Lean Manufacturing", and "JIT". Use the "buzzwords" that you use in your resume. If you have a special skill set, certification, or knowledge base, try using it in the subject line of your e-mail messages when you apply for jobs. I put "APICS Certified" in the subject line of several e-cover letters. It got the attention of a few recruiters.
If you're not a web junkie like me and don't know squat about HTML, etc. You can build your resume in Word or PowerPoint and save it as an HTML file using the File, Save As on your toobar. PowerPoint even has a wizard to help you with this, but I think Word is probably easier. You can obtain free web space from many places, too, if you don't mind their advertising banner at the top of your page. I use Fortune City. Right now, they are giving the largest chunks of memory. (20 MG) Fortune City makes it easy to upload your file using a user-friendly interface that allows you to browse your computer for the file and push the upload button. You don't have to know a thing about ftp or HTML to get a resume on the net. I hope this little bit of information helps anyone who's interested. (If you are a web junkie, don't forget to use meta-tags on your resume file. Every little bit helps)******************************************************************************************************
Updated: 10/24/98 by Rhonda K. Elpers
