Many of you may recall that I used to work for a Fortune 500 company when I lived in Florida. It was an amazing company, and I was a proud employee. During my tenure there, I always envisioned that this was the company I would retire with. {That was long before realizing that I didn’t want to be a corporate employee, that being a mom was more important to me.} Well, there is one thing that I haven’t shared about my employment there.
I started my corporate office career as part of a contractor management team. Lucky for me, I already had the field/operations experience, so moving to the corporate office seemed like a natural progression. At the time I was ready to move, there were no permanent positions with departments that I found interesting. There was one particular group – part of the larger marketing department – that was looking for a long-term temporary employee. Even though I was an employee in “operations” I was not yet considered a “corporate” employee.
Yep, I jumped at the chance.
Being a temporary employee allowed me to explore one area of the company that I was interested in learning about, without feeling that I would have to stay if it wasn’t as glamorous as I thought. In my first assignment, I learned a lot about beverages – specifically wine. In the twelve weeks that I worked with that group, I also acquired office skills. Prior to this, I had not worked in an office environment. I knew how to type {thanks to my parents forcing me to take a typing class in high school}, but didn’t know how to act.
I polished my skills.
After my first assignment was completed, I was offered another! And this one was with the group that I longed to work with. YAY for me! I moved to that group, to a temporary assignment that was supposed to last twelve weeks. That twelve weeks turned in twelve more. Before I knew it I was a “corporate” employee!
And I stayed there, in varying capacities for seven years. I left to pursue another dream – the dream of being a mother.
Where you ever a temporary employee? Did it lead to a full-time position for you as well?
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