Josh's New Job!!!

Yay! So Josh finally got a job! He got a call from Manpower last week (whom he contacted a couple of months ago and never heard anything from) and they told him about a job for Xerox. Well, he went in for the interview today and the lady liked him right off the bat and told him he'd be a perfect fit! His official title is "account specialist" and basically he'll take on different projects for a client and do image retouching, etc.. and do test prints and stuff like that and then send it to the company so they can see if they like the designs (?) I'm not totally sure on the details but that's the gist of it. The lLady who interviewed him said she knows he wants to move up eventually blah blah and this is a good starting point for someone just entering the field.

More good news came last week as well from Kohler. The person he spoke with from the ceramics department called Mark and told him they liked Josh a lot and he should apply to a job online and get in the system and then she will bypass the HR department so he can get in for another interview quickly! And we just happened to find a job that is open at the Wisconsin location that he is qualified for. He still has an upcoming meeting with the person who is in charge of the graphic design department as well so there is ANOTHER possible opportunity (thanks to Mahoney!)

This is such awesome news for us because not only does he have a potential opportunity with Kohler but he now has a job so we don't have to worry about that anymore! Also, he contacted all of his teachers at MATC and they've all agreed to let him come in at random times when he's available to turn in last assignments and projects so his classes won't interfere with his work schedule! I guess sometimes when you are least expecting it, good things will come. It feels so good to FINALLY have something positive happen for us. I'm actually feeling very cautious about things these days just because I know how quickly things can turn bad, but we went and had a little celebratory dinner and stuff tonight so that was nice. Hopefully things will slowly continue to move in the right direction for us. I was really worried about Josh when Zach passed away becasue he lost his focus on school and finding a job and basically everything (to be expected of course) but he really pulled it together in spite of all he's been through and worked even harder and now it is starting to pay off! Baby steps.... :)