Hello all, As you know, I moved to Princeton, NJ in September. I spent a lot of time looking for a job with no success. I babysat in the afternoons and evenings. Finally, in January I signed up with a temp agency - they got me a two-month full-time temp job at Educational Testing Service. As that assignment was ending, I spotted an opening at Princeton University Press. I applied. They wanted to interview me! They did, and the interview went well. Nice people. Then I left Princeton to visit my brother Charlie in Atlanta, GA for a week. When I got back, I called the Press to see what they had decided. They had decided to hire me! I'm very excited about this job for several reasons, in no particular order. 1. It's a full-time permanent job. My first ever. With, like, a salary and stuff. 2. It's in publishing. I wanted a job in publishing. I like books. 3. Rather than just make me do boring stuff, they will make me do boring stuff and also prepare me for a career. 4. The darn building is only about a mile away. No commute. I can bike or walk if I want. Or park in the nearby free parking lot. 5. The building adjacent to the Press is the computer science department, where my fiance Aquinas is in his first year of a Princeton University PhD. I will be "Sales Assistant," working under the "Assistant Sales Director" and the "Sales Director" as part of the "Sales and Marketing" division. Sales targets book stores/distributors, whereas marketing targets individuals. Publicity, which is also something located in my building, targets the media. Also in my building are editorial people who find and edit new book manuscripts. There are also some production/design people. It's sales but it's not selling. I will be providing support for the operations of the sales department. I will be doing clerical work, responding to customer queries, providing materials for the sales force, and assisting in the twice-a-year sales conferences. The next sales conference is coming up soon, and will introduce the sales people to the books which will be produced this summer and available in the fall. I report for work Monday March 22, 2004. Signed, A very happy Lucy Day Werts |
