Work

The last blog was all about the previous fun weekends, but that is not how every entry is going to be. So, I thought it would be nice to take a little bit of time and share what I'm doing now for a living.

At Stryker, I work in the HR department, and I am what is called a Candidate Care Specialist. To sum this position up, I do anything from A to Z when it comes to scheduling candidate's on-site interviews. Recruiters find the candidates, then I take it from there. Its a small team of 4, and I'm the only one on the west. We support the entire US, which is a lot of divisions. This can make it challenging due to the time change, and the volume of candidates that need interviews. My favorite part about the job is working with the candidates. When I get positive feedback, it absolutely makes my day. I love when I pick up a candidate that is scheduled to come to Endoscopy (the division I work at) because then I get to meet them in person. It really helps everything to come together nicely that way. With my job, there is a lot of scheduling, a lot of details, and a ton of emails, but the days fly by.

For any of you who know me you will know this: I am AWFUL with names, and I am not very skilled at proof reading. I spelled my own name wrong on the email for this blog for God's sake. These two downfalls can cause some mistakes on my end. Recently I had a minor mistake and called a VIP in the business the wrong name. No it's not the end of the world, but I still really took it to heart. I HATE MESSING UP! This job is really teaching me to be more detailed oriented, but I'm sure there are plenty of more mistakes to come. It's really strange going right out of college into a career. I feel extremely young and sometimes it feels like you need to do even better to prove yourself. Anyway, Stryker is an awesome company with a lot of awesome people working in it. I'm blessed to be where I am.

I got some pretty great news this week. I'm in the lead for having the most candidates this month! I think I'm at about 50. phew!

Also, I'm still waiting on a dog over labor day. My roommate will be out of town, and I really don't want to be home alone all weekend, its very scary here. Especially when people are murdered in their house like 10 miles away from me. This place is so different from home- but that's another entry soon to come. 

Till next time...