It's official - I work at Harvard!

I moved to Boston on June 16. I started temping at Harvard Medical School on July 28, and today, September 17, I received my offer letter. I'm now officially a Harvard employee! I have accepted the position of Project Coordinator for the Center for Biomedical Informatics. This has been so much easier than my previous job searches, and so much more fruitful. I'll be making quite a decent salary, I'll have four weeks vacation a year, I work with terrific people, and we have a great benefits plan. I work closely with the project manager and we oversee/organize a team of computer guys. It's different than what I've done before, but I'm enjoying it and learning a lot.

By the numbers, it's harder to get a job at Harvard than it is to be accepted as a student. Harvard posted 2,500 jobs last year, and received 75,000 applications. This gal feels pretty good!

After job-hunting and living in Boston unemployed for a month, my mom (Nancy) suggested I temp, just to get my foot in the door and get me working at all. I met with the placement agency on a Wednesday, and was placed at Harvard that Monday. On my third day on the job, my boss suggested I apply for the open position of Project Coordinator, and here I am. Thanks, Mom. Of course, I've also got to thank my other three parents, Gary, Jan, and Rick (alphabetical order), my brother Josh, my grandparents, and my friends, many of whom I spoke to many times on the phone when I first arrived, giving me a comfortable lifeline back home. You're all wonderful!