Vanessa is a 24-year-old stay-at-home mom, wife, military spouse, and veteran. She started her online education while she was still in the Navy. After receiving an honorable discharge, getting married, and having two beautiful girls in two years, she is still going strong with her education at Ashford University. She is currently doubling up on classes with hopes to attend graduation December 2009 with a Bachelor's in Business Administration.
Well, as I said in my last post I had a job interview on Friday afternoon with the agency I currently work with. The interview was for a project management/analyst position within an IT department, definitely something I would be interested in doing and certainly a career change. As for how the interview went I honestly can’t really tell you a whole lot. The interviewer was the hiring manager, which is good because it meant that I got past the HR screening process but I couldn’t really get a feel for how I was doing during the interview. Personally I felt it went pretty well and she did request some examples of my work in the areas of project management documentation, etcetera which I sent that evening. Other than that it looks like I’m in the waiting game.
On Monday I will be contacting Western New Mexico University with some questions regarding their Master of Arts in Interdisciplinary Studies, so far I’m 100% sold on the program but things may change if it looks like I have to do those 2 classes, twice during summer 5 week terms to maintain ½ time student status. That just seems like it would be too intense for me. I did 2 grad classes at time at Ashford during a 6 week accelerated semester and let me tell you, it was no fun for me or anyone around me during that month and a half. It definitely took some wind out of my sails and I’m in a position now where I want to actually enjoy my studies, call me crazy. I guess we’ll see how things will look on Monday. Who knows, maybe I’ll go from being a Saint to a WNMU Mustang.
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About Cajun
Cajun is 31-years-old and currently employed as a Project Analyst for an Information Technology department at a major financial firm. He has recently changed careers after spending 7 years in Federal Law enforcement of which he spent 5 years as a supervisor. His management experience combined with the MBA he finished in October, 2008 allowed for a career change even in the face of these uncertain economic times.
Cajun was introduced to the concept of distance education while working full-time as a law enforcement officer with a demanding and unpredictable schedule, obtaining an Associate of Science degree in Criminal Justice from
Ashworth College, a Bachelor of Science degree in Criminal Justice from Southwestern College of Winfield, KS graduating Magna Cum Laude and a Master of Business Administration with an emphasis in Organizational Leadership from
Ashford University. To further his new career Cajun will be working towards a Master of Science in Management of Information Systems with an emphasis in Project Management from
Bellevue University.