First post

Background photo from Tripadvisor

Well, I've arrived.

This is the first post in my new blog about my sudden new life in Stockholm, Sweden.

This is how it all happened:

After graduating last June, I started seriously looking for work, but despite my most valiant efforts, no leads ended up being too fruitful. I'll tell you: I got really good at writing job applications. So good, in fact, that I was invited to many an interview. And so, hopeful, I'd preen and perfect my look and did pretty darn well, I thought. Turns out the first interview I went to, which I had thought to have aced, ended up being fruitful after all.

About two months ago I received an e-mail from the regional manager of Studentum.fi, saying they had received my information and CV from the sales manager of their sister site, and that they were also looking for a person to fill their opening for account manager. Stunned that I surely could not have just received a job offer, I called L to see what she said. Her response was: "Great! When do you start"?

Well, this started the interview process: one in Helsinki, one in Stockholm, and then the job was mine! Tomorrow is my first day as an account manager toward the Finnish market at Studentum.fi. Wish me luck!