Blessings blessings everywhere! Back in October I started the hunt for a full-time position after grant money ran out from my current job (I was working as a liaison between BYU and the Utah County Health Department, connecting students, professors, and professionals with research and project needs). The county offered me another part-time position but I knew I needed to be filling my afternoons with more than Oprah, so I was on the lookout. Amazingly, I quickly had an interview and job offer at the state health department where I'd work on flu campaign materials. It would require lots of driving and would be temporary with no benefits but I was willing to try and take on both part-time. That same day I was alerted that a full-time, benefited position opened up at the county where I already was working. I went through the long and laborious government application process but I finally have the job!! It was worth the wait and I love the projects I'm working on: tobacco prevention (working with worksite policies and physician tobacco screening/education), injury prevention (creating a YouTube video contest for Hispanic teens which focuses on highway safety) and the same academic liaison stuff. I love my job and I am so blessed to be paid to do what I love.
