By Meg Sullivan – Account Manager
Joining Blue Agua Staffing was the best career move I’ve made. I was a stay-at-home mom, and my previous career was no longer what I saw myself doing. I wholeheartedly knew that I needed a change. Yet, I felt without direction and wasn’t sure how I was going to enter back into the work force. It was months of applying and interviewing. I would get offers, then the tug on my soul wouldn’t allow me to take them. I feared I would hate doing what it was I was applying for. I couldn’t handle the thought of being miserable for a paycheck.
The divine day came when I met Kody Harrah through a mutual friend. She talked candidly about her experience. Any fear of starting something new, went away. She had me with “we’re hiring.” Before my start date I met “The Team.” They are exactly that. I felt at home and welcomed right away. Hence, two weeks passed, and I was fully in the IT staffing industry, and I didn’t even quite know it yet. I had a sense this is what I should have been doing all along. My personality, talents, and skills were designed for this type of work. It has become obvious that because staffing is about building relationships with character and integrity, I could thrive and help others do the same. I got thrown right in. There we two options, sink or swim.
The first course of action, on my second day, was a lunch meeting with a gracious CIO. Day three was much the same. I meant with a jovial CEO of a company I’m privileged to say is a client now. I have had my hand slapped by a HR director for reaching out to her managers and I’ve marched in my first candidate with donuts in hand for the client. There has been no real time to doubt myself or the process. I’m grateful for that. I am soaking in as much as a I can from all those that have gone before me. So, in turn one day I can repay what has been so freely giving to me.
My boss has said one word a plethora of times in a way that has stuck. It’s about “cadence.” The beat I vibrate and how I can attract those with my individualized energy. “This industry is a marathon type role, not a sprint,” he expresses. For a runner like me, I understand what he implies and take it to heart. Although things have been moving fast, the work hinges on the tone and pace I set and how I build those impactful relationships. Nevertheless, there is so much more for me to learn. Being like a sponge is the best approach I can take and when “no’s” come, I am taking them as “not for now” and moving on. There is always work to be done and jobs to be found. One month in I can already say, I love being in the staffing world and am ready for all its challenges!
