I received an email today from a dear colleague that starts with “I don’t even know where to begin…”

Me, too.

Today marks my last day as an employee of SOS Engineering & Technology, and my last day running the Orem, Utah branch of their company. Tuesday, I will begin working in the recruiting department of a certain well-known company in the area.

My feelings are mixed.

I am a thousand-times excited about the opportunity and vision waiting around the corner. But there are so many people and companies I have come to love that I won’t be communicating with as regularly… and that’s tough.

But I also wonder and think about the deep connections I have made and I wonder partially about the vision I have always had for this branch and for what this organization can do.

I can remember clearly preparing for work on the morning of my first day working for SOS.  I remember looking out the window of my bedroom as the sun began to barely break the horizon of that cool spring morning. I was tying my necktie as a compelling thought crossed my mind:

“There’s someone out there, right now, who is in a job they don’t want, and they don’t know how to get out.”

That thought has driven the things I have done for this branch–a relentless and tireless desire to help great people find great jobs, and to provide high-touch technical recruiting services that are customized for my clients.

I just packed up a framed quote that I have kept visible in my office for the last three years. It has given me energy countless times to move forward and serve, and I am sure it will continue to do so for me in my new roles.

I would’ve never made it through the difficult times, which are guaranteed to happen, without a core belief in what I am doing.

Once you’ve made the decision that you will be there “no matter what”, it frees you up, and gives you the strength you need.

~ Leslie Stanford

I look forward to seeing how things play out.

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