What I Wish I Could Say

I am looking for a job. I thought it would happen easy for me since that has kinda been my experience. I was wrong.

I had a great job that turned into just a ‘good’ job. I lost that job because for something like two years I had been living in a sleep apnea induced fog. I didn’t know it at the time of course. I was struggling but could never put my finger on it. I finally had a sleep test done and got the results. Sever sleep apnea. I lost my job two weeks later, before I could do anything about it. Intuit was a great place to work and now I miss it. I think if I wasn’t in the fog so much, I probably would have still considered it a great job.

But that is the past. Now I am looking for another great opportunity.

What do I want to tell the potential employers out there? This…

I am a great employee! I have had one job fifteen years and one almost nine. I don’t hop from one job to the next. I am smart, let me show you. I enjoy challenges. I am a quick learner. I always focus on doing my job as well as I can. I work well with others and have always been a good teammate. I believe we win together.

I am also a great leader. I have been an office manager at one company and before that, I have lead groups of people on projects. I am a natural leader.

In short, I make a company better. I understand that I need to know what my supervisor’s goals are so I can help him reach those goals (which will be meeting my own goals).

I have spent two careers working on proprietary systems and that has cost me. My last job at Intuit, I never tried to advance because I really liked doing what I was doing. That was a mistake. I see that now.

I just want another chance to make people happy they hired me. Greatness awaits.

Patrick Ernst