Casey's New Job

CASEY GOT A NEW JOB!!!

This is the most exciting news that us Houghton's have had in a while!! (besides my dyson, of course).

So for a while now Casey has been wanting a new job. He's been working as a counselor at a place called Heritage Schools... it's a treatment center for troubled youth. It's a pretty intense job and Casey has been there for two and a half years now. When he feels like he's really been able to help one of the kids, it can be really rewarding.... but most of the time it is basically just a really stressful job. He started there thinking that was what he wanted to do with his life... become a Recreational Therapist and help people. While he still wants to help people in some way, he does not want to be a rec therapist- they don't make much money and you deal with ridiculous problems all day long. Working at Heritage has been a priceless experience for him, but it's time to move on. Casey said he was starting to get sick of being cursed at every 5 minutes.

SO.... I was looking at the jobs available here at Intermountain Healthcare (where I work) and there was an opening for a Landscaping Specialist. Before working at Heritage, Casey worked for American Fork City as a landscaper and LOVED it. So I applied for the job for Casey. Not only because of the economy, but because IHC has a policy of hiring from within...it is SUPER hard to get hired at IHC. The chances of him getting the job were super small, so not only did we not get our hopes up, we didn't even think he would get an interview. So my surprise, he got an interview!!
He said he felt good about the interview and he felt good about his possible managers (he also wore his SUPER hot new coat). Shortly after the interview, we got a call from Human Resources offering him the job!! The human resources guy said that Casey had really impressed the managers, and they were really excited about working with him. He also told Casey he would be getting paid more than the job was even posted for!

So besides really liking what he's gonna be doing, here is what is awesome about this new job- He's getting paid more than he was at Heritage, he will be eligible for tuition reimbursement (basically a scholarship where IHC pays for his school), there is room to move up in the company, his hours are great for going to school and my favourite: we can have lunch together and even ride to work together sometimes!!

So needless to say, we are very happy. And I am SUPER proud of him. Just this morning this lady I work with whose husband works over there.... was totally shocked to find out Casey got the job. She said there were over 100 applicants for the job!!