BK not an issue for new securities job

[Fallonedward]

JO, congrats, I hope my hubby can get a job real soon and join you in a celebration.....best of luck

[Freddy03]

Wooo Hooo!! Congrats!!!!!

[wonderingrov]

Congratulations Joe!

[onthefence]

Congrats, Joe! I, too, knew you would get this job.

This gives me even more hope for my post bk life (although finance is not my area of expertise). And kudos to your new company for hiring you based on your skills and qualifications, and not dismissing you due to your bk. Based on this, I should think it would be a great work environment.

Good Luck!!

[Pandora]

Congrats Joe! Things are looking up!

[tobee43]

Why would I be going anywhere? I'll just not be able to be here as much, but definitely not going away by any means.

first rule...NO COMPUTER abuse on your new job...i can c it now...joe gets filed for being on the bkforum too much!! LOL!! NOT FUNNY!!!

i know you'll just be on later...but i will miss you in my time zone because by the time you'll be getting home from work i'll be on my second grey goose...and if you think i have typo's now...you ain't seen nothing!! LOL!! not really...i tried once to have two grey gooses....but i was on my a.s in a minute!!

[ccsjoe]

Why would I be going anywhere? I'll just not be able to be here as much, but definitely not going away by any means.

[tobee43]

i'm going miss you on this forum....but i really can't tell you how happy i am for you...don't forget us..

[ccsjoe]

Thanks oregon, dee, & tobee. I'm still in a bit of shock, but yes, ultimately happy with this major improvement.

[tobee43]

I KNEW IT!!!!!!!!! i did...i told you, you will GET this job!! you have too much good karma coming to you...they would have been foolish to let you go!!

i'm SOOOOOOOO happy for you!!

[Dee]

That's awesome! Congrats!

[oregonpilot]

JOE...how awesome. I knew you were gonna get it. I put in a good word for you. LOL

[ccsjoe]

OK, so a lot of you know that right before my 341 I was actively engaged in a new job prospect with a national securities and banking corporation. To clarify, I do have a job, this would be just a better job.

I did, during the final stages of interviewing, disclose that I was going through an active BK, not yet discharged and/or closed. There was certainly potential for this to nullify the opportunity.

I just got off the phone 5 minutes ago, they called me. OFFER IS IN UPS OVERNIGHT!!!!

I got the job. I am shocked that being a very visible mid level management position this was not an issue. Kudos to them for being intelligent enough to look at the overall package rather than just the event.

To clarify, they did look at the BK, but placed more relevance in: No derogatories leading up to the BK, and no current overwhelming outstanding credit balances. That's for the credit side. On the job side, they looked at all the skills plus the value-added benefits I bring to the table (public speaking experience, Latin America experience, etc) that are not directly part of the job, but will come in handy in managing the performance and visibility, and it was no contest to whom the position should be offered.

Way to start the day!!