The last 2 weeks

So the last couple of weeks I received word from friends, former employers and references about being approached by the FEMA corps hiring official with questions regarding my ability to do the job and their confidence in my work and personality.

Obviously this means they are interested and haven't yet cut you from the process.  At least that was my thoughts on it.

In my case I had a couple of emails back and forth about gaining additional contact information for my references who at the time where on vacation.

So still in a state of limbo but the August 6th date was fast approaching.

August 6th
Early in the day I received an email with my offer to join the Denver campus as a team leader for the 2015 year. It gave a firm start date and request to submit an acceptance letter within the next 24 hours.

There is an additional packet of info that is received by mail with a physical and mental health assessment as well as a requirement to submit a drivers record proving your not a liability.

That catches everything up to date and I will keep posting as more happens.

How this got started

So like a lot of people I went to college and got a degree. From a young age I lays enjoyed helping others most of the time at the expense of helping myself. However when I graduated I found myself in a position where no one would hire me due to flight risk. (Fear from employers that I would leave soon after training for a better more profitable position. ) having graduated in December then getting engaged on valentines day the world was looking up with a world of potential. Then as job prospects started fading and the realization that wisconsin is a truly awful economy since 2008. Things started going down hill.
A month after our announced engagement my fiance left me and within 2 days I moved back into my parents basement.  Truly living the dream.
At this point over 300 resumes out the door but little to no responce. I started to consider other starting job options.  Clearly if I am a flight risk let's look at jobs that that's not a factor. I was looking into the peace corps and americorps and I have had friends in both so I started to dig deeper and was going to apply for a peace corp posting in Ukraine strangely happy I didnt. Then found the FEMA corps.
FEMA being a government agency that interests me as a political science and public administration double major. I didn't hesitate to fill out an application for all 5 campuses secretly hoping for denver to pick me.
In a few weeks time my references all filled out their forms and submitted and I submitted my application. It was about 3 weeks later I started hearing back. First from the California campus then the Denver campus to schedule interviews. The first interview with California went great and I was excited to even be considered.  But the next interview with denver was at really the only time I had available durring a week long volunteer opportunity with the boys and girls brigade in Waupaca wi. This interview was different.  I wasn't excited I was pumped up, confidence high and truly ready to Babe Ruth style send it out of the park.  And I did. After about a half hour of talking back and fourth with the interview team which was surprising in size about 5 or 6 on the other side of the conference call they stated that if I had any questions please contact them and they will let me know either way what their decision was by August 6th.