by B. E. Baker
I hope she's right.
“Hey what jobs are you applying for, anyway?” she asks.
“What do you mean?”
“You're graduating in computer science, right?”
I nod. “I'm applying for IT jobs, if that's what you're asking. But they all require experience. I don't know how I'm supposed to get any, since none of them will take me without it.”
She taps her lip and stands up. “You should search for jobs where the company is looking for an assistant and an IT person.”
I tilt my head. “Why, exactly?”
“First of all, you have experience as an assistant and you have a reference, too. You've helped with Sub-for-Santa several times. You list that and then you put me down as a reference. I'll give you a glowing recommendation.”
“But I don't want to be an assistant,” I say. “No offense.” I still have no idea what Paisley likes about being Mary's go-fer.
She rolls her eyes. “You might like it once you try it, but even if you don't, it would get your foot in the door, Trudy. Once they meet you and see how smart you are, you'll be a shoo-in for their IT position.”
Sly like a fox. My kind of plan.
With Paisley's help, I add to my resume. When she wants me to change Trudy to ‘Gertrude,’ I balk. “It makes me sound a hundred years old.”
“You’re applying for assistant jobs. The older, the more competent, right?”
I suppose she would know. We work on applications until Troy gets sick of Mickey, which is about eleven applications in. Frankly, I was surprised to even find that many places looking for both assistants, and IT personnel.
“An assistant spy,” I say. “I like it.”
She grins and helps me put Troy to bed. Afterward, she insists on watching Kate and Leopold. I almost enjoy it.
The next day, I check my email after my morning walk with Troy. I definitely enjoy seeing not one, not two, but three emails from companies interested in interviewing me. Maybe Paisley’s right and things are turning around for me. I’m smiling when I call them one-by-one and set up interviews.
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Acknowledgments
Thanks as always to my husband, my mom and my kids. I could never write without the support of all of them.
Thanks to my beta readers, my ARC team and my fans. You have no idea how much your positive reviews and words of encouragement mean.
Thanks to the Writing Gals for helping me learn so much by your generous and open sharing of knowledge!
Thanks to Esther for checking in with me every day and keeping me excited to write. And I’d be remiss not to thank Susannah, for being an amazing cheerleader!
Also by B. E. Baker
The Finding Home Series:
Finding Faith (1)
Finding Cupid (2)
Finding Spring (3)
Finding Liberty (4)
Finding Holly (5)
Finding Home (6)
Finding Balance (7)
Finding Peace (8)
The Finding Home Series Boxset Books 1-3
The Finding Home Series Boxset Books 4-6
Books by Bridget E. Baker (same writer, but I use a different name for my fantasy and end of the world genre books!)
The Birthright Series:
Displaced (1)
unForgiven (2)
Disillusioned (3)
misUnderstood (4)
Disavowed (5)
unRepentant (6)
Destroyed (7)
The Birthright Series Collection, Books 1-3
The Sins of Our Ancestors Series:
Marked (1)
Suppressed (2)
Redeemed (3)
Renounced (4)
The Anchored Series:
Anchored (1)
Adrift (2)
Awoken (3—releasing July 15, 2021)
Capsized (4—releasing September 15, 2021)
A stand alone YA romantic suspense:
Already Gone
Children’s Picture Book
Yuck! What’s for Dinner?
