OMG, I finally got a job and I am headed to Texas

**10talents** · July 1st, 2009, 12:44 PM

For those of you that have followed my post you know that I have been turning up every stone since December trying to find work

. As of today I am gainfully employed

and will be working on the Galveston Texas Ferries starting next week. It's not the job I was expecting to find but I have to $top the bleeding and it will give me opportunity to upgrade.
I started this process in March 2008 renewing my license that was expired under the old system

.
So here is my timeline:
March-Sept 2008, 30+K and 7 months STCW classes with no job

OCt-Nov 2008, 2 additional months waiting on our good friends at NMC and no job

Dec 08-July 09, 7 more months looking for a job. I got 1 quick bout w/ job from hell

but picked up 42 days of recency and needing 48 more.
July 2009 and I'm going to work.

I am very much looking forward to going back to work. Many thanks to all on here for your support.

**CampbellsChunkySoupra** · July 1st, 2009, 12:55 PM

congratulations sir! Sounds like all of the hard work is going to start paying off. Keep at it and keep building the resume!

**Capt. Nemo** · July 1st, 2009, 01:35 PM

I've always been of the opinion that it's easier to get a job when you have a job. It's not always the case, but it seems to prevail.

Ahhh, Galveston in the summer. I can smell the tar balls now.

Enjoy the job and again, congratulations. You did the work. Time to make it pay off.

Nemo

**mtskier** · July 1st, 2009, 01:36 PM

10,
Great news!!!!
MTSKIER

**seadawg** · July 1st, 2009, 01:47 PM

good for you and best luck!!once had an AB onboard with me who worked the Bolivar Pt. ferry..he claimed to like it!

**Shellback** · July 1st, 2009, 05:04 PM

Hey 10, Great news man...I hope you enjoy it..

**Capt_Anonymous** · July 1st, 2009, 05:12 PM

Fantastic! Enjoy the ferry boating life.

**abergeron** · July 1st, 2009, 06:10 PM

Man awesome news. One of these days it may be me but in this terrible economy any good news is welcomed.

**water** · July 2nd, 2009, 01:06 AM

Good going, 10talents! Glad to hear you have a job, and there should be a lot of fun places to explore in the Galveston area ashore. We used those ferries for crew changes when we were running out of Galveston.

**Stareed** · July 2nd, 2009, 06:33 AM

Good for you Bro, Hopefully the open up Florida to drilling and you can work out of the promise land in the future! From a fellow Fla. boy Congratulations!