After an entire day and a half of waiting, I couldn't wait any longer. I had planned a trip to College Station to visit several of my friends for the last time for a while and I couldn't possibly wait any longer to leave. Sure enough 30 minutes down the road my mom called and said that my package had finally arrived. In retrospect it was probably a good thing. It gave me incentive to head home a day early for a weekend with my family.
When I finally sat down to open and sort through its contents I made sure my brother and the dogs out of the house as to not distract me or spill anything on it it. The first packet was a welcome letter from Sarah, our boss. In every exchange along the way between Sarah and our lucky group of 16 she goes out of her way to make us feel like we are their priority and encourages us to do what we need to do in order to take care of ourselves.
It told us what to prepare for as far as convention and training are concerned and more importantly a large portion of the packet was devoted to what and how to pack. A lot of the tips and list of items I had already been aware of, but it still reinforced the importance of practicing packing in the coming weeks (almost only TWO WEEKS LEFT)!!
The final four sheet in the packet were to be filled out and sent to Sarah.
-Our TLC Travel Profile included our information about our "Home" airport and all of our Frequent Flyer information. Yayy for everyones key question being answered. Yes I get to keep my travel points!! 90% of the time when I tell people what I will be doing next year, they ask me about the points.
-The payroll information sheet provided IO (international office) with the bank information they needed for direct depositing my paychecks into my account while I am on the road.
-TLC Meal Profile so they know what to feed each of us during our training. Nothing too picky. I pretty much love all food (typically a huge problem for me).
-The final page was a TLC Visit Request form. "Its not a guarantee, but it doesn't hurt to ask" is what it reads on the top of the page. My requests include: Kansas State, UNLV, Anywhere in Georgia or South Carolina, University of Texas, Oklahoma State, LSU, and Texas State University, UNC, PennState, Anywhere in Michigan, ect.
Aside from the worksheets was the bible of ZTA recruitment "Ready, Set, Recruit". The instructions inside asked us to read through it and take note of any questions or concepts we might need to go over in depth during training. Since I did not attend NLC last year when the material was presented and I have never held a recruitment position I am very excited to sit down and explore all that is recruitment. Post-it notes in hand, I plan to curl up with it the next couple of evenings.
With 16 days till this big adventure begins I cant help but think of how excited I have remained since that very first email announcing that I was even approved for a face to face interview. I can not wait for what is to come, as I am sure the excitement and butterflies will only intensify.
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