Okay - I'm sitting in Columbus, Ohio with my foot up. Harry, kids and assorted Ferguson relatives are checking out the beautiful NEW Student Union and the NEW Library to die for on the OSU Campus while I sit writing to all of you...
For the past year, the recruitment of full time employees slowed down on the vendor side of Financial Services, so I started thinking about other companies that might benefit from my help in this market. Right before I had my "dust ruffle accident," I told a couple of friends that I wanted to go work for Goldman Sachs, JPMorgan Chase or Morgan Stanley. With this in mind, I have to say that my Career News is completely thrilling and that my lifetime of work has just come full circle.
There I was sitting a lot and feeling a tad wheelchair-bound a few weeks ago. Yes - that's honestly how I felt! I'm what they call "the family bopper" - I bop in to sit in the houses of cousins and friends because their/ your energy keeps me alive and positive and happy and connected! In that wheelchair, I couldn't get to anyone or anywhere without inconveniencing the masses so the worst kind of cabin fever started kicking my butt! If you know me, then you'll also know I became heart sick knowing my days as a Pt. Pleasant jogger had abruptly come to a close. Then... in the middle of my Harry peeling me off the ceiling each night - out of nowhere - "that remarkable phone call" came. The call got my foot out of my head, but the entire awesome experience lifted me up and propelled me forward!
On April 14th, I will leave my revered colleagues at SunGard Trading and all the great recruiting work I've had the privilege to execute there. On April 19th, I get to partner with executives I've revered my entire life and who are now at the top of Morgan Stanley leading the effort to create the #1 Retail Bank in the world!
As you know, this $62 billion global market leader in Investment Banking became a bank holding company in 2008. The company spent a good part of 2009 cutting back on its business in Prime Brokerage, Prop Trading, Principle Investments and Commercial Loan Origination so it could focus on and invest in this massive Retail Banking effort. My new job is to identify, source and acquire the talent Morgan Stanley needs to win and I will not fail.
Tonight, as we cheer on little old Butler University during The Final Four and as we celebrate Butler's charmed Indianapolis history & Hoosiers movie fame... I'll be screaming from the rooftops for "all the little trains that could" because I know how it feels to be one. I am truly blessed.
Best regards,
Everybody's Cousin Tish
Score: 15/51
Quote of the Day: "I grew up believing in all the little trains that could!"
-Kate's Mom
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