One Happy Daughter Today

Finally the news that the family has been waiting the last year or so came into being today. The start of the story was early today when I phoned Wendell to speak to him about the grandkids new computer. The computer I had fixed up for the grandkids was acting up and I felt it was probably a stick of RAM that I had put in the machine. So I called Wendell and talked him through removing the offending stick to see if that fixes the problem.

While I was on the phone, Sheila comes on and advises that she finally has received her security clearance and will be terminating her employment with Canada Life tomorrow (March 9th). She then starts her brand new career with the RCMP Training Academy (Depot) on March 26th.

This employment is the end of almost a year of Sheila taking exams and then waiting for an opening that she wanted to take. She was offered one position last fall however she decided it was not exactly what she wanted so she turned it down. Of course she second guessed herself almost every week if she had done the right thing or not. I volunteered that with the new year coming there would be more positions available.

Shortly after the new year came around she indeed was offered this new position and she accepted it. Then the waiting came into being as the RCMP had to do a security clearance for her prior to her actually starting work.

Well today the Inspector called her and advised that her clearance was through and the Force was offering her employment and when did she want to start. Sheila of course wanted to give her current employer 2 weeks notice so she will be handing in her resignation letter tomorrow. Then she has to anxiously wait for the 2 weeks to pass so she can start her new occupation.

There is still one other detail that is a bit humorous in all of this though. Last year when Sheila took the exams she passed the CR3 level and only missed the CR4 level exam by 1 mark. A person can only take these test ever so often and there has to be a waiting period between attempts.

Well last Sunday Sheila again took the CR4 exam and she is hoping that she indeed picks up that missed mark and then a few. If she indeed passes, then she would be eligible to apply for any CR4 positions (which is also a rather large increase in pay from a CR3 position).

Sheila probably won't know for another month or so if in fact she made the cut off for the exams. By that time she should be in place in her new position at the Training Academy. The nice part is that at least her security clearance has already been done. If she indeed is offered a position that strikes her fancy then it would be just a transfer to the new position and not a brand new hire.

You can bet that Sheila is anxious about starting her new employment. It has so many unknowns for her at this point in time. However, I have the utmost confidence in her abilities and I'm sure that she will do a terrific job once she is up to speed on the position.

Well done Sheila, may you have a long and varied career with the RCMP.