Sometimes an opportunity comes from above. Sometimes it’s a blow in the wind. Maybe it was something predefined that happened when I walked down one of the central streets of Trondheim with Jorunn and saw a little sign for a company that specialize in Human Resources and headhunting. I read the sign and said to Jorunn: "Maybe I should try something else. How about a salesjob? Maybe I’ll do that?". The next morning I e-mailed the company and told them of my interest in the job openings they had on their website. Two hours later I got a call from one of their people and was invited in for a little talk the next day. Fine. The next day I were shown a number of job-openings they were working on for customers. The company wanted to try me for a bunch of jobs. "But", the HR-woman said, "there are one that we’d like to try first".

A company working with workforce training and learning management named Ajourit had just been aquired by Visma Financial/Visma ASA. Visma Ajourit lacked a salesperson on their staff and had decided to get a new salesperson in Trondheim. The HR-company wanted to ask Visma Ajourit to try me on for size. A new week came and I got a call from the manager of Visma Ajourit Trondheim, Roar. He told me that he wanted me to come in for a little talk. I went. After a few talks and interviews I were called up again and told that they wanted to offer me a job!

So the story goes about the geek that went from technical drone to salesman. I’m starting ASAP (That’ll be the first workday after easter). The place I’ll work is just a mere 14 minutes of slow walk from my new home at Solsiden/Nedre Elvehavn so it’ll be a nice walk in the morning from August on. Until then I’ll bike, drive or go by bus.

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