As of 5:00 PM, EST, I am officially retired! Twenty four years with the Georgia Department of Public Health! Up until I went to work for the State, I had worked part-time jobs so that I could be available for my daughter's needs while she grew up. I worked as an accountant for my first 25 years in the work force, often working for two or three companies at the time. I was able to go to my daughter's activities, serve as grade mother during her elementary years, and watch her when she was cheer leader. I'm thankful for those years. When I was 36, I decided I needed a job with benefits including retirement, and was hired at the second interview I went to. I first worked for Mental Health (Substance Abuse). I was a Secretary I at the beginning, transferred to Public Health in 1994, and ended my career as a Confidential Secretary to the District Health Director of a 13 county region. Confidential Secretary is a title which is the same as an ...
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