Profiling

My friend, the communications goddess, at work wanted to profile me for our newsletter. I thought I would share the questionnaire just for fun.



Name:
Diane Louise Major

Title:
Administration Specialist Senior (best. secretarial title. ever.)

Years at this employer:
1 1/12

Path to current position:
(It was a yellow brick road, and there were these singing munchkins ...) I've been in mainstream financial services for most of the past decade and a half, culminating in Risk Management at a large securities firm at the time the financial crisis began. When that employer had a merger and a move, I stayed here and went to a local utility for two years. After a layoff there, I remembered having an interview at our employer many years ago; I'd always kept them in the top of the mental list of "if I could go anywhere" places to apply to if I needed to find a new gig, and checked the site every single day, along with my list of 26 regular job hunting go-to's. After three months' unemployment, FINALLY there was a listing, I applied instantly, and last June, somebody in HR got fooled by my resume. By July 19, you guys were stuck with me!

Born (hometown):
It always seems to surprise/disappoint people who like me when I say this, but Richmond VA is a nicer place than people give it credit for!

Favorite pastime:
Just one? I write novels and try to sell them. Sometimes I socialize with people.

Three things you can’t live without:
I'm hard put to respond to questions like this, because I'm a literalist and terrified of committing to limited responses! My loved ones; new things to learn, understand, and be grateful for; the living I make working with all of you guys.

Favorite book(s):
Donald Harington's "The Architecture of the Arkansas Ozarks" is my favorite picaresque ... Parke Godwin's "A Memory of Lions" is the best historical fiction I have ever read ... Mary Stewart's Arthurian novels ... Douglas Adams' Dirk Gently AND Hitchhiker's novels ... Ursula L. K. LeGuin's "Left Hand of Darkness" is the best world-building adventure story - oh, and it's sci fi. Depending on my mood, any one or all of these are favorites.

Favorite movie:
I'll say the JJ Abrams "Star Trek" reboot, but this again is hard to quantify!

Favorite music artist:
If I had any sense at all, I'd just say the Beatles and leave it at that. You are killing me here ... (Since I have no sense: Bowie, Adele, AC/DC, Daft Punk ... oh, and the Beatles ... Yes, I know.)

Favorite food:
Mediterranean/Greek/Italian (I am aware putting Italy last on this list will get me in trouble with some of our management!)

Worst pet-peeve:
Reductive profile questions ... ?

Three words that describe you:
One of our managers calls me Tenacious D, I like that description. Two more might be articulate ... and resourceful.


Good grief, this was hard ...