Linda Murphy:  

Drama Club. (Had a couple of combined small parts in "The Mouse That Roared". College After High School, I went to Nassau Community College. First as an Accounting major but when that wasn't working out I switched to Business Administration. I graduation Nassau in June 1989 with an Associates Degree. In the Fall of '89, I went to Dowling College where I majored in Finance. I graduated in Spring 1991 with my BBA in Finance. Four year degree in four years. Not bad, eh? Truth is I didn't have the cash to have it take any longer than that. Not to mention that when I graduated, a real job was hard to come by. Thankfully, I was waitressing before graduation and it helped pay the bills until I did get that first "real" job. Workplace After I graduated with my Bachelors degree in Finance, a "real" job was almost impossible to find. Especially since I was not interested in working for commission only as stock broker. I was a waitress for about a year until I found my first real job. I was a clerical assistant at a direct mail marketing company in Melville. After about two years, I happen to have a chance meeting with an HR manager at Olympus America who liked me and asked me to apply. Olympus picked me up in one of their customer service departments. Within a couple of years I was made Supervisor. I was with Olympus for a total of 11 1/2 years. Olympus relocated to PA, a move I was not wanting to make. So, I worked through the transition of my department and was laid off in October 2005. After some hit and misses, I am now working in Melville for a temporary/permanent placement company at their North American corporate headquarters. Finally out of customer service and making use of my Finance/Accounting background, I help reconcile a large customers records. Playing with spread sheets all day while listing to my XM online or CD's; this is my idea of the perfect job! For the first time in a long time, I really love what I do now.