Rhonda Schennek:  

Okay, here it is in a nutshell. Unfortunately I had to battle addiction during the later parts of high school until I was 22. Did rehab and have been sober since. During my rehab I got a job at Grand Auto on Jackson Street in Hayward and worked in the store as a Manager for seven years. I noticed a clerical job opening in the warehouse in 1997 and jumped on it. First I worked directly for the warehouse manager and supervisors. It was great. Then in 2000 we found out that Grand Auto was being sold off to Kragen. At that time I was the Admin to the Regional VP. You wouldn't have believed my office. It was huge and furnished all in mahogony and was beautiful with huge windows that overlooked a koi pond and gorgeous patio. As the October sell date approached I interviewed with the Kragen people and was placed in a Maintenance Supervisor position with an office located in Livermore. Fortunately it was only a seventeen minute drive from my home that I purchased in Hayward in 1996. I HATED that job. Put out several resumes and got interviews with the CA State Family and Child Commission as well as a CAT dealer called Peterson Power in San Leandro. The CA job was going to take at least 8 weeks to fill but the offered an excellent salary and benefits. I went back to Peterson and represent...Expand for more