Could it finally be time for a little luck on our side? (Not IF related)

So a few posts ago I was talking about how the job search relates to IF.  And how the hope of a job possibility can also break your heart.  Well, it all started on the same day as our canceled IUI...my friend Brit said there might soon be an opening at the fire department for administrative work (her mom works there, and I worked there doing data entry back when I was a senior in college).  This gave me hope, and reminded me to get back on the job-hunt horse (at least a little bit).  IF can not stop my life, I need to live it! 

So I updated the resume (again).  Updated my Monster, Hotjobs, LinkedIN, etc profiles (again) and started doing a little searching (again).  As well as talk to someone at work again about wanting to move up in the company (if I was stuck at Target, might as well make the best of it right?).  So I had applied for 14 jobs in the last month.  Not a lot, but kind of sticking my toe in the water to see how the market is.  All of these I applied for on Jan. 31st, or Feb. 7th.  And in the following weeks crickets....not a good sign to not even get a "thanks but no thanks".  Started to again feel that disappointment creeping in.  Thinking again - "This economy is so crappy!  I'm one out of 400 people trying for each of these jobs." 

But then something awesome happened.  Jeff, who has also put out feelers in the job market (mainly out of frustration with his current company.  Thankfully, he is not under-employed like me.)  saw a posting that came up because he added "RFP" in his trigger words.  I explained to him "Request for Proposal" will get him a lot of sales job postings, which as a lawyer in the insurance/workers comp industry he would not be interested in.  But what happened to pop up?  Media Traffic Coordinator at Barri.ngton Broa.dcasting Group. 

Why is this awesome?  For seven years I worked in television advertising sales.  I made a butt-ton of money and love the industry.  But I got burnt out on sales.  Like I never want to be a sales person for the rest of my life- burnt out.  But there are very few related jobs that this leaves me qualified for.  Marketing for any company, sure.  Media buyer for those companies that advertising on TV and radio, of course!  But many only have one person for that or hire an advertising agency.  Work at an advertising agency? Of Course!  But most of those are downtown Chicago and I don't want to either be stuck in traffic or on the train for two hours a day!  So my "ideal job" is fairly narrow.  (Thus why applying for administrative jobs.) 

And then along comes this.  They are a company that owns 28 television stations.  In a suburb not half an hour from me, they are the HQ for this company.  And this job would be taking what the sales people sell (what I used to do) and make sure commercials and web advertising on their sites gets set up correctly.  PERFECT!!  They even use the system that I was chosen as one out of six people at Hearst Argyle (out of over 200 sales people) to train and re-write the training manual for.  Score!  How many people have that background? Not many. 

So I had a phone interview today that I killed at.  I mean, I think I was super impressive.  Sure, it was just a short 25 minute screening interview but I nailed it.  And now I have an interview set up for Friday with the VP of sales.  I hope, with all the bad luck I've had these past three years that I will finally have a stroke of good luck.  A little over twice my current salary will go a long way!  And I'm curious what their IF health benefits are.  But more importantly, I will feel useful again.  A monkey could not do this!  They need someone like me.  And I'd be back in the industry I love!  Fingers crossed for the stars to align.  Please!!