#SoSodexo

Every now and again I receive an email from someone who read this blog asking who I am and what I do for Sodexo. My name is Kerry and I have been a marketing type for nearly 18 years. I joined Sodexo's Talent Acquisition Team 2 years ago and I get to use my skills in marketing to strengthen Sodexo's employment brand. I also have the privilege of working with a team of recruiting professionals who are committed to finding Sodexo's future employees. On a personal note, I am married and I have two children and I like to read. If you read this blog you know I am a cook (not a chef) by default. I don't enjoy it but I can do it. If you follow me on Twitter, you also know I Iove chocolate covered pretzels. But I'd like to take this opportunity to share one more personal thing about me.

I have a really hard time with surprises.

It is for this reason I have never had a surprise party. Oh, friends have tried to throw me surprise parties, but my inability to let subtle hints slip by me is the reason I've never had one. My boss Anthony Scarpino will tell you if I get part of a story I will pester him until he can fill me in on the full story - sorry Anthony! And you can be sure that it there is a present under the Christmas tree with my name on it I have unwrapped it to take a quick peek, rewrapped it and placed it carefully back in it's original spot under the tree. I admit this is a shortfall of mine.

Yesterday as I was walking out the door to get the mail I was greeted by a surprise package. Do you see what the package says?

"Don't open until 15 minutes prior to Spirit Awards."
This surprise package does not bode well for me. It simply is not in my DNA to deal with surprises. So I took a quick photo of the box before handing it over to my husband with instructions to hide it from me.

Today at 2PM EST Sodexo's Talent Acquisition Team will be "getting together" to celebrate our team's accomplishments for the year - virtually. Virtually because a majority of our team works from a home or regional office. Once a year we all get together for our annual meeting in one location for team building, networking, training and fun. But his year our team opted to delay our annual meeting in order to prepare for a new Applicant Tracking System and the training that would be required. So our annual meeting is a virtual one this year. This meeting is today at 2 o'clock and boy do we have a lot to celebrate this year!

You can follow these accomplishments today at #SoSodexo on Twitter.
And know this... at 1:45 I will be ripping into this surprise package and I will finally get the satisfaction of knowing what exactly is this box.

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