Before making your way to a job interview, you make sure that you understand all the aspects about the position, the company, and even the person you’re dealing with – it’s just the basics of this nerve-wracking activity and everyone almost always preparations be it for a role they have applied for or a promotion. For Alyssa Nakken, she had no idea that she was being interviewed for an entire month.
How could that be possible? Well, before we go into details, let’s get to know Alyssa first.
Major League Baseball enthusiasts may have an idea of who she is – a newly promoted assistant coach of the San Francisco Giants. In the team’s 151 years, this marks the first time that a woman snatches the role.
Alyssa Nakken earned her master’s degree from the University of San Francisco
Alyssa, who was a former softball first baseman in Sacramento State, got her sports management master’s degree from the University of San Francisco. Little did everyone know that she has been with the group since 2014 when she first entered as an intern.
She climbed the ladder in the next five years, taking on positions that oversaw the health and wellness initiatives of the organization. Despite accomplishing various works for the business and operations department of the group, Alyssa knew she wanted more.
Gabe Kepler is the manager of the Giants since November
Thankfully, Gabe Kepler came into the picture. He was just hired in November as the manager of the Giants, and since then, the official has made it clear that he will push for diversity in any way that he can.
So, how did a one-month conversation lead to her promotion? One day in November, just as when Gabe was busy with finding the right staff while Alyssa also got her hands full with the Spartan Race at the Oracle Park, the two crossed paths in a service tunnel.
The manager asked Alyssa how she was doing, and she, who knew how Gabe was caught up in a lot of work, told him the importance of ample rest and sleep. The conversation led to the staff, whom she knows too well because she had worked with them.
For about a month, Gabe asked Alyssa of her thoughts on the clubhouse and the structure of the team. Unbeknownst to her, this was actually an interview for a promotion that she could never imagine.
The manager then formally offered her the job after New Year and Alyssa knew she could do everything that was asked of her. She admitted that in the years she has worked with the company, she has already learned the ropes.
Mark Hallberg was also promoted
Apart from Alyssa, Mark Hallberg also became an assistant coach of the Giants.
