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If anyone besides Logan had recommended that he get help, he wouldn’t have taken it so well. Hudson might be prideful, but he knew when his beta was right. He usually was, whether Hudson liked it or not.
“Well, I guess that’s enough putting it off,” he mumbled as he clicked open the webpage and went to his email.
He had a new email on top. It was from the website letting him know that he had applicants for his position.
Applicantswere good. It meant he had options.
“Hell, yes,” he whispered, not wanting to wake Hannah. “Let’s see what we have here.”
Hudson went to the link to view the first applicant.
He apparently had his hopes too high that his first candidate would be the perfect fit. It was disappointing, to say the least. She hadn’t held a job that lasted more than a couple of months. However, she indicated in the application that she was young and willing to try new things.
Her submission photo would have told him how unequipped she was for the job, considering she found it professional to select a picture with a filter over her face.
“Yeah, I don’t think so.” He exited out of her information and clicked on the next candidate, less optimistic this time.
The next was okay but not great.
Hudson went through three other candidates and realized that the battle wasn’t going to be hiding his identity as a polar bear shifter. No, the problem well before that would be in getting someone he trusted or who would be a good influence around Hannah. None met any of those standards. They especially fell short in the experience department.
He had two resumés to go through.
Hudson got up and poured himself another cup of coffee so he could mentally prepare for what he expected would be more disappointment.
He glanced at the time on the laptop. His day wouldn’t officially start for another hour or so. It would allow him enough time to read through these last two and write an email that he could copy and paste to let them down easily.
He clicked open the one at the top. “Nora… What are you willing to bring to the table?”
Hudson scrolled through her answers to his application before moving to her resumé.
She had responded well enough, but anyone who wanted a job knew how to play that game. The person came out on the resumé, not the simple yes or no questions.
Hudson’s eyes widened as he saw just how much experience she had in exactly what he was looking for.
“Finally,” he sighed, allowing optimism to inch its way back in.
Her work history was perfect. She even wrote a cover letter, which impressed Hudson even more. Most didn’t know what a cover letter was, let alone how to properly format one.
He read through her short intro, hoping it was as promising as her resumé had been.
She was a pediatric nurse looking for a change from the hospital where she currently worked. She loved children, and helping them was her passion in life. She would love to be able to focus her energy on one child who needed twenty-four-hour care with an ever-changing regime. She seemed to want the challenge.
She didn’t have a profile picture submitted with her application, which didn’t bug Hudson one bit. It made it easier for him to judge her credentials rather than base his reaction on what he saw and would or could automatically assume.
Just for the hell of it, Hudson looked at the last applicant. No good, especially compared to Nora’s.
He pulled the promising prospect back onto his screen and read through the entirety of her submissions again.
He had a great gut feeling about her, and his inner polar bear agreed. But what if she already had other offers? She was highly experienced, and anyone could snatch her up.
Without further hesitation, he whipped up an email responding that he would like to hire her based on credentials alone but would like to meet with her first so they could observe her fit with Hannah as well as discuss what would actually be expected. He promised if there was a conflict, he would pay her a full month's salary just for the inconvenience.
He waited for about ten minutes after he sent it, then slammed the rest of his coffee and decided that it was time to wake Hannah and get the day started.
As he started to rise, his inbox dinged.
A glance told him it was a reply from Nora, the applicant to whom he had just more or less offered the job.
