If you’ve been reading for very long, you’ve probably seen me mention my girlfriend Amy. She’s awesome. She was the setter on Cornell’s volleyball team, she spent nearly 3 years as a consultant at McKinsey, and now she runs Competitive Intelligence at Groupon. I’m constantly impressed by her, and I’m extremely thankful for how supportive she has been as I’ve gone through a lot of ups and downs to build this business. Considering that she’s stuck with me long enough to see One Day One Job achieve meaningful profitability, I figured it was time to put some of those profits towards a ring. I was referred to an amazing custom jeweler who walked me through the entire process and helped me design something that she’d be happy wearing forever. On Wednesday afternoon I got the ring, and on Wednesday night I popped the question. Thankfully, she said yes! While I didn’t use Blue Nile for the ring, I thought it was a fitting company to take a look at today because I was constantly on their site doing research during the process. They’re based in Seattle, WA, and they’ve become “the largest online retailer of certified diamonds and fine jewelry.”

I Didn’t Go to Jared

Buying a ring has to be one of the most intimidating processes that a young guy can go through. It’s really tempting to do the whole thing online, and Blue Nile’s focus on customer service makes that a reasonable choice (though I’m glad I didn’t do it online). I think the best thing that they offer is a 30-day guaranteed return period, but it’s in tight competition with their user interface. It’s ridiculously easy to find what you’re looking for–and if you don’t know what you’re looking for, it’s ridiculously easy to educate yourself using Blue Nile’s resources. Even though I didn’t buy from them, I’m still a huge fan, which is why I think that you should take a look at Blue Nile’s Jobs page. They have a few opportunities that look well suited for a new grad including: Bilingual Customer Service Representative, Assistant Buyer, and Website Development Engineer. The jewelry business is fascinating, so working at Blue Nile would probably be pretty exciting.

Links to Help You Begin Your Research

• BlueNile.com
• Jobs at Blue Nile
• About Blue Nile
• Blue Nile in the News
• Blue Nile’s Investor Relations Site

Two engagement tips:

1. Use browser privacy when you’re looking for jewelry online. If you don’t, you will get bombarded by ads.

2. Don’t change your relationship status on Facebook until your fiancée has told everyone she needs to tell. Even though it says that it will wait for her confirmation, it will still tell everyone that you’re engaged (but not whom you’re engaged to until you’ve confirmed). I learned this one the hard way.

We've identified Blue Nile as having career opportunities in the following categories:

• all employers
• bilingual
• buyer
• customer service
• e-commerce
• jewelry
• merchandising
• planner
• software development
• Washington
• web development

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One response to “Blue Nile”

1. Kristy of Kendallville says:

   December 16, 2011 at 1:47 pm

   Just wanted to say congrats on the engagement! I’ve been a reader for over a year now (email subscription) and never left a comment, but I thought this post was worthy of some extra cheer. Marriage is the most crazy wonderful thing in the world — I am constantly in awe at my luck of getting to spend the rest of my life with my soulmate and best friend by my side.

   Congratulations again! Many blessings to you and Amy!
   -Kristy

   p.s. Way to go on the custom ring! Do we get to see a picture?

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