For months now, I loathe to say years because that is far too depressing, I've been on the peripheral of getting a job. Always a bride's maid, never a bride. Last year I applied for nearly 60 positions with half being in the library world. I didn't apply for gigs April - August as I was working retail jobs while we were up at the cabin and schlepping to and fro an airport that supports a town of 25K people is not an airport to take seriously. (Tho the airport's address is Fly Not Dr. Puns!) I started applying for big girl positions again when we got back to Louisville last fall but the academic market slows down as colleges go on winter break and I was more into working at a local bookstore than write a heart-wrenching letter of interest to some generic job title at a small college/university in a small city in a state I've deemed applicable to live in. (If you're wondering: Washington, Oregon, California, Illinois, Michigan, Kentucky (ugh), large cities in Tennessee, and a smattering of large cities on the eastern seaboard. And only medium-large cities in those states. Can you see me living in a rural area? Texas and Flordia are out because Texas and Flordia and most of the Midwest states (Iowa, Nebraska, etc) are also out because of weather and whatever odd thing I've randomly decided to make my life in those areas hell. Probably lack of Whole Foods and Trader Joe's, something all of us should aspire to base our housing and lives on).
Issue #31 Sneak vs Snuck
Issue #31 Sneak vs Snuck
Issue #31 Sneak vs Snuck
For months now, I loathe to say years because that is far too depressing, I've been on the peripheral of getting a job. Always a bride's maid, never a bride. Last year I applied for nearly 60 positions with half being in the library world. I didn't apply for gigs April - August as I was working retail jobs while we were up at the cabin and schlepping to and fro an airport that supports a town of 25K people is not an airport to take seriously. (Tho the airport's address is Fly Not Dr. Puns!) I started applying for big girl positions again when we got back to Louisville last fall but the academic market slows down as colleges go on winter break and I was more into working at a local bookstore than write a heart-wrenching letter of interest to some generic job title at a small college/university in a small city in a state I've deemed applicable to live in. (If you're wondering: Washington, Oregon, California, Illinois, Michigan, Kentucky (ugh), large cities in Tennessee, and a smattering of large cities on the eastern seaboard. And only medium-large cities in those states. Can you see me living in a rural area? Texas and Flordia are out because Texas and Flordia and most of the Midwest states (Iowa, Nebraska, etc) are also out because of weather and whatever odd thing I've randomly decided to make my life in those areas hell. Probably lack of Whole Foods and Trader Joe's, something all of us should aspire to base our housing and lives on).