Moving On
One would think that after 6 years of schooling in higher education institutions on three different continents one would be able to find a job. There are two things that haven't been the fun they were advertised to be: job hunting and apartment hunting.
I've never picked up a newspaper with a red marker in hand and sat there scanning the ads in hopes of a job printed on the page jumping out at me as if to say, "This job was made for you! Apply! Apply!". I refuse to work in retail or hospitality, perhaps I'm being to picky, but I feel like I'd have to dumb down my achievements to even get considered for one of those jobs. Many jobs advertised in the newspaper request that you sent in a covering letter and resume to the provided address. I didn't even know that was still an option these days. I though Career Builder and Monster.com were the leaders in job hunting this
All of the jobs I've applied to and been hired for have been found online and I'll continue on that route, actually. I find it to be a waste of paper, time and effort to send in a covering letter and resume to every job you think MIGHT be a fit for you. Applying to jobs onlines streamlines the whole process. I've applied to 10 jobs today so far: 6 ESL instructor jobs in Boston and 1 in Providence, 1 reserach associate position and 3 administrative positions.
I've gotten three responses so far: 1 called me in for an interview tomorrow, the data-entry position turned out to be a working-from-home scam and one of the ESL instructor positions responded with an automated response of "if your resume suits our needs, we'll contact you with in two weeks". That means never.
My interview tomorrow is for an administrative position at an event marketing company nearby and it sounds really promising. It really sounds too good to be true, but I'll believe it until they say, "actually, what you'll be doing is going door-to-door with this box of lime-green brochures in your hand wearing this festive hat".
We'll see.
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Hey A&W or is that W&A,
I've been catching up on reading your blogs.. how is that I never knew you even had one until two days ago when you posted on mine and I followed the links? I feel.. well ripped off that I have lived my life for so long without this pleasure. Goddam you hippies!
Sorry, I shouldn't blasphome. The dude upstairs said not to otherwise see the dude downstairs. I've played ignorance is bliss way too many times to know how that game ends!
Anyhoot. As everyone else has said, "Oh.. it's so sad to hear that you didn't stay" or "Oh wow what a surprise!". I stay STUFF IT. I jetted from Bangladesh after 6 months with 6 months to go - actually, my mind jetted out of there at about the three months mark, and I hung around doing some touristy things and avoiding work for the last three. Best thing I ever did. Sometimes, you think you REALLY REALLY want something, until you get it and realise you never wanted THAT. That's the problem making uninformed or not perfectly informed decisions, as most in life are.
For those who don't know me but might have stumbled across this blog for random reasons and stumbled across this post for even more random reasons; After I left Bangladesh, I did my Masters in Australia (home country for me) and met Will and then Ads. Two of the finest steptic yanks I've met in a long time.. and we partied lots to avoid studying. If Will ever tells you about the class he taught in Australia, let it be known that I was the other schmuck who taught that class 2 hours before Will and fed him the answers. Hehe..
Do tell me more about migration to Aus though and how you are doing it? I'll be around in Melbourne from about July if you are still there.
Byron.
Thanks for the fine words of wisdom!
We've been members of the blogosphere for some time now, well I have, since I'm the only one who write...I commented on your blog sometime ago, but never got back to checking for a response.
As for migrating to Australia, we're taking the Education/Occupation in Demand route. Will is going back to school in January and doing a 2-year course in Applied Commerce, after which we should have enough points to pass the migration test...according to outside sources...and build a nest somewhere in Melbourne to be enjoyed for years to come.
Yes!
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