Online applications suck
Applied for a few more jobs today, though it's starting to feel like spitting into the wind. I hate those online applications- they make you manually enter everything into their system and then ask you to upload your resume, which has EVERYTHING YOU JUST UPLOADED ON IT. What a waste of time. Are they just testing you patience? Making sure you know how to enter data into a computer? I would love to get either of the jobs I applied for though; they're both at the Field Museum, administrative assistant positions. It's frustrating to know that they'll probably take one look at my resume, see that all of my jobs have been arts related and toss it out. I could work reception in any office setting- I have a brain, and a good phone manner- but it's hard to see that on my resume. I list all of my office experience, but I just don't feel like it translates well. If only I could get to the interview stage...sigh.
On a better note though, I heard back from my NU professor today and he's going to write my letter of recommendation for the Master's application. So as soon as I get my personal essay edited to the point of perfection, I'm pretty much all set. I can't wait to go back to school; I just feel like I've been waiting so long to be back on a path towards something. I've said all along that I'd have no problem doing the work as long as I knew where to start and where it was leading. And now I do, and that feels fantastic. I feel very confident about the choice of Library Science. It just makes sense to me- a perfect combination of public service and academia and creative work. And I'll actually get to use my brain again, and be constantly exposed to new information, and even have the opportunity to work irregular (ie. not 9 to 5) hours. And I can wear cute vintage cardigans and plaid skirts and horn-rimmed cats eye glasses! Okay, so maybe that's not the most important part, but it's a bonus!
Now I just need to find something to do until then. Sigh. I still think winning the lottery is my best bet...
On a better note though, I heard back from my NU professor today and he's going to write my letter of recommendation for the Master's application. So as soon as I get my personal essay edited to the point of perfection, I'm pretty much all set. I can't wait to go back to school; I just feel like I've been waiting so long to be back on a path towards something. I've said all along that I'd have no problem doing the work as long as I knew where to start and where it was leading. And now I do, and that feels fantastic. I feel very confident about the choice of Library Science. It just makes sense to me- a perfect combination of public service and academia and creative work. And I'll actually get to use my brain again, and be constantly exposed to new information, and even have the opportunity to work irregular (ie. not 9 to 5) hours. And I can wear cute vintage cardigans and plaid skirts and horn-rimmed cats eye glasses! Okay, so maybe that's not the most important part, but it's a bonus!
Now I just need to find something to do until then. Sigh. I still think winning the lottery is my best bet...
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