I'm tryin' to find a job, people. I'm tryin'.
I'm not gonna lie: The job search is awful. I've been unemployed for a year and a half now, landed a few interviews, and been passed over for jobs for which I was clearly qualified (and often, overqualified). I've applied for countless jobs in the last 18 months and don't understand why I'm still unemployed. I know the economy is down and jobs in my fields of expertise are few and far between, but I didn't imagine I'd still be looking for a job after so long.
I'm going to keep searching, but figured I might as well post here and see if any community members have leads on jobs in Missouri or jobs where I can work remotely. My background is in information technology and communication (editing and writing).
With so few members in the Midwest US, chances of someone having a lead for me are pretty slim, but I figured it's worth a shot.
On a related note, I'm going to try to go back to my plan not visit the forums (except, of course, in case of emergency) before 4:30 p.m. Central, with the possible exception of during the lunch hour.
I also plan to continue using my personal instant messaging IDs (instead of my gummyzergling IDs) during business hours, which means I won't be on AIM, ICQ, other IM networks, or in the #cga or #toj IRC channels until after 4:30 p.m. Central (possibly earlier on Fridays). (I'm in the IRC channels today because I forgot to switch users in Trillian this morning.)
As always, my job search comes before my online responsibilities (even though I much prefer handling administrative duties to the job search, not that that's much of a compliment).
Please continue to pray that I'll find full-time employment or at least a short-term assignment soon--or that one of the literary magazines to which I've submitted my short stories will think they're so awesome that they'll put me in contact with people that are willing to pay me to write for a living. That would be sweet.
I'm not gonna lie: The job search is awful. I've been unemployed for a year and a half now, landed a few interviews, and been passed over for jobs for which I was clearly qualified (and often, overqualified). I've applied for countless jobs in the last 18 months and don't understand why I'm still unemployed. I know the economy is down and jobs in my fields of expertise are few and far between, but I didn't imagine I'd still be looking for a job after so long.
I'm going to keep searching, but figured I might as well post here and see if any community members have leads on jobs in Missouri or jobs where I can work remotely. My background is in information technology and communication (editing and writing).
With so few members in the Midwest US, chances of someone having a lead for me are pretty slim, but I figured it's worth a shot.
On a related note, I'm going to try to go back to my plan not visit the forums (except, of course, in case of emergency) before 4:30 p.m. Central, with the possible exception of during the lunch hour.
I also plan to continue using my personal instant messaging IDs (instead of my gummyzergling IDs) during business hours, which means I won't be on AIM, ICQ, other IM networks, or in the #cga or #toj IRC channels until after 4:30 p.m. Central (possibly earlier on Fridays). (I'm in the IRC channels today because I forgot to switch users in Trillian this morning.)
As always, my job search comes before my online responsibilities (even though I much prefer handling administrative duties to the job search, not that that's much of a compliment).
Please continue to pray that I'll find full-time employment or at least a short-term assignment soon--or that one of the literary magazines to which I've submitted my short stories will think they're so awesome that they'll put me in contact with people that are willing to pay me to write for a living. That would be sweet.