notes from the salt mines

[heresluck]

I'm revising job letters today; tomorrow I'll be preparing several packets of application materials to be mailed out Monday morning

Comments

[heresluck]

Farscape would be good. Or food! Are you free for lunch next Tuesday?

I mailed out seven apps this morning and e-mailed another two. Eight more coming up next week. And my director still hasn't put his letter in my dossier, which is making me cranky.

[laurashapiro]

I think you should have the cookie *also*.

::supportive cuddles:: I go through the same "my ego's just fine, thanks" form of apathy whenever I apply for jobs, too.

[heresluck]

Cookie also! You're so clever. *g*

I made a huge batch of granola, actually. Which is kind of like spoonable cookie.

[laurashapiro]

Mmm. Granola...

You make your own, eh? Recipe? ::batting eyelashes::

granola recipe...

[heresluck]

...can be found here.

I have taken to adding a cup of unsweetened flaked coconut as well. The only non-negotiable ingredients in granola are the oats, oil, and sweetener (which can be honey, maple syrup, spiked with molasses, etc.); other than that, it's pretty much whatever you want, and the same rules of assembly apply.

[river_boat]

Urgh, I spent all summer job hunting so I heartily sympathise. If I had to write one more paragraph about my fabulous "communication skills" or "pro-active attitude" or "hands-on approach" I think I would have reached breaking point. I felt like such a sell-out loser using all those cheesy buzzwords...but thinking up alternatives was too haaaard ;-). Best of luck with the job hunt!

[heresluck]

Thank you. I won't know how well it's going until I start hearing about interviews, which probably won't be for at least a month; but we'll see.

[lalouve]

I keep sending out copies of my PhD thesis and the comments I get back show, beyond the shadow of a doubt, that nobody read them. My native brilliance is hidden behind the cloud of unknowing, obviously.
Well, I can tell you're brilliant from reading your LJ. Surely not all employers can be completely unintelligent and unable to see what I see?

[heresluck]

The thing that I have to keep reminding myself is that the job market is only partly about brilliance; a lot of it is about what a particular department needs in terms of focus, secondary specialties, even personality. Those are the sorts of things that don't make it into job postings, so we're all just guessing at what a particular committee might want or need to hear in order for the application to stand out. It's frustrating, but also kind of gets me off the hook emotionally; if I don't get an interview, it's not because I suck; it's just because they needed a different kind of candidate.

Job Hunting

[lalouve]

HL

Re: Job Hunting

[lalouve]

There are other people who have read Wulf and Eadwacer? I keep getting reminded that LJ is the place to which the literate and erudite flock.