So let's review ( Read more... )

It's just that when the Executive Director of Operations uses the expression "reach out to you" ("I wanted to reach out to you and make sure the interest was still there"; "I'm going to have someone in our HR department reach out to you to schedule an interview"; etc.) five times -- or, really, more than once, and even allowing one such use is ( Read more... )

I had a really good interview this morning (or, what I felt like was a really good interview; I'm notoriously bad at assessing such things) with another agency, and then when I got home there was a message from yesterday's agency asking if I was interested in a proofing, fact-checking, etc. gig at (oddly enough) one of sanj's old stomping grounds.  ( Read more... )

The guy I was supposed to see was tied up in a meeting, so after I sat reading my book for twenty minutes or so, someone else came out to go over my testing scores with me.  Excel, 25/30; Power Point, 26/30; Word, I don't remember, but something like 29/30 (and in each case I got shafted because it counts as wrong if you Ctrl-V to paste instead of ( Read more... )

Yell into the chasm long enough, and I guess eventually someone may yell back.  Before you get too excited, though, this is just an agency calling me in to test etc. and see if they're willing to list me.  I expect I'll do medium-to-okay on Word, Excel, and PowerPoint; I can operate fine in each of those applications, but I like keystrokes, not ( Read more... )

I continue to be bugged that nobody's hiring me.  It's getting to where it's not funny, you know?  How many temp agencies am I listed with, and it's not like I've just sent in my resume and now I'm waiting for the phone to ring -- I keep checking the listings, I keep clicking "apply now" and doing the whole follow-through thing, and nothing.  Also ( Read more... )

I have:

• sent my resume to thyesc
  
• had a minor meltdown over the lack of positive response from any of my job applications
  
• applied to another gig for which I'm exactly qualified but will probably hear only "That ain't it, kid" (program specialist at the NEH)
  
• reassured myself, based on contents of e-mail folders, that the last time I worked at cmshaw's office I ( Read more... )

I'm looking at a criagslist craigslist job ad (for a technical writer position) that enumerates a variety of writing, editing, and proofreading tasks the selectee will perform -- and the ad is so laden with what I would consider really embarrassing spelling mistakes that I sort of wonder if it's a test.  If I write in with my resume, contact ( Read more... )

After several weeks of hearing (essentially) "That ain't it, kid" from various agencies and whatnot, and "We'll see -- in fact, actually, no" from some others, I just got an e-mail that said after being reviewed by a rating official I've been rated as a Best Qualified Candidate, so my application has been forwarded to a Selection Official ( Read more... )

Here's a position for a Copy Editor that is right up my street.

• Ability to leap tall buildings and catch typos in a single bound
  
• Grammar neurosis -- you just can't stop thinking about it!
  
• Attention to detail
  
• Ability to work under extreme deadline pressure
  
• Ability to prioritize and organize multiple projects
  
• Ability to work well with Fools at all ( Read more... )