My apologies for the last post. Today, it is back to your usual viewing
pleasure.
There was a job I really wanted. It was a Residence Director (RD) position at
Juilliard. I knew it was the longest of
all long shots, but I still threw my name into the hat. I didn’t get it. There are others out there, and I have an
acquaintance from church who has been randomly forwarding RD jobs as she comes
across them to my dad, who has been forwarding them to me. Frantically, I’ve been sending out resumes
and cover letters to any institution in a location I could see myself living
in.
I think that is crucial to finding that great first job – don’t
settle. Rather than just blindly
send out resumes and hoping I get anyone to bite, I am being highly selective
in where I apply to. At this point, I am
only sending out resumes and applications to schools I actually want to
work for, in locations I want to live in. That way, when I finally get a bite and
hopefully a job offer, I can say that I did not settle – I got a great job in a
perfect location. This may sound
limiting, but really, there are few places I don’t want to live, so my options
are pretty wide open. My top choices of
locations are Boston , New York New Orleans , California Florida , Pennsylvania
(in no particular order). But I would be
ok with Rhode Island , Maine ,
Oregon , Washington
DC Washington State ,
Virginia Tennessee ,
even New Hampshire . There are a lot of great colleges and
universities out there, and even though I can’t be too picky (my lack of
a Masters does limit me a bit), I refuse to settle.
So, there ya go, kiddoes.
Advice from someone who gets it, but just has trouble implementing it…
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