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I've now had two job interviews in three days--which brings the total to three since I started looking, so things are definitely looking up.
Even better, I went to interview number 2, this afternoon, from the place I'd interviewed on Tuesday, where I have now put in 10 hours' proofreading, for which I will be invoicing them tomorrow. (They want weekly invoices, and since I need to prepare it here and in advance, this is just for yesterday and today: tomorrow's hours will go on the next invoice, so I don't have to match a guess I make tonight.) So a half day today, proofreading merrily along.
The people I talked to this afternoon also seemed impressed by me--the woman had covered my resume with notes, highlighted bits of my cover letter that caught my eye, and made more notes of good things as she talked to me. I'll hear back in a couple of weeks, she said: they aren't interviewing many people, because they've gotten a lot of entry-level resumes and this is a senior position. And I was the first interview, which may or may not help my chances.
The problem is, I'm not sure I want this job. I can do it, I'm sure of that. But the work doesn't seem all that interesting: proofreading and quality assurance, almost no editing as such. And there's no good way to get there from here: their office is in a rundown-looking strip mall in northeast Queens, and the simplest routes involve two subway trains and a bus, and I suspect the fastest is what I did this afternoon, three trains after the bus. And almost two hours, each way.
Wish me luck, and with any luck I'll figure out what counts as good luck in this case.
Even better, I went to interview number 2, this afternoon, from the place I'd interviewed on Tuesday, where I have now put in 10 hours' proofreading, for which I will be invoicing them tomorrow. (They want weekly invoices, and since I need to prepare it here and in advance, this is just for yesterday and today: tomorrow's hours will go on the next invoice, so I don't have to match a guess I make tonight.) So a half day today, proofreading merrily along.
The people I talked to this afternoon also seemed impressed by me--the woman had covered my resume with notes, highlighted bits of my cover letter that caught my eye, and made more notes of good things as she talked to me. I'll hear back in a couple of weeks, she said: they aren't interviewing many people, because they've gotten a lot of entry-level resumes and this is a senior position. And I was the first interview, which may or may not help my chances.
The problem is, I'm not sure I want this job. I can do it, I'm sure of that. But the work doesn't seem all that interesting: proofreading and quality assurance, almost no editing as such. And there's no good way to get there from here: their office is in a rundown-looking strip mall in northeast Queens, and the simplest routes involve two subway trains and a bus, and I suspect the fastest is what I did this afternoon, three trains after the bus. And almost two hours, each way.
Wish me luck, and with any luck I'll figure out what counts as good luck in this case.
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bustin' out all over
Were I you, I'd be inclined to sit tight and wait for a job in a location I liked with more interesting work. Assuming that I liked (or that you like) the current job. You know that you can survive a period of unemployment, and it's my personal belief that the US economy will continue to recover and that more and better opportunities will come along eventually.
In fact, I wrote to my parents back in mid-January that I thought this country was finally starting to get over the grief and rage it has been experiencing since 11 September, getting back on its feet, and getting back to its own business -- that is, people getting back to their lives. I was happy to hear that Mr Greenspan has finally agreed with me about this.
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Re: bustin' out all over
Location is an interesting problem: today's Newsday article on Greenspan's remarks said that they probably don't apply to the NY area, which lost over 100,000 jobs between 11 Sept. 2001 and today.
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Good luck
/Janetm