so, toledo wants to know about the job search...it frickin' sucks. i've been checking out the jobs available at UW and i don't seem to be qualified for most of them. nobody is interested in hiring someone with just a bachelor's degree. anyway, i finally came across a listing for an outreach coordinator for the college of engineering. right up my alley. and they wanted someone with a BS in a science or BA in education. so, i actually fit that qualification. as for what else they wanted from the applicant...someone with teaching experience in grades K-12...i was a camp counselor for 6 years. does that count? what about being a tutor?
i decided to go ahead and apply. the worst that can happen is i don't get the job. now it was time to work on the resume, which hadn't been updated in over a year, and write a cover letter...something i had never done before.
RESUMES and COVER LETTERS CAN
EAT A DICK!
this part completely sucked and frustrated the hell out of me. for three days i stared at my resume that was last updated in may 2004. i wanted to add some stuff to it, like being a TA, and doing the girls and women and science conference...but, there seemed to be no space on the page. that's when i sent the resume to the chopping block: my mother. she tore that shit apart. to begin with, she said size 10 font was not acceptable and that my margins were too small. well, the whole point of small font and small margins is so you can fit more onto one page. she made me change it, causing my resume to be way too long. deleted most of my volunteer activities, changed verbs, made sentences shorter, got rid of my skills section...and it was still two lines too long. then my sister saved the day. she called my mom and told her that one inch margins on each side is not necessary. why not try something like 0.7 inches? i knew that sibling would be useful someday...no seriously, she's great.
with the resume now in its final form, it was time to move onto the cover letter. i tried to sell myself to the best of my ability. we'll have to wait and see if anyone is buying.
with cover letter and resume completed and it reaching 2:00 pm on the day that my application was due...i raced downtown to the UW Engineering building. this was an adventure in itself. after entering the building, getting lost, and asking four people for directions, my application finally made it to its destination. now comes the waiting part...i have no clue when or if i will hear back anything about this job.
in the mean time, the dad is encouraging me to keep looking at the want ads in the paper. he said why not be a janitor or a nanny for a while? yes, father...after receiving a degree from a four year college, there is nothing more in this world that i would like to be than a janitor. but, who knows...it might be a good part time job...
