Can you believe it? Yesterday, I received a letter from Trinity College saying that the position of Cataloger had been filled, that they'd keep my resume on file, blah, blah, blah.
At the very least I expected to be interviewed, but they didn't even go that far.
I applied for the job at a time I wasn't working much and was watching my savings dwindle. That's no longer the case. I've been working at DGI two or three days/week for the last couple of months as well as teaching LIS415 for Simmons College and teaching the senior exercise class on Wednesday mornings.
I wasn't sure I wanted the job at Trinity for several reasons: I don't really want to work full time and the morning commute to Hartford in rush hour traffic is unpleasant. But I wanted to be the one to reject them, not the other way around!
Fortunately, I have lots of other options right now. I just wished Trinity had shown more interest in me.
Friday, April 27, 2012
Wednesday, April 18, 2012
Action on the Job Front
A few weeks ago, I applied for 2 jobs: one as assistant editor at a local publishing company and the other as a cataloger at Trinity College in Hartford. I received a nice email a few days later from the publishing company saying the position had been filled.
A couple of weeks later, I received a letter from Trinity College saying they were reviewing my application as well as others. The letter said all applicants would be notified "whether selected for an interview or not, to inform them of the status of the search." That's good news. Not all organizations even acknowledge they received an application, let alone tell you when the position has been filled.
Since then, I submitted an application for coordinator of RSVP exercise leaders; and last week I had an interview for the part time job. The jury is still out on my being coordinator, but I'm still leading my exercise class on Wednesday mornings.
In the meantime, most of my other part time jobs are picking up. I'm now working 3 days/week at DGI, I'll be a speaker at the Digital Commonwealth Conference (no money, but I get conference registration, lunch and travel expenses), and I'm giving some workshops for both the Connecticut State Library and the Massachusetts Library System. I'm also scheduled to work several days at Sprinfield City Library next month.
The only job that's winding down is that of adjunct faculty at Simmons GSLIS as the semester draws to a close. For the next two weeks, my students will be giving their presentations and I get to listen.
A couple of weeks later, I received a letter from Trinity College saying they were reviewing my application as well as others. The letter said all applicants would be notified "whether selected for an interview or not, to inform them of the status of the search." That's good news. Not all organizations even acknowledge they received an application, let alone tell you when the position has been filled.
Since then, I submitted an application for coordinator of RSVP exercise leaders; and last week I had an interview for the part time job. The jury is still out on my being coordinator, but I'm still leading my exercise class on Wednesday mornings.
In the meantime, most of my other part time jobs are picking up. I'm now working 3 days/week at DGI, I'll be a speaker at the Digital Commonwealth Conference (no money, but I get conference registration, lunch and travel expenses), and I'm giving some workshops for both the Connecticut State Library and the Massachusetts Library System. I'm also scheduled to work several days at Sprinfield City Library next month.
The only job that's winding down is that of adjunct faculty at Simmons GSLIS as the semester draws to a close. For the next two weeks, my students will be giving their presentations and I get to listen.
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