The Job Hunt

There is nothing worse than looking for a job.  Absolutely nothing.  I am not a person with exceedingly high self-esteem as it is, so constant rejection isn't exactly doing wonders in that department.  It doesn't help that Kelsey can apply for a job and get an interview with the snap of her fingers.  Ok, it's not that easy, but it isn't surprising due to her talents. I'm proud of her, but I can't lie and say it doesn't bother me a tiny bit.
As I said in my last post, I've resorted to applying for almost anything.  Today was a truck delivery job. But the light at the end of the tunnel was an email from a headhunter today about a GIS analyst position.  I don't know much about it yet, except that it is in the Milwaukee area. If it is far enough west, it will be worth looking deeper into. I'm also passing along an updated resume so they can keep looking for me.  Fingers crossed on that one.
I'm holding out hope for the Nature Conservancy position, but that doesn't actually close until the 25th, so I have to keep looking, applying, and being rejected until then.

Still No Job

It's time to get serious here.  I really thought I had the job in La Crosse on lockdown, but it was not to be.  I guess the place for me is Madison.  The combination of not getting the job, and focusing on Madison has had a two-fold effect: My job search has both narrowed and broadened.  Geographically, my radius is about 40 miles from my home, fortunately we don't exactly live in Northern Alaska, so there are plenty of opportunities around.  Professionally, the search has broadened considerably. Just this morning, I applied for 3 very different positions.  The first is one I really want to get - working for The Nature Conservancy here in Madison. The second was a general banker position at a local bank, and the third was a costumer service position at Wisconsin Aviation (the private airport.)  Further, I am meeting with 3 different temporary staffing agencies sometime next week, so there's that.  There would be four, but one flat out said I was over-qualified for the type of work that they have.

I never thought I would be in the position of being over-qualified for some work, and under-qualfied for everything else.  I guess most places won't hire someone over-qualified because they don't think that person will be there in the long term.

So here we go again, I have some time, so I'll be writing on here more often.  I won't be advertising every post on certain social networking sites, as I am not sure why I am still even a part of that world. Who knows...maybe I'll become a little more active on there as well.