Update on the job front:
Both interviews yesterday went very well. As I’ve mentioned before, I don’t like interviews. I hate them, in fact. So it was unusual for me to come out of not one but two interviews feeling confident.
The only appealing thing about job #1 is that it has benefits. Health insurance would be so nice. However, R warned me that it would probably be a mistake to take a job in my field that is “beneath” me.
“It smacks of desperation, and no matter how hard you try, you will never be able to get rid of it.”
“But I am desperate,” I joked.
No, seriously, it does make some sense.
I got a call from the HR director at the school district, job #2, telling me that I did a very good job and that the committee was still making their decision. He also said that they were going to be doing some background checking. This makes me nervous for several reasons:
1. I did not provide them with references. They didn’t ask.
2. I did not have to fill out an application.
3. The school district is in the same community as the evil non-profit agency that fired me back in 2001. I DO NOT want them speaking to the director of said agency.
eep.
Also, I have an interview scheduled for a long-term sub job in another school district next Monday. They called today, apparently just from going through their application files. Yay!
I also applied for another long-term sub job in a rural district where–get this–the superintendent of schools is from my hometown! (Well, sort of. A neighboring community that pulled into the same school district.) He taught at my school for a number of years, and I’m pretty sure I had a relative of his for social studies. Also, my grandfather was president of the school board when he was hired. Small world, eh? I sent the letter and resume directly to him and mentioned my town in the letter. Whee!