Long time no post, eh.
Sep. 15th, 2007 01:50 amOne week into the job hunt, and I have five offers -- not bad, considering I only applied to six places. o_O WHAT. Either I underestimated my resume, the central New Jersey job market, or the demand for nearly-graduated physics majors willing to work part-time for minimum wage and no benefits. Possibly all three!
...It sort of breaks my heart that I would not be able to actually live off any of these jobs. How the heck do people with actual rent/food/utlities/health insurance/car insurance/phone expenses manage, anyway?! (Ans: they find different work.)
As things stand I am looking at some combination of:
( job descriptions behind cut )
I don't knowwww. What do you guys think? ...though I can't make any decisions until I hear back from the Chapter One people re: definitely getting at least one whole day at the store. (And the B&N people re: actually being hired, and the law firm people re: actually having enough work, and the library people re: the position still being open, and...aha, jumping the gun, much?)
Setting your sights low: nearly all outcomes exceed expectations! XD If I had known that finding a job was this easy, I would have applied for work before this. (She says, conveniently forgetting that work, no matter how easily obtained, is still hard work.)
Semi-related: Career meme results. (In comments.) Those jobs all sound really cool, but I haven't done math in almost two years. I MISS IT A LOT <-- no doubt the reason why that list is dominated my analysis/logistics/computational jobs, har har. I can't tell whether a math job is something I really want, though, or whether I'm just going through some kind of phase.
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IN OTHER NEWS, finished The Tombs of Atuan and The Farthest Shore, have reviews written up on paper for both, will post tomorrow or Sunday, depending on how much time it takes to finish throwing away the last remnants of my childhood (ie, clearing out the basement) on Saturday.
...It sort of breaks my heart that I would not be able to actually live off any of these jobs. How the heck do people with actual rent/food/utlities/health insurance/car insurance/phone expenses manage, anyway?! (Ans: they find different work.)
As things stand I am looking at some combination of:
( job descriptions behind cut )
I don't knowwww. What do you guys think? ...though I can't make any decisions until I hear back from the Chapter One people re: definitely getting at least one whole day at the store. (And the B&N people re: actually being hired, and the law firm people re: actually having enough work, and the library people re: the position still being open, and...aha, jumping the gun, much?)
Setting your sights low: nearly all outcomes exceed expectations! XD If I had known that finding a job was this easy, I would have applied for work before this. (She says, conveniently forgetting that work, no matter how easily obtained, is still hard work.)
Semi-related: Career meme results. (In comments.) Those jobs all sound really cool, but I haven't done math in almost two years. I MISS IT A LOT <-- no doubt the reason why that list is dominated my analysis/logistics/computational jobs, har har. I can't tell whether a math job is something I really want, though, or whether I'm just going through some kind of phase.
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IN OTHER NEWS, finished The Tombs of Atuan and The Farthest Shore, have reviews written up on paper for both, will post tomorrow or Sunday, depending on how much time it takes to finish throwing away the last remnants of my childhood (ie, clearing out the basement) on Saturday.