The Search Is On

K & I are a week into our contract period; the inspections on our house have been done; and so far things are going well. That is to say, we haven't heard anything, and no news is good news. With this big piece of the puzzle nearing completion, I decided this past week to begin the job hunt and started working on my resume and cover letter. With all the research I have done in resume and cover letter writing, I have decided that it is not experience that gets you in the door for an interview, but rather how well you can masturbate the English language. So far I have spent no fewer than eight hours working on my resume; becoming a master at using action verbs and making my work history sound truly amazing. I'm not lying on my resume - I truly think that is flirting with disaster - I wrote down exactly what I have been doing and what I have done over the past ten years or so, but it's really amazing what a handful of action verbs and a dash of personal detail can do to make you sound like Mr. or Mrs. Fantastic.

Right now I'm going out for a program coordinator position within the Nonprofit Leadership program at Seattle University. Among other things, the person in this position would advise, recruit, and advise students within the program as well as develop new ideas for the program. I think this is a fantastic opportunity to bridge my skills in higher education administration with my knowledge of nonprofit management and administration. Yes, it's only one job (so far), but I don't know how one can write a resume without a goal in mind. This job is my motivator. It would be really sweet if I got this position, but I have never gotten the first job I've looked at within my search, so I'm not getting my hopes up. Again, this is not to say that I'm not working my ass off to get it - But with my job search being long distance, already the odds are against me - So, I'm looking at this is my motivation to write and fine-tune my resume and cover letter - The first of many dress rehearsals.

My goal is to have three or four objective-specific resumes, including theatre, higher ed, and office management, completed by Wednesday (at the latest) and immediately going into an aggressive job hunt. I feel like I'm going into unknown waters and I'm scared to death. I'm begging each of you to send some positive energy my way.