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Looking for work
Jan. 6th, 2006 09:33 pm*sigh* as I head into my final semester of library school, I'm starting to wonder: What are my odds of finding full time employment? In Vermont? In the next year?
I feel as if I've been doing all the right things (volunteering in field, full time job in field, attending conferences, joining mailing lists online, joining professional associations, getting hooked up with some reviewing options), but I worry that that won't be enough, for the simple reason that there may not be any entry level positions I'm qualified for open.
Well, we'll see. If worst comes to worst, I apply for some administrative assistant type jobs, and keep looking, right?
I'm going to get to be in Boston in March, to go to the Public Library Association conference. Neat. And I did really well in my classes last semester. Just starting to feel that anxiety about the next stage, even though I've got a healthy checking account balance, a reasonable debt load, and all that. Silly me. I know intellectually that I can't expect to have the stability of a 30+ yr old professional at 25, but I still aspire to it.
I have such dull goals - a house, a garden, some nice kitchen ware, a room to put exercise and craft equipment in, and a chance to do all those things like paint walls and lay tile in my spare time. Am I sure I'm really 25? Aren't I supposed to crave clubbing and trendy things? The only designer jeans I own I bought at the thrift store, and i just rotated out my trendy shoes for more orthopedic ones.
At least I still have my Hello Kitty - ChocoKat checkbook - therein my slim claim to useful trendiness lies. *grin*
I feel as if I've been doing all the right things (volunteering in field, full time job in field, attending conferences, joining mailing lists online, joining professional associations, getting hooked up with some reviewing options), but I worry that that won't be enough, for the simple reason that there may not be any entry level positions I'm qualified for open.
Well, we'll see. If worst comes to worst, I apply for some administrative assistant type jobs, and keep looking, right?
I'm going to get to be in Boston in March, to go to the Public Library Association conference. Neat. And I did really well in my classes last semester. Just starting to feel that anxiety about the next stage, even though I've got a healthy checking account balance, a reasonable debt load, and all that. Silly me. I know intellectually that I can't expect to have the stability of a 30+ yr old professional at 25, but I still aspire to it.
I have such dull goals - a house, a garden, some nice kitchen ware, a room to put exercise and craft equipment in, and a chance to do all those things like paint walls and lay tile in my spare time. Am I sure I'm really 25? Aren't I supposed to crave clubbing and trendy things? The only designer jeans I own I bought at the thrift store, and i just rotated out my trendy shoes for more orthopedic ones.
At least I still have my Hello Kitty - ChocoKat checkbook - therein my slim claim to useful trendiness lies. *grin*
