Semester: Vanquished!
May. 10th, 2010 11:45 am![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
icepixieThe editor took my revised book review with only minor stylistic changes! Woot! And I turned in the dance paper while I was up on campus this morning, so my semester is ooooooover!
...Except for grading. I'm pretty sure Coleridge's albatross was named "grading." But by tomorrow evening, once I blitz through the twelve or so papers I'll be picking up in the morning, I'll never have to grade another one!
Of course, now the agony of the job search starts. If anyone knows of editorial jobs (in any genre--nonfiction, fiction, poetry, whatever), or of university-related administrative-type positions, will you send them my way? I think I may also try to track down a couple freelancing jobs in the next couple months as I hunt for a full-time job, if only to have some writing samples that aren't academic in nature.
My other goal for the month is to turn the dance paper and part of my thesis into journal articles and send them off to my first-choice journals for each of them. Sadly, scholarly journals generally don't pay for articles, but I figure, since I'm looking for jobs in publishing, it can't hurt and might help to have some experience on the other side of the process.
...Except for grading. I'm pretty sure Coleridge's albatross was named "grading." But by tomorrow evening, once I blitz through the twelve or so papers I'll be picking up in the morning, I'll never have to grade another one!
Of course, now the agony of the job search starts. If anyone knows of editorial jobs (in any genre--nonfiction, fiction, poetry, whatever), or of university-related administrative-type positions, will you send them my way? I think I may also try to track down a couple freelancing jobs in the next couple months as I hunt for a full-time job, if only to have some writing samples that aren't academic in nature.
My other goal for the month is to turn the dance paper and part of my thesis into journal articles and send them off to my first-choice journals for each of them. Sadly, scholarly journals generally don't pay for articles, but I figure, since I'm looking for jobs in publishing, it can't hurt and might help to have some experience on the other side of the process.
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Date: 2010-05-10 05:42 pm (UTC)no subject
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Date: 2010-05-10 09:43 pm (UTC)Good luck with job searching! I'd be happy to pass on listings. Would you want listings from NYC or St. Louis?
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Date: 2010-05-11 06:01 pm (UTC)I'm looking to stay away from NYC, but I'll take St. Louis if you've got any. Ideally, I'd like to stay in the southeast, as I'd really like to live in a smallish city with warm weather and a low cost of living, but I realize that might be a tall order.
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Date: 2010-05-11 11:02 pm (UTC)no subject
Date: 2010-05-12 03:22 am (UTC)Those types of jobs don't generally cross my path, but I'll keep my eye open! (However, if you ever want to be Chief of Party in Nigeria, I know where you should look.)
Have you considered looking into work with the federal or state government? You'd be surprised at the types of jobs they have.
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Date: 2010-05-12 09:43 pm (UTC)However, if you ever want to be Chief of Party in Nigeria, I know where you should look.
I...can't say as that had ever crossed my mind, but you know, if unemployment drags on long enough, it might be better than nothing...
Have you considered looking into work with the federal or state government? You'd be surprised at the types of jobs they have.
I've heard this, and would actually love to work for the feds. (Or the state, but I get the impression that once the stimulus money stops pouring in, they aren't going to be hiring. Come to think of it, I did apply for a job with the state of TN back in 2006. I got a response that said I was something like 2,600 on the waiting list. Maybe I'll finally have a shot now!) It would be totally cool to, I dunno, work on publications for the Smithsonian or something, so I will definitely be prowling their site, and usajobs.gov, and all that. Anything you know of, I'll be glad to hear about too.