Keep your fingers crossed, pray for me, whatever ... please!
Just finished the letter for The Biggie. Job application for job 30 minutes from my door at a liberal arts college in Really Cool City (if you bother to take the time to check it out). School has a great reputation, an OK library, although they don't seem to have the MGH. That's fairly tragic, if true, but Flagship U has it in the circulating collection, and it's only a couple hundred bucks a year to get a card. Anyway, there are many many many reasons I want this job: TT in my field, no move required, great campus, good students, possibility to get my career back on track properly and maintain the friendships I've been building ... I'd appreciate your good wishes. If you're also applying for the job, good luck -- maybe you could just wish for me an interview, and I'll do the same for you.
14 comments:
Good luck, good luck, good luck!
Fingers crossed for you...
Good luck :) Lapis Lazuli
The very best of luck to you!
Fingers crossed!
Rana
Thanks, everybody -- now, to get the others going. But this really is The Job, in terms of serendipity and all.
As we say in french:
"Merde" !
Zid
Ooooh, good luck to you! You sound excited; I hope it works out for you. Keep us posted!
You go girl!!
Many good wishes for your success.
Oh, wow. Lots of finger crossing going on here. Is this one of the two you mentioned yesterday?...
I'm really excited for you. Best of luck.
Sharon
Thanks again, all! Lordy, but the blogosphere's a wonderful place for junior academics and academic wannabes! Not to mention people in two-person departments!
Sharon -- yes, it's one of those two. It's the one that actually asks for someone in my field. Now, to get the others out the door.
Fingers crossed... good luck... hope you get it...
Well, I've just been informed by someone "in the know" (and I don't know how real that is) that I haven't a snowball's chance at The Job. Don't know that I entirely believe that, and the person may have their own candidate in the pool or may actually be kindly trying to keep me from getting my hopes up. But I'm now thoroughly bummed out.
Well, that's not such a terrible piece of information as long as you don't let it stop you applying (never let anything stop you from applying...), seeing as you don't know what that person's agenda might be.
But it means that if you don't get the job, you don't need to stress out worrying about what you did wrong or should have done better etc etc. You'll just be able to blame the search committee for being so obviously stupid and blinkered as to pass you over in favour of some pre-selected candidate...
Still keeping fingers and toes crossed for you. And keeping hope that person "in the know" turns out to be thoroughly wrong.
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