Life's little ups and downs
Apr. 13th, 2010 05:13 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
sarasvatiI interviewed the other day for a night auditor at a nearby hotel, and was supposed to be called today if the position was mine. Business hours have ended, and I didn't get a call. I'm disappointed. I was really hoping for that job, since it would give me a schedule I prefer, good pay, would be close to home, and might allow me the chance to work on other projects during the very slow hours.
Back to scouring the job bank website again. Though every time I apply for a job and get nowhere, I get a little bit more discouraged. Often I think that I'm just unemployable.
It doesn't stop me from searching, though, and I even apply for jobs that I technically don't meet qualifications for, though of those I stick to ones I'm certain I can do anyway. A perfect example is a TESL position, once that requires completion of university (any degree) and membership in a professional association (any one). Technically, someone with a degree in physics and a membership to the Provincial Hog-Tying Association is better qualified to teach English than somebody who's motivated, loves learning and language, and devotes a portion of each day to independent study until they can afford to go to university.
I applied for it anyway. I won't get the job, but I wanted to try, and I said in my cover letter a more polite version of what I said above. Maybe if they don't get any qualified applicants, maybe they'll consider me.
Of course, getting certified as an ESL teacher also requires a university education. Again, I could have a degree in physics and know nothing about dealing with people, but still apparently be qualified to teach... I suppose those foreign people don't need somebody who actually cares about language. They just need somebody with a fancy diploma.
And I can't get said diploma unless I find a well-paying job soon.
To cheer me up, Griffin took a little money and bought me a few treats. A new notebook (we're both fond of stationery), and a box of daifuku from the Oriental market in the north end. Azuki daifuku, which are my favourite. That, the notebook, and the warm weather did a lot to improve my mood, and while I'm still upset about being unemployed, I can at least enjoy a few small everyday things, things that make my current life a little less onerous to go through.
Back to scouring the job bank website again. Though every time I apply for a job and get nowhere, I get a little bit more discouraged. Often I think that I'm just unemployable.
It doesn't stop me from searching, though, and I even apply for jobs that I technically don't meet qualifications for, though of those I stick to ones I'm certain I can do anyway. A perfect example is a TESL position, once that requires completion of university (any degree) and membership in a professional association (any one). Technically, someone with a degree in physics and a membership to the Provincial Hog-Tying Association is better qualified to teach English than somebody who's motivated, loves learning and language, and devotes a portion of each day to independent study until they can afford to go to university.
I applied for it anyway. I won't get the job, but I wanted to try, and I said in my cover letter a more polite version of what I said above. Maybe if they don't get any qualified applicants, maybe they'll consider me.
Of course, getting certified as an ESL teacher also requires a university education. Again, I could have a degree in physics and know nothing about dealing with people, but still apparently be qualified to teach... I suppose those foreign people don't need somebody who actually cares about language. They just need somebody with a fancy diploma.
And I can't get said diploma unless I find a well-paying job soon.
To cheer me up, Griffin took a little money and bought me a few treats. A new notebook (we're both fond of stationery), and a box of daifuku from the Oriental market in the north end. Azuki daifuku, which are my favourite. That, the notebook, and the warm weather did a lot to improve my mood, and while I'm still upset about being unemployed, I can at least enjoy a few small everyday things, things that make my current life a little less onerous to go through.
