To-Do: Find A Job (Part II)

After the whole scam on craigslist, I was really hesitant of applying for jobs that way.  I had to do something more old fashioned.  Get back to the basics of job hunting.

Search online for county and city positions.  Wait!  Did you think I was going to go door to door?  I said back to the basics, I probably should have specified "in this decade".

That's the problem though.  Everything is so tech savvy.  Nothing is "old fashioned".  Dropping resumes and speaking with a live person, face-to-face is a thing of the past.  Nearly everywhere you look there's a website where you can apply.  It all happens with the click of a button and the uploading of your paperwork (resume, cover letter, etc.).

This method works out great for people who might be agoraphobic, or maybe the mother who lived in a shoe with so many children she couldn't ever leave the shoe to find a job.

I on the other hand, am neither of those things, so I'm just starting to get irritated.  And deflated.  And bummed out.

At this point, I've now applied for a total of three county jobs and two city jobs, none of which I snag up.  To give myself some credit, I had not one, but TWO stellar interviews with the County Tax office.  I thought I had that job in the bag, but they found someone with tax experience.  The ONE part of that job I didn't know, like I know Twas The Night Before Christmas.

*POP* <---that was my bubble...

I've GOT to think of something.  The end of October is sneaking up on us and My Husband and I talked about pulling McKenna out of preschool if I didn't have a job by November.  It makes no sense to keep paying over $400 a month to keep her there if I'm not working and I can teach her beyond what she's learning there.  - Aside:  I'm not a teacher, but this is her second year in Pre-K since she won't be 5 until December.  She's bored to tears learning her ABC's again.

The next few weeks is basically a wash-rinse-repeat of everything I've already talked about.  I've had a handful of interviews at a few different places, but nothing seems to pan out.  I've gone to Temp to Hire Agencies and just about anything in between that would fit with my specific criteria.

I know I'll find something, but in the mean time, what am I going to do with myself?