Registered: Jul 2000
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After a long, uncompromising job hunt, I have finally landed a job that pays extremely well for the area, that is in my area of interests. I'll be proofreading and editing historical scholarly and personal correspondence for a research center here on campus. The nice thing is that it's billed as "extra help," which, while it doesn't provide the benefits and free tuition I was seeking (the pay compensates, though), it does give me the freedom to take off the days I need for my conference and my thesis defense, without argument. My new boss said that if I couldn't work full hours, that it wouldn't be a problem during some weeks, so I might be able to grab a few extra study hours here and there. Since the center runs mostly off grants, rather than our bankrupt university, there's a good chance that my position will become permanent with benefits at the end of the fiscal year.

There's a saying: when it rains, it pours. Ain't that the truth. After the interview, I'd come home to find a message on my machine with a separate job offer. It wasn't nearly as good as this one, but it's still nice. Same thing happened to me when I got out of undergrad. It took fifteen resumes to finally land interviews, one of which led to a job. It took three times as many resumes here, but the economy is very weak.

Good luck to all other asylumites who are still on the job search. Know what you're worth.

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Registered: Sep 2000
Location: Helsinki. Finland
Posts: 233

Congrats!

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Registered: Jul 2000
Location: seattle-ish
Posts: 11410

Congratulations, bunkum!!!
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Registered: Nov 2001
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Posts: 822

Sounds like a great job bunkum! Congrats!

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Registered: Jul 2000
Location: Beyond Mason-Dixon Line
Posts: 16346

Hip hip hooray! Hip hip hooray! Hip hip hooray!

Well, bunkum, now that you're in a higher tax bracket, we'll need to schedule the mandatory AsylumNation Gang Bang. I know you may be fearful of this, especially since certain members such as that jackass are so well-known for their avoidance of even the most rudimentary hygiene. Take comfort, however, in the knowledge that you'll be sufficiently anesthetized.

Oh . . . your boyfriend? No worries. We'll handle that.

Just chalk this up as another "character-builder". It'll be good fer you. Contact MstrG for full details. Amen.

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Registered: Aug 2000
Location: LfuckinA
Posts: 3375

I already told you in chat but I'll say it again here: Congratulations! Now, you are the professional "Grammar Nazi." Best wishes!


-Tomas

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Registered: Aug 2000
Location: I don't fukn' know!
Posts: 5137

awsome dawsome!

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Registered: Aug 2000
Location: Los Angeles, CA
Posts: 15130

Congrats, Bunkum!

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Registered: Apr 2001
Location: Denver
Posts: 2532

Congratulations! That's great. I know a lot of people who are currently looking for work, or had trouble finding a job. You're lucky to find this.

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Registered: Jul 2000
Location: Beatrice, Nebraska
Posts: 18816

Watch out for snakes!

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Registered: Jul 2000
Location: Delaware
Posts: 5710

*sniff* I'm so proud of you! *sniff*

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