My journey through Graduate School to earn a Masters of Art in Education. I was on track to become a teacher, but now everything has changed, and I'm on the job hunt with a Bachelor's in Liberal Arts and a Master's in Education with no teaching certificate.

 
One of the nightmare situations I fear is that having a job will force me to give up everything else in my life. No time for my wife, no time for the choir, friends, my writing, nothing.
Today I went to a car lot because they were advertising for a lot attendant. Ok, I'm overqualified on an exponential scale, but I want to write, which means I should be ok with taking a job that doesn't require much thinkng. They were loathe to hire me, but asked me to talk to another person down the road at a related car lot.
Their offer: 10-12 hours a day, six days a week. No time for my wife, choir, writing, nothing. I turned them down. This will probaby bite me on the ass, but I want a job, not a life. Is that too much to ask?
posted by Josh English at 9/06/2005 02:03:00 PM

 
It's been what, six months or something, four, maybe, since I've talked about the job hunt. It isn't going well. My wife lost her job, intereviews are scarce, and she has a temporary sub job. Time for me to boost the process. I sent six resumes off last week. There are a bunch more in Sunday's paper, and one has already gone out. Unfortunately, I forgot to change the job I was writing about in the cover letter. So much for arguing that I can pay attention to details.
I need to talk with a few people about listing them as references. Right now I only have one person whom I can list, and I'm not sure he'll be willing to be a reference in the future.
There's a car lot up the street looking for a lot attendant. If it doesn't require sales, I might look into it. Sure, I'm over educated to drive cars for a living, but my two degrees are pretty worthless right now anyway.
posted by Josh English at 9/05/2005 02:35:00 PM