What does this mean

Well, I was informed by my recruiter that there were no positions that fit my skills at the current time, but more should open up in June...  To be honest this was a gigantic bummer for me, as I interpreted it as a kindly brush-off, however after a month of reflection, I am beginning to regain hope.  Several other plans (namely Teach for America and Assistant Anglais) did not work out as I had hoped they would, so maybe the Peace Corps is still a viable option?  I would like to believe that everything works out for a reason, that we are guided down a path through life, but belief is not something I like to trust my future with.  However I suppose I trust in belief regardless of what I like or not.

Here is hoping some country needs my skills this June!

Timeline

I saw this in a few other blogs, and I thought it was a pretty useful.  My references took much longer than usual because one of them had a pretty severe family emergency and took some personal time.


Final submission of my online application : 9/2010

Submission of my last references : 11/2010

Recruiter called to set up an interview : 11/2010

Date of interview : 12/29/2010

Interview is coming up

My interview is coming up at the end of January, and I am slightly nervous for it.  When I went to the peace corps luncheon I was reassured that I should look on youtube and watch several response videos.  However I would like to see if anyone here has already gone through their interview process and would be willing to give me some of your thoughts in the comments below.

Thank you!

Career fair

This Thursday my university had a career fair in the Union, where approximately three dozen companies met with students across the spectrum to recruit potential employees.  The peace corps representative was Kerk (I left his business card at home so it might be Kurt, it defiantly started with a 'k'), and we spoke for about fifteen minutes before I had to run off to class.  He gave me some fantastic advice about possible placements, as I have been focusing on my teaching experience (two years tutoring English to non-native English speakers), however I also have extensive technical support experience.  For some reason I did not even consider that I might be placed somewhere doing technical support, however the more I think about it, the more I think that this would be absolutely perfect.  Additionally my last reference just came through, so all I need to do at this point is mail in my fingerprints and a skills assessment.

Hello internet people, and welcome to my first blog post.

I got an interesting call today while I was driving to my doctor for my anual physical.  Normally I would wait until as late as possible (December 20th in most cases) however I injured a few of my fingers last month at a party with some friends, so I had to push the appointment up.  Just as I was about to turn onto the freeway onramp I hear "funny the way it is... if you think about it..." and check my cell to see if it's important.  Normally I wouldn't answer my phone when driving (mainly because I don't drive very often, since I live in the city I can take my bike just about everywhere) but I didn't recognize the number.

As it turns out, my co-worker had met someone who works for an IT staffing firm and recommended me!  Suddenly this guy (whom I had never met before) wanted to consider me for a position as a full-time IT manager in a Milwaukee based company!

Now, Milwaukee and I have a strange love-hate relationship, and all I could tell him was "can you please send me some more information?" but I knew that even if he offered me the position, I still would rather go to the Peace Corps.  Three days ago I received the first packet of additional forms to supplement my application (fingerprint records, some documents that need physical signatures, that kind of thing) and it was like my birthday came early.