Comments on: One Year Later… http://livingoutsidethestacks.com/2010/07/1990/ Navigating through life away from the library Fri, 18 May 2012 01:55:00 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.2 By: Living Outside the Stacks » Inner Mean Girl Cleanse: Ditch Your Inner Perfectionist and Achievement Junkies http://livingoutsidethestacks.com/2010/07/1990/comment-page-1/#comment-3339 Living Outside the Stacks » Inner Mean Girl Cleanse: Ditch Your Inner Perfectionist and Achievement Junkies Sun, 26 Sep 2010 01:13:22 +0000 http://livingoutsidethestacks.com/?p=1990#comment-3339 [...] some of you know, I have been looking for full~time employment for a year now and was starting to accept the possibility that it really wasn’t going to [...] [...] some of you know, I have been looking for full~time employment for a year now and was starting to accept the possibility that it really wasn’t going to [...]

]]> By: Daenel http://livingoutsidethestacks.com/2010/07/1990/comment-page-1/#comment-1737 Daenel Sun, 01 Aug 2010 23:59:12 +0000 http://livingoutsidethestacks.com/?p=1990#comment-1737 Mylynka, congrats to Kevin. I know I've said this before but he will always be shy little red~headed boy (so hard for me to reconcile grown, married daddy guy with the little boy). LOL I know about the anti~Asian sentiment (not 'cause I'm Asian but you know)... People don't believe that kind of stuff still exists but it does. It's sad and scary. I find it "funny" that Kevin could go all the way over to Korea and find such incredible opportunities. When I was there, I remember Korea being a little more open (I had several American friends who chose to stay there rather than come back here to the States). I'm proud of Kevin too. He's doing so well and has a beautiful family. I mean, gosh, that baby makes my uterus jump. Tony keeps telling me to keep my head up and keep smiling but it gets harder with each rejection. Inside I know it's not me but it's hard not to take the rejection personal. Thank you for your support. I heart my nerd girls! Mylynka, congrats to Kevin. I know I’ve said this before but he will always be shy little red~headed boy (so hard for me to reconcile grown, married daddy guy with the little boy). LOL

I know about the anti~Asian sentiment (not ’cause I’m Asian but you know)… People don’t believe that kind of stuff still exists but it does. It’s sad and scary. I find it “funny” that Kevin could go all the way over to Korea and find such incredible opportunities. When I was there, I remember Korea being a little more open (I had several American friends who chose to stay there rather than come back here to the States). I’m proud of Kevin too. He’s doing so well and has a beautiful family. I mean, gosh, that baby makes my uterus jump.

Tony keeps telling me to keep my head up and keep smiling but it gets harder with each rejection. Inside I know it’s not me but it’s hard not to take the rejection personal. Thank you for your support. I heart my nerd girls!

]]> By: Daenel http://livingoutsidethestacks.com/2010/07/1990/comment-page-1/#comment-1736 Daenel Sun, 01 Aug 2010 23:49:44 +0000 http://livingoutsidethestacks.com/?p=1990#comment-1736 S, my thoughts and prayers are with you and your husband. It's crazy because people keep saying to just grab any job but if any job isn't being offered, what do you do? I'm going to revamp my resume as you suggested and see what happens. It will get better, it will get better. Thanks for visiting. S, my thoughts and prayers are with you and your husband. It’s crazy because people keep saying to just grab any job but if any job isn’t being offered, what do you do? I’m going to revamp my resume as you suggested and see what happens. It will get better, it will get better. Thanks for visiting.

]]> By: Mylynka http://livingoutsidethestacks.com/2010/07/1990/comment-page-1/#comment-1728 Mylynka Sun, 01 Aug 2010 16:01:09 +0000 http://livingoutsidethestacks.com/?p=1990#comment-1728 Wow, I can hardly believe it has been a year already! Time sure is speeding along! ACK! I feel for you, Dani. It is tough. Kevin had a similar problem when they first were back here from Korea. He applied for every thing, first jobs he wanted, then jobs he would do, then just ANYTHING to have a check coming in... and nothing. He couldn't even get hired as a night-stocker at Target. Ultimately he decided to go back to school to get his MFA and then they left TX for VT. The only work he found while in school in VT was part-time at a local grocery store for $7/hr and Nahee couldn't get hired ANYWHERE in their very small town (there was some anti-Asian racism at work there they think). They ultimately left VT after his 1st yr of grad school because he could work on his thesis as a "low-residence" student (i.e. elsewhere) and he could get a GOOD job in Korea right away. They had Xavier and couldn't support themselves on $7/hr!! IT SUCKS! At least they are doing well, but they are on the other side of the earth. :( It is strange that as a foreigner Kevin has opportunities in Korea he cannot even get here! Did I tell you he was offered an adjunct job at a local university to teach cartooning?? (SO PROUD of my little Bro - *heart swell*) I am sorry you are struggling Dani, but I highly doubt is it you. There are just not enough jobs to go around and the ones that are there you are too good for (in their minds). They probably won't hire you because they know you will leave once a better-suited job comes along. That is what I always told Kevin, anyway. I believe it! Why hire a double-degreed histolibrairaivist to run the register when you know they will be an awesome employee, but will eventually leave? It is an awful Catch-22, Dani. I know you can make it though! Hang in there! You know we Wow, I can hardly believe it has been a year already! Time sure is speeding along! ACK! I feel for you, Dani. It is tough. Kevin had a similar problem when they first were back here from Korea. He applied for every thing, first jobs he wanted, then jobs he would do, then just ANYTHING to have a check coming in… and nothing. He couldn’t even get hired as a night-stocker at Target. Ultimately he decided to go back to school to get his MFA and then they left TX for VT. The only work he found while in school in VT was part-time at a local grocery store for $7/hr and Nahee couldn’t get hired ANYWHERE in their very small town (there was some anti-Asian racism at work there they think). They ultimately left VT after his 1st yr of grad school because he could work on his thesis as a “low-residence” student (i.e. elsewhere) and he could get a GOOD job in Korea right away. They had Xavier and couldn’t support themselves on $7/hr!! IT SUCKS! At least they are doing well, but they are on the other side of the earth. :( It is strange that as a foreigner Kevin has opportunities in Korea he cannot even get here! Did I tell you he was offered an adjunct job at a local university to teach cartooning?? (SO PROUD of my little Bro – *heart swell*)

I am sorry you are struggling Dani, but I highly doubt is it you. There are just not enough jobs to go around and the ones that are there you are too good for (in their minds). They probably won’t hire you because they know you will leave once a better-suited job comes along. That is what I always told Kevin, anyway. I believe it! Why hire a double-degreed histolibrairaivist to run the register when you know they will be an awesome employee, but will eventually leave? It is an awful Catch-22, Dani. I know you can make it though! Hang in there! You know we

]]> By: S http://livingoutsidethestacks.com/2010/07/1990/comment-page-1/#comment-1724 S Sun, 01 Aug 2010 12:28:14 +0000 http://livingoutsidethestacks.com/?p=1990#comment-1724 My husband has the same problem and outsiders say oh it should be easy to find any job and just take anything you are offered. He's applied to temp agencies, jobs doing manual labor, anything anywhere and nothing. He's willing to do any work offered but no opportunities are coming through. You are certainly not alone. You could emphasize your pre masters education at the beginning of the resume and stick your masters under "Additional Education" further down the page. I wonder if that would at least get you more interviews? My husband has the same problem and outsiders say oh it should be easy to find any job and just take anything you are offered. He’s applied to temp agencies, jobs doing manual labor, anything anywhere and nothing. He’s willing to do any work offered but no opportunities are coming through. You are certainly not alone.

You could emphasize your pre masters education at the beginning of the resume and stick your masters under “Additional Education” further down the page. I wonder if that would at least get you more interviews?

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