Good week

This week has been a good one in the job search, the best so far this year actually. It's been a week where I actually got out of the house and met other job-seekers, many of whom were impressed with my qualifications. Such a simple thing, yet it's taken me so long to do.

I've had lots of ideas thrown at me. Import/export agent, economic development agent, translator, curriculum developer. As Mary Nemko says, there probably isn't a perfect job for me. You learn to love your job after you have it, in most cases...

Sept. 10, 2009

* Worked on the website, and uploaded resume
* Checked out positions in bioinformatics and librarianship
* Wrote a letter to Marty Nemko, career counselor, asking for a little direction
* Made plans to go by VCU's Center for the Study of Biological Complexity on Friday

Starting things off

Here is the in medias res beginning of a job search blog. My resume is online here, and I'm hoping to get a job that will use one or more of my skills. My immediate goal is to get "our own place" - that is, for my wife and I. For our whole married life (2 years in November) we've been relying on the kindness of family and friends for our living arrangements. I hope to put an end to that.