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Now I know how it feels...
...to sit around waiting and waiting, chewing on your knuckles, hoping someone will call.
I sent out a resume and cover letter a few hours ago for a teaching job I desperately want. I can't do anything or make myself go to work because I keep checking my email and waiting for the phone to ring. Why won't they callllllllllll? I know I'm being stupid, but I think I finally know what it's like for you women who get like this over guys. I can't believe I'm like this over a job, but this job is PERFECT for me and really unique and I'll never get another opportunity like this. I want them to call me NOW!!! :'(
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*wills important people to call Yek*
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I went out to lunch on my way to work, then came home under the pretext of brushing my teeth and now I'm still going over and over the school's website, willing them to call. I feel sick and queasy and anxious and I can't believe I'm getting like this over teaching MIDDLE school, for crying out loud! I've never wanted a job this badly though!
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Oh Yekh, if they don't call it's their loss. If they do call it's your gain :)
*Wills them to call too*
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Do you have a number you can call them?
Tomorrow if you don't hear from them call and say you are following up a resume you sent over.
Good luck hun.
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Yep. I've been that way over a job. A teaching job, no less. Even worse, it was teaching Alternative Ed, where you meet the probation officers before you meet the parents. When I left a few years later the kids made a trophy out of my coffee can.
It was an old French Market coffee can filled with ashes from my fireplace. I told the kids it was "The ashes of the kids that pissed me off last year." Some of them actually believed it. I loved that job.
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What kind of teaching job is it?
I hope you get it, you deserve it!
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Call them tommorrow morning Yek, persistence pays off.
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Yek,
you gotta give them some time, they have to go through alot of resumes to get to yours, and when they do they'll be blinded by the light ;D
I'm also looking to get out, i just applied to the vendor who I work with everyday, and now its like, "Why the hell aren't you calling me, you all know who I am..!" But alas its a process :-\
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I think if I haven't heard from them by Friday, I'll call then. They still haven't called me yet though. :'(
lwtex, that's a fucking AWESOME idea with that coffee can. LOL! I would've loved that when I was a kid too. The teachers who pull things like that are almost always the best teachers, the ones you remember forever.
This is a really small, unusual charter school with a philosophy I really appreciate. I'm a big fan of homeschooling normally, but this school is everything I like about homeschooling plus the right kinds of social interaction. I need teaching experience anyway, but I could see myself being really happy teaching in such a unique environment. And since it's a tiny charter school, certification isn't required; they care more about the teachers' passion for the subjects and students. I'd be teaching language and humanities, grades 6-8. I WAAAAAAAAAAAAAAANT this job so badly it hurts!
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I sent my resume to TWO charter schools on Wednesday. I haven't heard back from them. Should I call??
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Call them. People who hire like eager candidates.
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I called one and left a message. Called the other and got intimidated when it said to press zero to speak to the office staff, because I don't have a name to ask for. I just had a nice shower and I'm calmer now, so I'll call them back. Either of these jobs would be absolutely beyond perfect for me.
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^^^ If you get one, and we hope you do,a nd they are beyond perfection, can you send some of that perfection my way during my job-hunt???
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I left them both messages on Friday and I still haven't heard back from them. I NEED one of these fucking jobs. There is absolutely nothing else around here I'm qualified to do and I'm not making enough to live on stripping. Yesterday I worked five hours and made $15. I've paid over $200 in overdraft charges this month. I NEED NEED NEED NEED NEED NEED NEED NEED NEED NEED NEED NEED NEED NEED NEED NEED NEED one of these jobs, DESPERATELY. Should I call them again or just let it go?
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Hi Yek,
I wasn't certain--you've sent out resumes and are waiting for a call of interest, right? (In other words, you haven't been told that someone will call you, or that you're in the running yet). I'm a teacher myself, and a good friend of mine was a principal at a Charter School in Massachusetts. I always tell my grad. students to show up with a resume in person, if you can, and display that personal interest. It would be easy, "Hi, I'm X, I sent in a resume earlier but wanted to make sure you got one. I have a great interest in teaching at this school because I hear you (here's where you'd give a sense you know something about the school...) Thanks for your time!" You MIGHT hit an administrative wall, but you MIGHT also be there when the people deciding are there, and make an impression. When I was first looking for college jobs in a new area, I did this with seventeen institutions and most were interested, largely because I showed that interest, I think--I wasn't just a resume coming in the mail. It is worth it--what's to lose? And even if you don't get one of these, the contacts you make might steer you to other possibilities.
I hope it works out--I'm guessing from your posts that you would be an interesting, challenging teacher...just what kids need now.
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PS. Yek, don't be intimidated by these people, no matter what their attitude: like anywhere else, sometimes they are great, sometimes tight-assed. Just approach it like it is an interesting part of your day, and it is interesting to meet them--use your gift of performance and approach this as a challenge and stay calm about it...I understand, believe me, the pressures you are under, but in this circumstance you'll benefit by acting collected and interested and that's it. I have a good feeling that you'll do well with this.
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Thanks for the suggestion, jhuka. I'm going to do that today. I PRAY it works.
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* Crosses my fingers for you * Good luck!!!
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Thank you. I'm still so stressed and nervous I keep throwing up, but I have stopped crying, which is really saying something today. It's been a bad morning.
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Eat lots of crackers and seltzer and r...e....l...a....x. Easier said than done, I know... but you'll do better anyways if you are calm. You're the Domme! You're In Control! *dons cheerleader outfit* G-O YEK!
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;D Thanks, cherry. I needed that!
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I know you'll do well. And putting all of this into motion, no matter what, will give you some new options that you didn't know about--something will come of it.
I know you've had a wild day--but all of this will pass, and there are good things ahead. I'm rooting for you.