Ever been in a rush to get somewhere and then end up getting there WAY early, so then you have to sit there and wait wondering why you were in such a hurry.
This is what it is like applying for a college job. Listings are posted Nov-Jan. Applications are due Dec-Feb. Interviews are Jan-Mar. You find out Feb-Apr. It's a long process. And if you don't find something, you have to wait a whole year to start over again.
So I get called for an interview Mar 9, which is already pretty late. I had already figured that I wasn't getting a call. They schedule it for Mar 30, which is a long time away but ok. I go to my interview and get a call back the next working day, Apr 2. They tell me I am a finalist (A finalist or THE finalist, they don't say) and that the process (background checks, references, transcripts, paperwork, etc.) will probably take 30 days. They have good reasons. I understand why it will take them that long but, seriously, 30 DAYS is a looooong time to wait. Fortunately, I have been so freakin' busy I have not had much chance to care.
If they are correct, I will find out May 2. MV classes end May 7. Then finals. Commencement is May 18. My annual contact ends sometime the week after that.
I would start work Aug 16. So at least I would have 3 months in between to figure things out. Little things like, oh, selling a house. (You would not believe how long it takes to close on a house in NY. It's ridiculous.) And finding an apartment, in another state, that takes dogs. So I am rushing around like a crazed person, trying to get ready for something that may not happen.
Hurry up and wait.
This is what it is like applying for a college job. Listings are posted Nov-Jan. Applications are due Dec-Feb. Interviews are Jan-Mar. You find out Feb-Apr. It's a long process. And if you don't find something, you have to wait a whole year to start over again.
So I get called for an interview Mar 9, which is already pretty late. I had already figured that I wasn't getting a call. They schedule it for Mar 30, which is a long time away but ok. I go to my interview and get a call back the next working day, Apr 2. They tell me I am a finalist (A finalist or THE finalist, they don't say) and that the process (background checks, references, transcripts, paperwork, etc.) will probably take 30 days. They have good reasons. I understand why it will take them that long but, seriously, 30 DAYS is a looooong time to wait. Fortunately, I have been so freakin' busy I have not had much chance to care.
If they are correct, I will find out May 2. MV classes end May 7. Then finals. Commencement is May 18. My annual contact ends sometime the week after that.
I would start work Aug 16. So at least I would have 3 months in between to figure things out. Little things like, oh, selling a house. (You would not believe how long it takes to close on a house in NY. It's ridiculous.) And finding an apartment, in another state, that takes dogs. So I am rushing around like a crazed person, trying to get ready for something that may not happen.
Hurry up and wait.
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