So for the last few weeks, I have been applying for jobs in Boston. I am hoping against hope that I will be able to secure gainful employment prior to my arrival in New England. It would certainly make my life a little easier. There really is only so much I can do from 1300 miles away. But the silver lining is: most of the higher education positions can be applied for online. So I have furiously been scanning the listings for jobs at the 60ish institutions of higher learning in the Boston Metro area. I have found numerous positions that I am qualified for; even more that I am over-qualified for. The problem is, there are a lot of people that are qualified for these jobs, and no one wants to consider me for one of the jobs that I'm over-qualified for. That's messed up.
On the bright side, I think I have this cover letter thing down. I actually just have several different paragraphs that I have perfected of the last few months. I rearrange their order depending on what I want to highlight, and I change the names of the jobs and places where I'm applying. It's a great system, actually. I am really just afraid at this point, that I will have sent the same cover letter to the same institution for so many different positions that they will discover how unoriginal I truly am in my composition of letters. Or maybe they'll think I'm clever and efficient. Oh, who am I kidding? No one reads that stuff anyway.
And in the slightly less stressful world of seeking housing... I think I have run upon a bit of luck for the month of August. My friend Sara and I are going to split an apartment starting September 1st, but I will be moving the first of August. Sara has a friend that owns a great one-bedroom condo right on Commonwealth Avenue. She won't be using it until September, which means I might get to take advantage of a really great place for a month. Not free, mind you, but still pretty reasonable. At least something seems to be going right... *knocks furiously on wood*
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