job hunting for dummies

The great job hunt of '13 is under way. If I'm comparing this go-round with the last time I was seriously looking for work, about this time last year, I'll say this: it's a lot more straight forward. Not that looking for work is ever easy, but the last 8 months have put me in a good place. If nothing else it confirmed for me what it is I want to be doing, and what it is I don't want to be doing. I know more now, and knowing is huge.

I got a call today telling me I didn't get a job, and then ten minutes later got a call to set up an interview. Am I dong something right? The TFPO curator sent out a depressing email last night informing everyone who applied that she received 57 applications for this ridiculous little position, and that she wasn't holding over-qualifications against anyone. Christ. I appreciated the email though. Job hunting can be dehumanizing so it's nice when you receive some acknowledgement that you do indeed exist. Anyway she called me today to set up an interview for Monday, so I at least made the short-list. My hope is that I'll be up against some knobs with PhD's and not much else. I have the Centennial Advantage(TM). But seriously, what good is a college education otherwise?

That email also made me realize how badly I need to get out of this city. While I like the romance of the  idea of making it in the big city, it seems like an increasingly difficult proposition. I'm procrastinating from writing that Yukon application at the moment. I've convinced myself that I could hack it up north, not just on a professional, can-I-do-the-job level but on a more personal, am-I-ready-to-uproot-myself level. I've been saying I need to get out of the house literally for years now, and there will be no other time in my life where I am this unencumbered with obligations. Realistically I could ship out tomorrow for all that's tying me down.

I want this job! 6 months in Whitehorse, and the good months too, all 20 hours of daylight and wikipedia says it's the driest city in Canada, which is rad. Ok! Just trying to psych myself up here. I want this job. I am qualified for this job. I'm right for it, and it's right for me.