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The Interview: Results*
This week has felt incredibly long. It was busy, stressful, hopeful, then it was just plain exhausting. I’m so ready for this weekend. So, I mentioned yesterday that I didn’t get the job I interviewed for on Tuesday. I spent most of last night shifting between moods of utter disappointment and anger, and I really just didn’t want to write about it. But here is what happened… I actually taught at the same school yesterday afternoon. It was a great day, and of course I poked my head into the office to see if I could spy on the principal, but her door was shut tight the entire time I…
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Thrifty Thursdays: Guess Jeans*
I didn’t get the job. Actually, there isn’t even a job to be had anymore… but I don’t really feel like explaining tonight. It sucks, I’m bummed, but I’ll tell you tomorrow. Anyway, it’s Thrifty Thursday! When I started thrift shopping, it was just for books. I was looking to expand my Nancy Drew collection and decided to try thrift stores as yard sailing is significantly more difficult in the fall / winter. While I was perusing through the book shelves I looked up and saw shoes off in the distance. Lots and lots of shoes. I thought, it couldn’t hurt to look, right? That was when I found my…
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30 Day Challenge – Day 2*
I have no job news for you. I waited all day for a call, but I still have no information. No news is still good news, right? …but I have been booked to teach English there for the next two days. Good sign? Let’s hope so. So, as I don’t have anything exciting to share with you tonight, I thought I’d tackle day 2 of the 30 Day Challenge: 30 Day Challenge #2 – A picture of you and the person you have been closest with the longest I flip flopped back and forth over whether or not to use a family photo, but you already know we’re all very…
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The Interview: Details*
Today I had my first “real” interview. Last Thursday I applied for an English LTO position (Long Term Occasional–until the end of June) at one of my favourite schools, and like the other 150+ applications that I’ve sent out over the last two years, I didn’t expect a response. I had long ago accepted that my resumes were being sent out into oblivion–being lost in the shuffle of the 300 applications that could come in for one job. So, naturally when I got the call to come in for an interview, I was a little overwhelmed. I spent all of last night and this morning stressing myself out preparing and…
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Interview?!
When I got home from work today, there was a message blinking on my answering machine. As I listened, I heard a lady from one of my two favourite high schools telling me that they would like me to come in for an interview. Tomorrow. *cue stress-induced freak-out* I’ve spent the last several hours reviewing every teaching interview question known to man, and I’m trying really hard not to become a complete stress case. I hate interviews. I’m not good at them. So, I’m trying hard to be as prepared as I can be, in the short amount of time that I have. But the thing is, underneath it all…
