So, a little over a week ago I was on Ravelry just checking stuff out. I belong to the Sheepless in Seattle group, and I was just poking around, catching up on posts since I had been on the SUPER VACATION and had missed out on two whole weeks worth of posts. I ran across a post from Sue from littleknits.com saying that she was looking for some employees. Since lately I have been in the habit of applying for anything that seems interesting, I sent off a resume and within the hour she had called me. We set up an interview, but honestly I didn't think much of it. I have been on alot of interviews lately and I always hear one of two things, "We are really looking for someone with mure museum experience" or "You are over qualified for this position". Honestly I see what the problem is most of the time.
I have a reasonable amount of experience in museum collections, but since i have spent the last year and a half slaving away in an education department for a boss I am reasonably convinced is Satan's great-aunt, I have lost that time. Which was ok. It was a full time job with benefits. And, had my life gone according to plan, that would have been super, and I would be getting ready to go on Maternity leave right now. Regardless, I digress.
As for being over qualified? Well I started applying to jobs that just sounded interesting, not necessarily museum jobs. I completly understand why I haven't gotten any of those positions in the past either. I mean, quite frankly it is super suspicious that someone who has apparently spent their entire life trying to work in a museum wants to leave a job in a museum and go work in a bookstore. I see the problem with that. Employeers will think of me as either someone that will only stick around long enough to find something better, or as a nut job that can't make up her mind.
Ok, back to the new job. I sat up an interview with Sue, which turned out to be the most un-orthadox interviews I have ever been to, since I am usually sat in front of a committee and asked questions like "describe a situation in which you used your leadership skills?"Anyway, she seemed super nice, if not a little hectic, and I was on a complete sensory overload standing ther amidst all that awesome yarn. Nevertheless, to make a long story short, she offered me a job.
And let me tell you, words cannot describe the sheer glee I felt when I got to hand my letter of resignation to my supervisor. Granted I do feel guilty about leaving everyone else at work, but I did a little dance at the thought of not having to have any more "short meetings" with her. I have been talking to my department director and I am going to get to stay on part-time here, but only doing education programs.
On a different note I thought I would post some pictures I took in Ephesus, just because they are pretty, and I always like to look at other people's pictures on their blogs.
Now, I have seen some cool things in my life, but Ephesus was truly spectacular and I completly recomend going there. Of course, traveling around Turkey is a moderately shady experience.
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