One week until Christmas

With guests gone, parties over, and appointments met; now I can post this.

I'm going to skip all of the time I looked for positions and didn't find anything I was qualified or that didn't fit me well.

I reached out to the UPS store. I couldn't find the Human resources department, so I sent it to general "contact us", hoping that they'll take care of it well. We'll see.

As far as new opportunities, I applied for a graphics designer position with Agora LLC, a financial firm. According to them, they're kind of a big deal. Typed up a new cover letter, which I'm getting better at, I think.... Only time will tell.

I'm really hoping someone takes me on as an intern or entry-level position. Christmas is coming up, which I'm sure will only make things MORE hectic. Thanks for reading.

Extensive Application Process

So, a lot of this post is to affirm that I haven't fallen off of the Earth. past week has been kind of hectic. Monster tooth ache =[. I've been spending a lot of time looking for and calling dentists in the area. The jobs I've managed to take a look at have been way over my scope, so I didn't bother to post them.

One position that I filled out the online "interest form" is for a junior software engineer in Annapolis, so that's pretty cool. Except I don't know how you "apply" for it. I think I'd like to call them next week.

OH, duh. After a little more digging, I found the "submit resumé" option. Shouldn't be hidden ¬.¬

--Bah. More errands to run. I shall resume this later. (I'll just edit this post)--

Edit: After a lengthy process, I have managed to apply for the junior software engineer position at the ARINC office in Annapolis. Turned out to be much more difficult than I expected. What happened to a simple "Here is my resumé and cover letter"? In addition to those things, I have to fill out a summary, which essentially says all of the things I've already given them, then the standard race/gender statistics questions, which I always refuse to answer. I'm surprised I didn't have to complete one of those little competency puzzles. but it's done now and I'm off to the rest of my day.

UPS... more like ME PS

Got an email about "Doral, Inc is interested in your resume"
Turns out they're a yacht/boat manufacturer in Canada. That is less than helpful. Maybe if Donald Trump ever manages to sneak into the presidency, then I'd go elsewhere and be done with this silly country.

Other prospects include a base-level 3rd shift help-desk job in Timonium, and a "Student Services Assistant" in Arnold (Right across the Bay  Bridge). I'll think about the latter. I like helping people.

As for a position that I actually managed to fill out all of the "paper"work and red tape, UPS C++ Programmer. Also in Timonium, which isn't ideal, but UPS has great benefits, incentives, and they generally take care of their employees. Definitely not a bad place to work. We'll see how that goes.

Take care everyone! =]

Hrm... I just realized this is a public blog.... I hope no one untoward is reading this.... largely because I don't want anyone to be that bored.

Applied to John Hopkins University Apilcant Center

After a very lengthy process, I managed to create an account with the JHU website. Took me literally over an hour. But the position has been applied for. I even wrote up a cover letter (that took about 30 minutes of the hour). We'll see how that goes. My next plan is to check with Developement Services Group, Inc about this job and see if they'd be willing to hire a less-than-qualified applicant for a supporting role.... something more along the lines of an intern.

The last thing is this internship that I mentioned last time. It looks really cool, but it's kind far away and internships don't pay the bills. We'll see.

Edit: Hrm.... if I'm going to be updating frequently, maybe a twitter would have been better?

AmeriCorps No More

Sunny Sunday afternoon. I suggested that the fiancé and I sit down and look over AmeriCorps positions. I did it once before, maybe something would come up that would be useful.... right? Turns out, not so much.
Maryland "Technology" listings
I put in the technology prerequisite and what came back was a lot of things that just looked like someone had stuck as many 'description's stickers on the post as possible; from education, to elderly care, to technology. Most of the descriptions had nothing to do with what you'd actually be doing for that position.

AmeriCorps really need to work on their website; that's what I've learned. Many of the hits weren't even in Maryland.. which I told it to look for. Education Outreach might not be so bad if I thought it would benefit me in some way... back burner.

Now, on to idealist.org
I found a few jobs and internships, although the site won't let me sign in... very suspicious.
-The ability to control who gets admitted to John Hopkins -job-
-Help desk technician for the New IT Evangelical Initiative -job-
-IT proposal writer, just a little out of my skill set, maybe they have a "junior" version? -job-
-Work with the Pulmonary Hypertension Association to promote media -internship-
-Some global education think-tank program. unpaid do-gooder stuff. -internship-

Take care everyone