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Job search continued
It's been a while since I last blogged about my search for a job. The good news is that just last week I had an offer from a university to enter their PhD-program. The bad news (but maybe it's good news as well) is that I rejected this offer. There are several reasons why I didn't take the offer, but mainly my gut feeling told me not to. In the past, I once made a big mistake not trusting my own feeling and relying too much on other peoples judgment. After a long period of therapy and building self-confidence I'm proud I made such a decision.
In the meanwhile I've been keeping an eye out for more job openings that only slightly catches my interest. Only now I've come to realize how much time goes into searching all the relevant vacancy sections (you know, there is not one single portal that searches all the others), skimming through the vacancies, deciding whether anything is relevant to me and after that writing a letter. My biggest handicap is that my skills and knowledge are on the intersection of multiple disciplines (e.g. organizational communication, external communication, psychology, social research, journalism, philosophy etc.) and therefore I have to search all the different sections of the vacancies.
The worst part I haven't mentioned yet: so many vacancies, yet so little for people who are newbies to the job market... I think I'll have to focus more on meeting the right people who can direct me in my search, based on trust. (BTW: I'm still working, rather thinking, on my 'ideal job-description'. Hope to publish it soon!)
i agree with that. i am now looking for some kind of a job on communication or jouralism.
And also busy with my master degree thesis about blogs' develepment and what's impact bring to communication theory.oh,it's hard for me to choose should i pay most of my time finding a job or writing out my paper first. i, choose the latter,cause it seems more important,ha.
