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Post by caller on Oct 7, 2011 8:29:19 GMT -5
Good morning, board. Taking bets on anything exciting happening on the market today.
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Post by socdog32 on Oct 14, 2011 10:57:07 GMT -5
Another Friday and no news. Let's hope a bunch of phone calls are made this afternoon!
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Post by drat on Oct 14, 2011 11:59:09 GMT -5
I'm with you. I check my email and refresh this board like an addict looking for a hit. I leave the screen up on my computer all day, even at home, and check check check for something. Anything. And I mostly find disappointing news. Again.
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Post by obvious on Oct 14, 2011 16:39:36 GMT -5
There's an obvious issue: you will never find good news on this board. All you can find here is that someone else got a call or shortlisted, etc. The good news come by email or phone. So mental health can be kept by not checking so much this board.
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Post by just waiting on Oct 21, 2011 16:59:30 GMT -5
I just want something to happen.
Learning that I am not on the list is good info, and it helps me know where to concentrate my attention.
If I start getting rejected by everyone, then I know I should be happy when Podunk U gives me a call.
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Post by quiet on Oct 22, 2011 18:22:58 GMT -5
For the first time ever, I dread the weekend! Nothing happens on the job market on the weekend and I want it all to be over.
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Post by me too on Oct 22, 2011 19:48:42 GMT -5
I know exactly what you mean! No emails, no calls, no new jobs posted...weekends are rough right now  |
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Post by me on Oct 23, 2011 8:11:08 GMT -5
Relax. Clean your apartment and watch some football. We've still got a long ways to go. I find that being in a clean, organized environment and yelling at a tv screen really makes life better.
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Post by quiet on Oct 23, 2011 11:24:17 GMT -5
Of course it does! I suppose I feel this frenzied because the time put into the job market at this time of year is leaving literally no time to relax. There is so much to juggle, and the job market is the source of uncertainty about what I may have to manage in the coming weeks in order to keep my classes running, get new applications submitted on time, and everything else. It's knowing that if I find a job, I could make it work to take today off, and if I don't, as you said, we've still got a long ways to go!
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Post by lawandsocdude on Oct 27, 2011 11:00:16 GMT -5
The comments above about being like an addict looking for his next hit are hitting me way too close to home; I need to back off and maybe check in once or twice a week instead of once or twice an hour. I'm realizing there's no point in being disappointed if I see that some institution I wanted to work for has made a short list and I'm not on it. If I'm not on it, I probably would have been miserable there, no matter how much I wanted the job. I've resigned myself to perhaps getting on one or two long lists and not beyond that. (Hey, if you lower your expectations, it makes you stop worrying so much and then you can look elsewhere.)
I'm going to spend my time focusing on getting some writing done now that my teaching preps are finished for this semester, and doing/finishing some research I've been putting off, to make myself more viable next year if I end up not getting in anywhere this year (which is a pretty good possibility, unfortunately). I'll check in now and then, but I've decided not to hope for anything because it's just too detrimental to my self-esteem if I do and then get the news that I wasn't what they wanted. Been there, done that this year, got cynical about it real damn quick.
If I have to be a freeway flier for another year, I'm going to look at it as an investment in my future. It's all I can do and stay sane.
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