By Wow, how did we get to March so fast?! Seems like we were only just sludging our way through the year of January, and now we’ve made a slide into March. My plans to take over the world have fallen seriously behind. Something must be done!
No, seriously, while things are ugly in the world of politics and the scare of a global pandemic is emptying shelves in the stores around the country, and the fact that I still do not have gainful employment, I’m doing pretty good. At least through April, because I have my rent paid that far ahead. So, I better find something pretty fast.
Honestly, I’d be surprised if some of the sluggishness in hiring is the uncertainty of the world right now. I’ve seen the same technical writer jobs with the same companies posted and reposted on all the job boards since early in January. At least one of them every few weeks since last summer, YIKES.
Add to that the fact that I refuse, at fifty one years old, to spend four hours of my day (on a good day) in the car to get to and from a job, and I’m left here trying to manifest a job that has yet to come into sight. It is out there though. I’m sure of it.
In the meantime, I write, I rummage and ransack job boards, I keep lists of places and jobs I have applied to, and I have rediscovered my love for story based video games. I suck at them (as an example, I spent almost two hours yesterday trying to defeat the first serious “boss” in Jedi: Fallen Order…and gave up for the day without doing it…got her down to about half health a couple of times, but I’m not coordinated enough to dodge and stuff, and she’s wicked fast).
I am considering developing an online course for writers struggling with the concepts of Point of View and maybe a few others like it, but I have no concept of what to charge for something like that. I’ve been coaching and beta-reading for years, but always in areas I can’t claim on a resume, so I’m thinking maybe I could formalize what I’ve been doing. I’m also going to revamp my editing offerings, make them simpler.
Plus, it’s time for Pride to ramp up. Had my first management meeting yesterday. Got some exciting new ideas flowing there. I hope it pays off.
For now, the coffee is hot and I need to start my daily haunting of Linked In and Glassdoor and Indeed…I’ve stopped using Monster (because holy hell the crap recruiters try to shovel in my direction from there) and even Career Builder (for much the same reason) which used to be my go-to sites for job hunting.
Happy Wednesday, Readers. May kindness find you!
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Natalie J Case 