Where's my pot of gold at the end of the rainbow?? It's three years down the road, thats where it is!
A month ago I began to monetize my blog to see if there really were few extra bucks in blogging. Well after 1 month, 10 posts and I'm not allowed to say how many page impressions, I've made a whole 82 CENTS!!!! If I keep this pace up I'll have to post 1,000 more posts in order to earn $100 (which is the amount I need to achieve in order for them to pay me.) hmm. Even at 1 post a day that will take me a little less than three years! WOW! Nope. sorry not ambitious for that and not willing to publicize my blog beyond my friends... at least not this one.
On another note, I've been assigned to a search committee for a job here in our department so I was reading applications last night. Its quite hilarious to be on the other side of the application and reviewing it. What are people thinking?? I'd say more about the candidates but I'm not sure if I'm allowed to or not. But Victory could tell you that I sometimes some the applications pulled at my little heart strings or just made me bust up laughing because of what they wrote or how they wrote it.
I also decided that the cover letter to an application is super important. As I read the letters I wanted them to tell me why they wanted THIS job and what specifically from their experience/resume makes them a good candidate. These letters can be tricky. You want to sell yourself but at the same time you don't want to sound cocky or snobby. This is the first time I've been assigned to a search committee. I think that this will be an interesting process. I'm not necessarily looking forward to the actual interview process. I know what happens to me when I'm the one being interviewed but I have no idea how I'll react being on the other side of the table.
HAVE A GREAT WEEKEND!!!
3 comments:
I would MUCH rather be on the interviewing side than the one being interviewed. It's fun>
Yeah, the interview process was never any fun...at least this side of it is different for you. Right now my husband is busily filling out applications and writing cover letters, which is kind off funny because he is going into HR and that means he'll soon be doing the interviewing!
Sorry about the disappointment of the VERY distant pot of gold at the end of the rainbow...somethings just are not worth the time.
This experience will just make you that much better for when you decide to switch jobs!
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