mizarchivist

I had 2 phone interviews today, which I feel I can objectively say I nailed with railroad spikes. Assuming rail road spike nailing is a good thing.

1. This was the second phone interview. I've since gotten word that I have an in-person on Thursday, which as since morphed since I started this from a half hour interview to an hour. This would be a straight up temp job, but one I very much would like to do as I'd be able to apply a significant number of my existing and honed skills in an entirely different environment, and most important: Doing Good In The World. The location is known and good, the pay is as good as this gets, I think, and will not be a hardship even.

2. A prelim phone interview with a new temp agency (biblio-) There's about 800 bibliotemps in the system and so the fact I've gotten 2 pings in the last month for potential gigs is pretty amazing. Once you say yes to a query, you get a phone interview to get a sense for actual skills and preferences. Once that happens, it's not repeated with every potential offer. This latest one I could feasibly do. It is more in line with my field, though, so who knows. Further, may well be a path to a permanent job in an interesting org. However, not sure that's a long term commute I'm willing to cope with. I may or may not make the cut, but at least I've jumped a hurdle that needed jumping.

I failed to hit go on this yesterday, so doing so now.