I haven't been keeping up on my blogging lately because I've been putting all of my time and energy into finding new employment. Ultimately, the plan is still to get my CELTA and be in France by the end of 2013. My boyfriend (we'll call him F) and I are working on a two-year plan to really keep us both on track for our goals.
There are a couple of obstacles in the way at this moment, though. One is that I have debt that needs to be paid off. The other is that I need income to save for all of the expenses. The CELTA certification alone is $2500 and rumor has it that each person applying for a visa in France should have about €10000 in savings. F also has been thinking that buying a home is the way to go, in which case we'd need about another €5000 easily for a down-payment.
We can't do any of this without income, obviously. F started a new job last week and, if he's successful in it, he'll be making more than enough income for himself. (Honestly, probably enough for both of us to live the way I'm used to living, but he really wants a higher standard of living.) He's got it kind of easy because he has two degrees and experience in his field, while I'm degree-less and am changing career paths, but my prospects for employment are looking good.
I literally spent the first two weeks of unemployment perfecting my resume and cover letters. I'm particularly proud of how my resume came out, and have been straightforwardly complimented by more than one interviewer on both the content and format. So, after I finished my resume, I sent it out to as many jobs as I could. As it turns out, networking was a better bet than Craigslist, because I landed two phone screenings through friends.
I now have two in-person interviews on Friday, so I guess I did fairly well on the phone screenings. One is in San Francisco to do customer service for a boutique medical practice and the other is in Hayward to be an engineer's assistant for Siemens Industry. Both are great positions with long-term and growth potential, but I am leaning toward the medical practice. If I get a job in Hayward (and with F working in Pleasanton) it would make more sense for us to live down there and I kind of don't want to leave Oakland. But, also, from the impressions I received from my interviewers, the medical practice is more the kind of environment I'd be happy and thrive in.
F is taking me to buy a new outfit for my interviews on Thursday, I'm very excited and nervous.
Wish me luck!
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