What do you do....

with a Bachelors of Arts in International Affairs & Political Science with a German & Public Administration minor?

Look for jobs, that's what you do.

I am going slowly insane.

Die Entscheidigung

The job hunt is on.

Next week marks my personal count down.

My contract for my current employer expires on 31.7. Four months.

I've decided that I want to stay in Germany. However, I've also applied for a job in Brussels.

The Foreign Service Exam is in June and I plan to register for the exam and take the exam. However, I'm currently in the process studying for my German exam in May so that will take the majority of my gray matter the next few weeks.

Goal: Berlin-job in research/writing/etc foreign affairs.

Some variations from this goal would be acceptable but I'm really shooting for Berlin. As a last resort I'll extend my contract an additional four months until the end of the year here, better a job I don't like than a job I don't have. I'm also looking for jobs Stateside, but mostly here.

It'll beeee no problem

In the past week I've discovered three bees in my apartment. Now, at first I thought this was a very unfortunate consequence of living in non air-conditioned land where windows must be opened. I fear that they may have burrowed a hole into side of my apartment. There is a very, very small hole near the floor on the wall facing the street. I think I remember back in the Fall seeing a bee crawl in/out of the hole. As it is Sunday I've put a rather heavy blanket over the general area in hopes that this will undermine any attempts from any four legged flying creature from entering my abode. Bees piss me off and bees in my apartment are a no good. This means I'll have to clean my apartment in the next few days to have my landlord have someone come and spray for bugs. Ugh.

The sun is out today and it is warm! It's about 17 degrees outside and I'm loving it. It was actually almost a bit too warm with the sweater I had on today. I met with Faye at Starbucks to grade papers and have a Sunday chat. The exams have been graded and now I ust have to turn in the grades after their oral exam next Tuesday.

In the world of job applications I sent off the job application for the last job I posted about. Tomorrow I'll call them and harass them until they give in. However, I've also discovered another (albeit not as cool) job in Dresden doing something similar minus the international exchange program. So, I'll be applying for that job tomorrow as well.

Appointment with my fitness trainer tonight. Should be fun.

Interview

I had a job interview this morning. Well, it was a phone interview. I applied last week with Wake Forest University in Winston-Salem, NC to be their new International Studies Advisor. Its a job that I want, just not necessarily in the location that I was hoping for. I mean I'll take the job if its offered to me but I was hoping for someplace more Metropolitan. I'm tired of small town living.

The interview went well, but was short (only 17 minutes). I answered their questions fairly well and only used "um" I believe three times, which is of course three times too many. Its the first interview that I've had. It bothers me that I'm sitting here in my Mom's house alone on a Wednesday afternoon. I'm bored, I need something. My self-confidence has been shot although it did receive a small booster when they called me for the interview appointment yesterday. Now having done the interview, I feel like I did a crap job after a friend of mine pointed out how short the interview was. This is of course, just the pre-interview and any final decisions will require the applicant to go to Wake Forest before they make their selections. Either way, its bothersome. It's been four months since graduation, I"m half-way past the seven month rule.

Still no word from the local employers that I've applied with. It's annoying. I feel as though even if i can't get a job and I'm forced to apply at say Starbucks or Borders (nothing wrong working there in itself at all) that they won't take me. There is such a thing as being over qualified. Employers can usually snif it out when an employee will bounce for the next best thing, which I would.

Job hunting sucks.