Prezi!

Hello everyone! I have been sick over the last few days so I havent been on the computer at all..I am not going to post today, but in the next day or so, expect a post from me about an amazing computer application called Prezi..which every student affairs professional, education professional, student should be using..it is awesome!!!! Keep posted!!!

Phone Interview Update

So I figured I would let you all know where I am at in terms of the phone interview last week. I think it went well. The officials from the school were very nice and asked a lot of very deep questions. I really enjoyed talking with them. Two things that I learned from that interview..one..if you have to do an interview on a cell phone, make sure that you put it on speaker. There may be many times during the interview where you have to refer to something and it is good to have your hands free. The other thing I learned is to definitely have a copy of your resume in front of you. There were a few times that one of the officials directly referred to something I had talked about on my resume and it was very helpful to have it right there in front of me so I knew exactly what she was talking about. I haven't heard back from them yet, I am just trying to be patient. Applying to other schools and getting my fantasy football team together...good way to keep my mind off of the search! We will see what happens...send me good karma!

Wow!!!!!!!!!!

I haven't posted in a bit..i am very sorry to anyone who reads and follows this..one..maybe? LOL! Anyways, there is a good reason recently that I have not. I got an email from a school!!! And they were asking if I am still interested in their position. I was like..ummm...YEAH!!!! I sent them back an email that day and spoke to one of their area coordinators the next day. Very good conversation...very nice and professional person and I was told that if the school was interested, they may contact me soon for a phone interview. Here is some invaluable advice that I learned through that conversation....stay current..especially in the field of student affairs. I asked if the fact that I have been out of the field for a while would work against me. I was told if I was current and had been doing things relevant to the field that it would certainly be taken into consideration. I went home that night..brainstormed and came up with a list of all the things that I had done that were relevant to the field and it actually was a pretty long list. I added all that information on my online application which fortunately had not been looked at yet..lol. I also sent an email to the area coordinator summarizing what I had done. The next day, I got an email from the Director of Residential Life wanting to schedule a phone interview. This is where we are at now. Not only would I be back in the field...it is at a school I have always dreamed of working at. I am a little nervous but making myself as prepared as I can possibly be and give the interview of my life! So..I give you this advice. Don't ever give up...have a good attitude. Also...keep the lines of communication open..i got an email on a Sunday so you literally never know when an employer might contact you. Finally, contact as soon as possible..it shows that you are definitely interested. I have followed up both emails the next day with phone calls. Well..I hope to have bigger news in the near future so stay tuned!

Update!

Well...I did have a company call me which was very cool and I am going to see where it goes. It isn't in student affairs so that search will be ongoing but the fact that this company calls me means a great deal and I am at least curious as to where this might go..and the experience is very good as well! The search continues though...applied to two more schools. I do recommend again..if you have not posted your resume on Monster.com...do so right now..stop reading this..if you are..lol...and do it now!!!!! I dont think student affairs really gets that involved with Monster.com but other fields definitely do and it seems as though very positive results happen! Well..if I know more from this company...it should be this week. Still hoping for positive things!!!! Stay tuned!