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kareinaI spent most of today filling in an application form for a job--this is one which wants a *complete* work history, including any periods of unemployment. It took an amazingly long time to compile that data, but, now that it has been done, I can use it elsewhere if I ever need to do this again. Needless to say, by the time that was done I didn't have the energy to fill in the "statement of support" which needs to address *all* of their selection criteria. Good thing they deadline isn't till 10 Sept for that one.
After doing that I decided to start a spreadsheet listing all of the jobs I've considered in this current job search, what and where they are, what they pay (if mentioned in the ad), when their applications are due, and when I submitted an application, etc. The total so far:
10 positions considered, of which:
5 I have completed and submitted an application
2 I chose not to apply
1 application in progress
1 letter of inquiry awaiting reply before I can start an application (as that one is an open post-doc position for which one needs to develop a research plan in conjunction with someone who is there)
1 I haven't decided if I'm going to apply, but the deadline isn't till 14 November, so there is time yet
In addition to the above is the plan to develop a funding proposal to do research in Norway, but the guy with whom I will be doing that is in the field at the moment. I've also set up RSS feeds to the main geology jobs web pages, in addition to watching the various geology e-mail lists, so I should see if any thing else interesting comes up. (Three of the above were advertized this weekend!)
This all counts as "uni work" in terms of my log of how I'm spending my time, but it doesn't count as any progress to report in terms of my current research.
In other news, I finally got a large suitcase packed with some of![[livejournal.com profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/external/lj-userinfo.gif)
clovis_t's stuff, so that is ready for my flight to Scotland to see him on Wednesday. All that is left in the apartment of his is about 6 to 9 boxes of books (only 4 boxes packed so far--the rest await boxes) and some coats and heavy shirts handing in the closet.
After doing that I decided to start a spreadsheet listing all of the jobs I've considered in this current job search, what and where they are, what they pay (if mentioned in the ad), when their applications are due, and when I submitted an application, etc. The total so far:
10 positions considered, of which:
5 I have completed and submitted an application
2 I chose not to apply
1 application in progress
1 letter of inquiry awaiting reply before I can start an application (as that one is an open post-doc position for which one needs to develop a research plan in conjunction with someone who is there)
1 I haven't decided if I'm going to apply, but the deadline isn't till 14 November, so there is time yet
In addition to the above is the plan to develop a funding proposal to do research in Norway, but the guy with whom I will be doing that is in the field at the moment. I've also set up RSS feeds to the main geology jobs web pages, in addition to watching the various geology e-mail lists, so I should see if any thing else interesting comes up. (Three of the above were advertized this weekend!)
This all counts as "uni work" in terms of my log of how I'm spending my time, but it doesn't count as any progress to report in terms of my current research.
In other news, I finally got a large suitcase packed with some of
clovis_t's stuff, so that is ready for my flight to Scotland to see him on Wednesday. All that is left in the apartment of his is about 6 to 9 boxes of books (only 4 boxes packed so far--the rest await boxes) and some coats and heavy shirts handing in the closet.