Tag: job seeking
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1,000 miles: step 61|Patience
“Isn’t a pair a fruit?” I ask my friend, as we look at yet another beautiful display at the campus library, showcasing vegetables. “Isn’t it also a vegetable?” she responds. I then realize it’s too early in the morning to discuss food groups. I like working in a small group, and am often eager to help out a friend who is stumped on an assignment. The…
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1,000 miles: step 60
I actually came across this whiteboard message a week ago, on my way to one of my tutoring sessions. Although today is a slow Friday, it’s a welcome from the days that have filled up this week. Next week, I have yet another job interview, which adds up the grand total to half a dozen…
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1,000 miles: step 59
This week can’t even be called a week, maybe two weeks wrapped in one. I had an internship interview for the summer this past Wednesday. I’m full of anticipation for this one, because it would involve working with children of all ages and picking up new languages along the way. (Perhaps, I could learn German the fun…
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1,000 miles: step 54
As a fall 2013 graduate of Northern Virginia Community College, it has been my task for over a month now to find myself a job. Job seeking with an Associate’s Degree and little experience in the field of teaching is problematic. As consolation, I remind myself that a number of people have gone through unemployment and survived.…
Claudia Rojas 