Morning update -- the unemployment epidemic

Somehow, it seems that many of my friends have recently found themselves unemployed. Someone, I no longer remember who, said that you become the people you hang out with. So, for example, if you want to get married, you should spend time with married people. If you want to be a great athlete, you should spend time with great athletes. And, in my case, if I want to be employed as a teacher or an editor, I should spend time with teachers and editors. Obviously, this doesn't mean that I'm going to stop spending time with my friends. What it does mean is that I've got to try to make some contacts in the fields I wish to work. And that, in a nutshell, is how I'm going to approach my job-hunt from here on in. The job-hunt is now geared towards meeting as many people in my chosen fields as possible. Sooner or later, it will reach critical mass, and I'll find myself with a job. Or at least, so I hope.

In other news, plans for Ian's new LARP are progressing. I've volunteered to write up a bunch of short stories to portray the feel of the game. I've brainstormed 9 or 10, and that only gets us up to the 17th century... it'll be fun.

In completely unrelated news, I've got a new link: Three Bears Norse. Yes, my friends, it's Goldilocks and the Three Bears, told in Norse-style verse. Fiana, we can add this to our list of fairy tales retold in period format. *grin*

Now, for breakfast. Then, for cold-calling. Later, for karate and SCA. TTFN.

Job-hunting update

Cold-calling is stressful. Not counting the times I received an answering machine and promptly hung up (because, let's face it, few people are going to call back someone they don't know from Eve -- pun not intended), I made 14 calls this morning. This sounds impressive until you realize that of those 14, I only spoke to the intended person 5 times. For another 4, I was told they'd be in this afternoon and must call back.

So, the actual result of my two hours of work this morning:
- one woman from EAC (editors' association of Canada) will give me a informational interview by phone on Saturday morning (I'll have to escape from the SCA event for a half-hour to do it).
- one woman from EAC gave me a referral, and seems like a very nice woman. She's busy with work but told me to call back in a month if I still haven't found people to talk to about the field.
- I know my CV has been received by John Abbot but no decision has been made about it.
- I know my CV has been received by the Westmount Learning Centre, but they're no looking for anyone right now. I also know the name of the woman in charge of tutoring.
- I know Dawon's Learning Centre doesn't need anyone for this semester, but might for next semester. I'll be going in for a meeting in November. On the other hand, they offer practically no hours (generally 3 per week, apparently).

And that's essentially it. For two hours of work. Hopefully I'll have more to add this afternoon.