Category Archives: Looking for work

Home Sweet Home?

This search for housing in the Upper Peninsula is not going very well. We need a place to live in order to start my new job. This tent is not very appealing in an area that receives many feet of … Continue reading

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Friday Flyer

At the end of June 2008, the unemployment rate in the United States was 5.7%. At the end of June 2009, the Department of Labor reported an unemployment rate of 9.5% (compare to June 1999 at 4.3%). It is expected … Continue reading

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Friday Flyer

Did not get the job at the university here in Indiana, and that was very much a disappointment. Job postings were gushing out of North Carolina last weekend. I believe I submitted 5 applications all to various places in NC … Continue reading

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Our regularly scheduled Friday Flyer …

… will be indefinitely postponed. I am incredibly busy – waiting for the phone to ring. Watched pots don’t boil and watched phones never ring. I also have a James Taylor song stuck in my head: “Winter, spring, summer or … Continue reading

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These United States

As I am driving myself nutty waiting for the phone to ring with hopefully a job offer on the other end, I thought I would distract myself by asking my readers some questions. Which of the 50 states have you … Continue reading

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