I'm being headhunted!

[zalena]

A headhunter contacted me today about a position as a content editor with a press that specializes in crafts. She was referred to me by the woman who helped me with the contract proposal. Now there is a retroactive reason to learn how to knit. (All those knitting friends will be howling "I told you so!")

This means I have to deal with my resume. And write a letter. And do all the other various and annoying things (research) involved with a specific job position. This when I'd sworn I was not going to deal with anything job related until Monday.

I feel like I should write more, but I don't know what. I think I'm in hiding mode at the moment.

Amelia Peabody fans will be pleased to know I finally read Crocodile on the Sandbank and enjoyed it, even as I was horrified by Amelia's condescending Victorian attitudes. However, my library does not have the complete series, so I'm going to have to do the same thing I did with Vorkosigan Saga and donate the ones I have to buy. I went to the Bookworm this morning and picked up the second book in the series along with a bunch of other stuff I probably did not need including another Alexander McCall Smith, (I've been rationing them because they are so charming and quickly read), a copy of The Book of Three because I had an itch I might have to give one away soon, (Alexander is a good match for Tolkien fans with short attention spans) and more Moomins, which I am constantly giving away because I belong to the Moominevangelical Church.

I'm about 100 pages from finishing Barry Lopez's Arctic Dreams, which has been absolutely fascinating and really hard work. He has so much interesting information to communicate, I'm a little frustrated it doesn't go down more easily. I'm currently in the middle of a laundry list of arctic explorers, which is especially irritating because it could have been much more interesting, or better integrated into other chapters. (I did not know about the Irish monks sailing for the Blessed Lands, but it's from them, apparently, that we get the word peregrinations, and the whole thing was interesting enough to *almost* pique my interest in early-Irish tribal Xtianity, which was apparently much frowned upon by the pope.)

Oh yeah, and I've been watching the first half of Entourage Season 3, recently out on DVD. So far, it is not as good as Season 2, but still has some guilty pleasures.

EDIT: frostmorn has reminded me that it is a big deal that I have been contacted by a headhunter. She's right. Go me!

Comments

[sakuratea.livejournal.com]

come over if you want to knit :) or crochet

[zalena.livejournal.com]

I actually embroider, badly, but rarely tell anyone about this particular pastime.

[sakuratea.livejournal.com]

I do a little of that myself. But I more often cross-stitch :)

[zalena.livejournal.com]

Me too, what does one do with all those little embroidered (x-stitched) pieces of fabric? Totally impractical!

creeeeeeek

[boat-of-car.livejournal.com]

THAT, my friend, the sound of a door opening after another has properly been CLOSED.

Go for it. Good Luck.
(lemme know if you need another pair of eyes on that resume- )

Re: creeeeeeek

[zalena.livejournal.com]

I'm currently feeling like I need an entirely new resume, but will resist the urge to reinvent the wheel.

[frostmorn.livejournal.com]

Nonetheless, congratulations on getting headhunted. It is a big (and doubtless deserved) compliment.

[zalena.livejournal.com]

Yes, it is a sort of "you have arrived" moment. I hate how quickly I pass over these moments to the next annoying thing on my list (currently resume formatting.) Why can't I savor these moments instead of feeling goaded into the harness?

My Ex used to keep a bottle of champagne in the fridge so it would always be on hand for special occasions. (The fact that it was never opened in the 4 years we were together should tell you something about our relationship.) If I had champagne, I suppose I could open it; I had a friend over for beer, instead.

[cawriter.livejournal.com]

Sounds promising! Fingers crossed.

[zalena.livejournal.com]

Thank you! I thought of you while I was visiting CA, and look forward to further news regarding the current manuscript.

[ashfae.livejournal.com]

Yay!

[mahannie57.livejournal.com]

Congrats! Kudos for the new opportunity, it's a good thing (tm Martha Stewart)

Re: Amelia Peabody, the library was given a whole plethora of this series (although not all of them) that I snagged because I was going to read them sometime. And I have read some, working my way slowly through. I must read them in order because I'm obsessive that way. Let me know what titles you want and I can borrow you them if I've got it (they are paperback, though).

[zalena.livejournal.com]

Thanks! I'm also reading them in order.