Nope, nada, no, who knows, and an internship

This has been an odd month. I had an interview for one of the high school admissions jobs, but I didn't get it, ultimately, because there was an applicant who knew their database much better than I do (I don't know it at all, though I'm sure I would have caught on quickly enough). I've heard nothing from the other job besides the original receipt of my application. I e-mailed them two weeks after I initially sent in my materials, just to re-express my interest, but I still never heard anything. Urg. I would really, really like that job.

The job doing community organizing received over one hundred applications. Needless to say, I'm not in the running, as I have no real experience in that area. I think I could do it really well, but there are tens more who they can get to do it even better.

I've been urged by a certain someone to pursue my interest in botany. As it happened, there was an entry level, albeit part-time, position at the local science museum that would have been perfect for going down the botany path. The museum uses an online job application that many of the local museums and cultural organizations use, and so I filled it out to the best of my ability and sent it in. I never heard anything and I discovered today the the position is no longer posted on their website.

However, after all of this, there is a bit of good news: I have an internship at the World Affairs Council of San Francisco! I called upon a connection I had there—what good are connections if you don't make something of them?—and she put my resume in the hands of the right people. I started on Monday, and have been doing all of the social media marketing for them. It's great experience and I'm going to be even more knowledgeable about world affairs to boot! Now, if only I could convince them to turn my position into paying job…