I just looked at 50 pages of classified ads

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for jobs in Boston and the only one that seemed appealing to me was a late night reporter and you need experience for it that I don't have. Crossing guard seemed okay too. DH asked me what my "career ambitions" were. Um, I don't have any? Mommy blogger?

Trader Joes needs managers. What the hell am I going to do? He thinks I need a backup plan in case we don't have kids but I just sort of want to punch him in the face.

Who has a job idea for me?

[LoveTrains]

I have already given you my best job ideas. Where are you looking for jobs?

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Are you no longer interested in lawyering?

I have sorta lost touch with people's lives since the switch to GBCN so sorry if you have already covered this.

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May 20, 2012 20:10:02 GMT -5 LoveTrains said:

I have already given you my best job ideas. Where are you looking for jobs?

That's true, I know I've already asked this. This is mostly a vent. I am not even looking yet because January is still 7 months out. I'm just scoping out the field. I applied for two jobs at a university and they didn't even call me.

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May 20, 2012 20:10:44 GMT -5 @libgrl said:

Are you no longer interested in lawyering?

I have sorta lost touch with people's lives since the switch to GBCN so sorry if you have already covered this.

I don't want to work at a law firm. Well maybe I do, I don't know. I have no illusions that my lack of experience plus regional law degree would even get me a legal job in Boston.

I would love to work at the state legislature (where I work now) but the few connections I've made have turned up nothing.

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The company I work for is always hiring. They pretty much only hire entry level though, around $35-$40K (+ great health insurance coverage). I can PM you the name if interested. It's a software company that does everything in house.

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May 20, 2012 20:23:10 GMT -5 Redpoppy said:

The company I work for is always hiring. They pretty much only hire entry level though, around $35-$40K (+ great health insurance coverage). I can PM you the name if interested. It's a software company that does everything in house.

Yes please do. I'd love to make $40 but I'm not so picky.*

*as long as it's not retail, sales, or answering phones

[LoveTrains]

May 20, 2012 20:14:22 GMT -5 @notquiteblushing said:

May 20, 2012 20:10:02 GMT -5 LoveTrains said:

I have already given you my best job ideas. Where are you looking for jobs?

That's true, I know I've already asked this. This is mostly a vent. I am not even looking yet because January is still 7 months out. I'm just scoping out the field. I applied for two jobs at a university and they didn't even call me.

When did you apply? You know my experience is in higher ed and seriously they are SO slow at HR stuff. Once they called me 3 months after I applied and it took another 3 months for them to give me an offer. And that is at the "H" school.

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May 20, 2012 20:26:22 GMT -5 @notquiteblushing said:

May 20, 2012 20:23:10 GMT -5 Redpoppy said:

The company I work for is always hiring. They pretty much only hire entry level though, around $35-$40K (+ great health insurance coverage). I can PM you the name if interested. It's a software company that does everything in house.

Yes please do. I'd love to make $40 but I'm not so picky.*

*as long as it's not retail, sales, or answering phones

I sent you a message. It could be even higher than that now.

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May 20, 2012 20:45:24 GMT -5 LoveTrains said:

May 20, 2012 20:14:22 GMT -5 @notquiteblushing said:

That's true, I know I've already asked this. This is mostly a vent. I am not even looking yet because January is still 7 months out. I'm just scoping out the field. I applied for two jobs at a university and they didn't even call me.

When did you apply? You know my experience is in higher ed and seriously they are SO slow at HR stuff. Once they called me 3 months after I applied and it took another 3 months for them to give me an offer. And that is at the "H" school.

It was about a month ago at the H school. Two research jobs in areas I had a lot of research experience in. I was super mad they never called me because I only put in $40k as my desired salary. I keep telling H that no one wants me, even on sale.

The ad said the process would only take 6-7 weeks, but this sort of gives me hope to hear about, thanks!

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You said you looked into a reporting job ... check out ALM.com.

ETA: If you are interested in writing/reporting jobs, also check out mediabistro.com and journalismjobs.com.

Craigslist has a lot of spam and crap jobs, but some are truly legit. I just had an interview last week with a place I found on Craigslist (legit company, CL was just one of the places where they were advertising).

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I'm just really spoiled right now with my semi-decent job that allows me to Nest and read YA dystopian novels whenever I feel like it. How will I replicate this joy? And H is all like "what excites you?" I said "mac and cheese."

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I'm not sure if this has been suggested to you already but www.indeed.com is a great job-searching site