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Now that I have a SIN I'm deep in quandary about what to actually DO. Do I try to wait for that perfect job that combines being at least related to what I can actually do (rather that trying to say "uh, sure, I can do technical writing!" when my degree is totally off compass from that and I have no prior experience in it), being local, my salary requirements, not having to get up at godawful in the morning, and not absolutely hating what I do? Am I being stubborn and not "allowing" by insisting on a certain combination of characteristics? Should I give them up one by one and take whatever I can get that fulfills the rest (assuming anyone actually even wanted to hire me)? All the other jobs I've had in my life I walked into by a combination of luck (right place/right time) and knowing someone who was able to turn me on to them (what you know, who you know). Should I try to wait until that happens again? Or because I didn't follow ![[livejournal.com profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/external/lj-userinfo.gif)
enotsola's advice and apply for the UoW cataloguing position despite not having a SIN (hoping to convince them that it would be here Real Soon Now), have I blown the chance I was given? Did I manage to "manifest" that and then not recognize that it was for me, or was the fact that it didn't occur at the right time a sign that it wasn't? Or have I got wrong ideas of "the right time"? Should I try for something in Toronto even though I really don't want to live there, but don't want to commute that far either? (I'd have no choice but to do so for a few months at least - hard to rent an apartment with no income and no rental history. I certainly can't move there first.) Was I, perhaps, even wrong to think I was supposed to leave the US in the first place? Am I being too hard on myself and feeling too pressured to find something immediately? Why did it seem so easy the other times and this time it's not? What am I supposed to be doing?
enotsola's advice and apply for the UoW cataloguing position despite not having a SIN (hoping to convince them that it would be here Real Soon Now), have I blown the chance I was given? Did I manage to "manifest" that and then not recognize that it was for me, or was the fact that it didn't occur at the right time a sign that it wasn't? Or have I got wrong ideas of "the right time"? Should I try for something in Toronto even though I really don't want to live there, but don't want to commute that far either? (I'd have no choice but to do so for a few months at least - hard to rent an apartment with no income and no rental history. I certainly can't move there first.) Was I, perhaps, even wrong to think I was supposed to leave the US in the first place? Am I being too hard on myself and feeling too pressured to find something immediately? Why did it seem so easy the other times and this time it's not? What am I supposed to be doing?
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Date: Jun. 28th, 2006 09:15 pm (UTC)From:The UoW position was a chance that you never know how it might have worked out, they could have rejected you out of hand for not having an SIN, so don't stress about the lost "opportunity". I find that when I'm in a place like that, I have to strike a balance between trying to find the perfect job and taking something right away. If you have a list of criteria for a job, don't take one that misses on too many of those, but also don't expect to get them all met. Maybe a job that's close, but doesn't have great hours or pay, or a job in Tornoto that at least gives you a fair amount of cash.
Also, it's always been my experience that smaller businesses and organizations have a lot more room for growth, so starting off in a non-ideal position can work out to your advantage as long as they have a position for you to grow into that you would like.
Dunno if any of that helps, but at least the sweater is cool. :)