She had fewer corrections to the cover letter, which seemed good. She laughed out loud at the letter where I said something like, "I hope to speak with you soon about this position." Are cover letters ever funny on purpose?
Anyway, I turned it in. The Dean's secretary, who is wacky, asked me if she had to send me a letter of acknowledgement. I said yes and she asked if she could scribble all over the acknowledgement. I told her that would be fine.
The Dean wants the search done by the end of June.
Some quick sporky job numbers:
Number of years I've worked at this IHE: 8
Number of years service credit (at most) I'll get toward tenure: 2
Number of years before between when I got my PhD and when my brother will get his: 7 and counting
Number of tenure track jobs between us: 1 (that would be his)
Number of days before I find out: 39 minimum
To paraphrase Michael Stipe:
That's me in the corner, that's me in the spotlight, losing my...
I'll just be over here. Waiting.
3 comments:
Trust me when I say that sane people will not comb your c.v. for punctuation consistency. That's a task only a copy editor can love.
Waiting blows. On the other hand, "They only serve who stand and wait." On the third hand, bartending blows too; waiters make far more money, at least in the places I've worked. And they have a smaller skill set, I'd argue. (Sorry, Scout, no offense intended!)
Surrealist speak done.
Not so, Scout. Because writing is such a significant part of what my staff do (the mantra in the field is "if you didn't write it down, it didn't happen"), I WILL NOT schedule an interview if the C.V. is grammatically deficient. In fact, the worst offenders get passed around the office for humor value.
Having said that, Sporks... Don't worry about it. I'm sure you're safe if Scout the Copy Editing Honey reviewed it. :)
Luck to you.
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