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[theinevitable]

I was kind of torn about the radio gig, because in several interviews people have asked me about it. It stands out, even if it's not relevant.

I'm glad you guys agree about the clubs/activities/hobbies thing.

I wonder if the weird advice I get has to do with people not being familiar with the field. I do not feel amazing about my job-getting performance so far, but I think a resume that says I worked for a major NYC elected official, for a famous (within urban planning) professor, and for a really big nonprofit is probably not too shabby for just-out-of-grad-school jobs. It's not like my anime collection and making good lattes are all I have to offer.

(I don't know if "famous within urban planning" is a stretch for my frustrating boss at school, but at my interview for the NYC job they knew who she was)

For some reason this week a TON of jobs got posted in various cities after a few weeks of almost no leads. It's gonna be a busy weekend.

[wombat]

For the love of God don't mention your anime collection.

I think Ash is right about the radio station. If you were director of something at a radio station, that isn't like just belonging to a club. Also, I think that if people have asked you about it in interviews, you've already proved it's worth including. But I would still make sure it was lower down than the experience relevant to your field.

[KeithHernandez]

I got drunk as hell in flagstaff and proposed and went to the grand canyon

[KeithHernandez]

And saw london bridge:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EhN2E4hRDKk

[Carlos del Vaca]

Wombat! How'd you like being at the beach all week? It looks like you handled it OK.

[wombat]

It was great. It would have been greater if I hadn't had a headache for half the week, but it was the best kind of vacation to feel lousy on - there were all kinds of nice spots in the house to laze around and read a book. The weather was perfect and the crazy pug survived her first trip.

[pmcd9]

Fuck yeah, Former Met. Ride that adventure, diggity-diggity.

Are we just assuming that she said yes?

[KeithHernandez]

Oh, hahaha, she said no!

It was not a real proposal.  Really.  But it sort of was.  I only did it cause she is moving to London.  She left today.  She is a British citizen.  And smart and caring and doesn't do drugs and likes different things then me (this is always a positive in my relationships as long as she feels the same basic way about the world as me) but feels the same way about the world as me.  Oh...and she is fuck*ng beautiful.

I am going to London either September or December, depending on if I go back to school.  We kinda have a thing where if we both miss each other we might try?  I'm pretty good with it.

[theinevitable]

Is... it possible that the reason I have not even had an interview for any of the dozens of NYC jobs I have applied to is that I have not taken the civil service exam on city planning?

Just got a voicemail from a guy saying he wants to interview me but wants to confirm that I have taken the exam. Did I miss the boat on this this badly...

[pmcd9]

Riddle me this: what do you call a jacuzzi that only goes up to 104d when it's 117d outside?

Cold Tub?

[theinevitable]

So, my fear was correct. There is an irregularly-scheduled exam for people applying to City Planning jobs in NYC. I missed the most recent date because I had no idea this thing even existed. There is no schedule of when it will be offered again. I got a call saying they wanted to offer me an interview for a city job, but that I needed to confirm that I've taken the exam, so I had to turn it down.

Somehow I missed that this job listed the exam as one of the requirements, and now I'm nervous that other things I applied to may also have required it. Although, I had only applied to this job a week ago, so maybe I should assume I have already been rejected from everything else.

Either way in 3 weeks I have to be out of my apartment. Fuck.

[JorgeFabregas]

So, my fear was correct. There is an irregularly-scheduled exam for people applying to City Planning jobs in NYC. I missed the most recent date because I had no idea this thing even existed. There is no schedule of when it will be offered again. I got a call saying they wanted to offer me an interview for a city job, but that I needed to confirm that I've taken the exam, so I had to turn it down.

Somehow I missed that this job listed the exam as one of the requirements, and now I'm nervous that other things I applied to may also have required it. Although, I had only applied to this job a week ago, so maybe I should assume I have already been rejected from everything else.

Either way in 3 weeks I have to be out of my apartment. Fuck.

Personally, I blame your school. They should've told you about it, given their proximity to NYC. Not that they need to be spoon feeding you the dates or whatever, but they should at least tell you that it is a thing.

[theinevitable]

Yeah, I am really confused that I had never even HEARD of this, even from former classmates who work for the city now. I emailed my boss from last summer and he said he thinks that not all planning jobs for the city require it, but forwarded the question to someone who will know for sure.

[theinevitable]

Extra rage:

So you have to take this "exam" at their office at the set times, which only come randomly as far as I can tell. What is the "exam?"

You fill out a piece of paper proving that you have "sufficient education or experience" to qualify as an "experienced planner."

I am pretty firmly in the camp that wants to give bureaucracy the benefit of the doubt. Probably to a fault. but I can't think of any reason that this can't just be a form I fill out after waiting in a line like at the DMV.

[theinevitable]

It's like $65.