Job Searching

My internship is over now, I enjoyed a long and relaxing spring break, and now it is time for me to start working on finding a job! I have already applied to Pinellas and Alachua counties and I am very close to being done with Citrus county and will be applying to others in the next couple of weeks. I have applied to three specific jobs but have not heard back about any of them yet, so I guess as of this moment I am not an immediate candidate for any of those positions.

I went to Education Recruitment Day at UF yesterday. It was both depressing and hopeful at the same time. There were only about 15 booths of recruiters there when the Career Resource Center advertised upwards of 40 or 50. Regardless, I got to talk to some recruiters from Polk, Sumter, Orange, and Citrus counties who were generally encouraging. I even had a sit down screening/interview type thing with Alachua county. The most optimistic discussion I had was with Citrus County. It is a rural county about an hour from Gainesville, Tampa, and Orlando; which are my three target cities in terms of location. The people I talked to were great, and I even met a principal who is going to be having openings at his school. I never had thought about Citrus county before, because I honestly don't know much about it, but the people were friendly and enthusiastic and it was nice to meet them. They told me to come for a visit, so I already emailed someone about heading down there to look around. If I am able to visit before the job postings even go online, maybe that will give me an edge. I obviously have no experience in a rural county with only 4 middle schools and 3 high schools, but in terms of location and salary, Citrus county seems like a pretty ideal match for what I want.

Now I just need to keep working on applications and making contacts and praying that I am in tune to God's plan for me and my future!