It was to my great dismay that I was once again summoned into my PI's office this morning with that ever-ominous "come here finger gesture." I couldn't imagine what he was going to tell me this time.......your last day will actually be April 30th, perhaps? Seriously, nothing good has yet come of one of these secretive meetings.
Which is why I was shocked and thrilled when he started the conversation with "Where/what resources have you been using for your job search?" I should add that I was also a little confused. We're very close to the 2 month mark since finding out we needed new jobs and this is the first question that has been remotely aimed and how I'm doing finding a job. I proceeded to list what sites I search regularly and he seemed to think that I was using the right tools.
I was further thrilled when he continued our conversation with "well, if you tell me what kinds of jobs you're looking at then I can use some of my resources and keep an eye out for you too." Yikes. Really? This is obviously not a definite path to getting a new job, but I'm sure that my chances were significantly increased when the boss decided to help me out. I'm sure he knows of more websites to be checking. Add that to the local contacts at other institutions he's made during his 10-ish years in the area on top of whatever networking he can do through people here and this is a pretty good thing to have him helping out my cause.
So it took him a little while to get to the point where he could be proactive about the situation. I'm not complaining. This is certainly a case of better late than never. And, as cheesy as this sounds, even if I still don't get a job, or even if it still takes longer than I'd like, I feel just a little bit more ok knowing my boss is working to support me as I keep going down this road.
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