take your chances…

In applying for employment at our local University, a friend told me “good luck…” and further went on to explain that a number of people apply repeatedly for positions there, yet fail to get them because they are in such high demand, in addition to the large size of the applicant pool.   So, not only am I up against many many others, but there is also the factor that several of the others are already current employees at USU, which means that they will be given preference if we are even in our experience/education.  This is disheartening to me, but instead of getting mired down by discouragement, I upped my chances by applying to a few more positions… sort of like throwing everything I can at the wall to see what sticks.  I thought I’d get an inside look at what exactly the procedure is, and inquired with my adviser from college.  He suggested that I simply try to get my foot in the door, with whatever position I could get, and then I can move laterally or upwardly when other avenues open up.  He also said that because I am overqualified for the positions that I am applying for, I may not be considered as strongly for the job.  Because after all, wouldn’t someone who is overqualified take the position and then be in hot pursuit of a better opportunity?   So, I guess if I get an interview I will need to express that I do have longevity, despite being “overqualified.”

And overqualified… that seems to sound like such a funny thing… because obviously I want the job, otherwise I would not apply, and if I want the job, I believe I have the qualifications to do it well.  What makes me overqualified you might ask?  A Bachelors degree instead of an Associates degree.  A rotten piece of paper is all.  And, it’s a piece of paper that does not afford me any positions that pays more than the positions I am applying for at the University!

So there you have it.  I am going to throw until something sticks.  And yes, I know I throw like a girl, but it’s not about how you throw, it’s about the consistency of throwing that counts.  And what am I throwing?  Me! : )

In all of this I am sure God will surprise me… after all, Moses just wanted to be a shepherd, and God instead said to him that He wanted him to be a mouthpiece for God, a prophet.  And Paul… a Jew who would be perfect to speak to the Jews on their level, but instead God sends him to the gentiles.  Then there’s Peter, a fisherman and not that educated, who would have be perfectly suited to minister to the gentiles, yet instead, God sent him to minister to the Jews.  So what of me?  Perhaps I’m throwing all of this at the wall to see what sticks, and instead God’s going to do something totally different.  We’ll see… we’ll see.  I know that God is a God of abundance, and there is plenty to go around.  Perhaps God is going to throw me at a wall and watch if I stick.

What is impossible for people is possible with God.
~ Luke 18:27