OMG, HOW

[nwhiker]

I want a job.

I need to write a CV.

I am old and fat.

I have zip recent job experience.

I have no idea how to write a CV. I know I need to do a functional one, but I'm not even sure how to do that.

WAH.

OK. Deep breaths. I fucking earned that MS degree I can get a fucking CV figured out, right? Right? RIGHT?

Devolving into full panic.

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[camelsamba]

Good luck!! You can definitely do it! Does WWU have a career center that could help with the CV, even if helping means reviewing from online? One of the women we went to Guatemala with is a professor at a small Catholic school and is concerned about her job because it looks like her U is failing financially since the pandemic. She had been applying for academic positions but so far no interviews. She worries no one will hire her, a woman in science but in her mid-50s. I would think the woman angle might be a net positive, but on the other hand, can see how the age might be a negative for some. (And apparently she filed a sexual harassment claim against her adviser at a time when those weren't vigorously pursued, so she may be marked as a troublemaker.)

[nwhiker]

Thank you! I needed the positive thoughts. I've got a CV written, so eh, moving on to next steps.

I loved your Guatemala photos on instagram! I hope that gal finds something good. Ageism IS a thing, ugh.