While checking my email last night, A MAJOR law school in our target area has sent my CV and other materials from HR to the faculty hiring committee.
WOOHOO!!!!
OK, this is big...especially after writing the post about hearing crickets on the job front and hearing from another university that they have sent my credentials to the hiring committee for a non faculty position.
I am excited about the prospect of interviewing with MAJOR Law School. Just to get this far is a huge deal for me. I have applied for teaching positions at Alma Mater Law School and have been shot down
immediately. I mean, I never made it past the HR gauntlet. So, even if I don't get an interview, I feel validated.
Today, I looked at MAJOR Law Schools website and checked out their faculty. All of their new hires are from top law schools like Stanford and Harvard, and they have some serious law school cred, like law review etc... They also have some publishing cred too.
Alma Mater Law School is a good law school, don't get me wrong...but nothing close to a Stanford or a Harvard. I was not on Law Review or Moot Court...I had to work to help pay for law school. And I don't have any publishing cred...yet. I do have speaking cred...
That's when the Voice spoke up. You know the Voice, don't you? It says 'There is no way you can compete with that kind of talent." "What makes you think these people will even want to talk to you?"
That Voice.
Well, here's a message to the Voice....
SHUT THE FUCK UP!!!!! You always do this to me. Every time something good happens, you find a way to convince me that I am worthless. You find a way to diminish any accomplishment or any step forward. You find a way to convince me that I never good enough or that i will even make it. And if I don't, you are the first to tell me 'I told you so."
Well, you are not going to do this to me. I won't let you. See, I am just as talented as any of those people out there. Who cares what law school I attended? Who cares if I was not on Law Review? I have done so many great things. I have worked for one of the large law firms in Lake Effect Snow Central. I ran my own practice. I have taught for fives years. I am smart, gifted and talented woman. And if MAJOR Law School decides not to interview me, so be it. I am proud of what I have done. You are not going to take this away from me. Whatever happens, I will land on my feet with my head held high!
End screaming tirade.
This is part of my rising...part of the change in my life. No more will I allow the Voice to dictate my feelings.
This is my time!
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18 comments:
Good for you, sista! I'm so happy for you -- both for making it past the HR nonsense and for not letting that little fucking voice get you down. You go, girl! :-)
you forget that the diversity of your life/work experience is of much higher value than a piece of paper from FancyPlaces. those are a dime (likely Daddy's) a dozen. how many people have YOUR creds????
Ellen: You mean "wealthy brother's dime"!
Yes, you are right, I have it goin' on!!!
Wow. Good luck.
This is a great post. I am so excited for you SS. Good things are coming your way and it's about time.
This sounds great!
congrats to you!
love the note to that voice! boo! hiss! go away negativity!
best of luck!
Yay! Excellent news, no matter what comes of it. You totally rock and you can tell that voice I said so.
Bring it on. Do it. Do your best. That's all you can do.
No - that one has NO pieces of paper from places fancy or unfancy - that one ONLY has her brother's dime going for her. I cannot even fathom that one even has a resume, much less what's on it.
DO NOT ever compare yourself to that one - she does not deserve that honor.
But I do think you bring a lot of atypical plusses to the plate and that you'd kick butt to anyone wise enough to value them. I have a friend who is an MD who got there by way of a BS and MS in Math and another friend who is a Math PhD who got there by way of a sociology BS, so I tend to be friends with the atypical path crowd
One might think you are slightly insane, hearing voices and all that :)
Good for you, you deserve this!
Thanks everyone!!
Rented Life: Slightly insane? No, I am all the way insane!! :)
Good luck and waiting to hear good news from you. :)
Good luck! This is wonderful news.
Way to go. Regardless of how the job search turns out, this is a victory speech.
Go for it! :)
You have already gotten your good news! As that noted 20th century philosopher, Notorious B.I.G. once remarked, "if you want to change the world, you've gotta change yourself."
The volume and type of commentary on this thread suggests you've hit on something universal. Go forward, contemplate and act on this young grasshopper!
Both the job progress and voice squashing are awesome! Congrats!
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