Lately, my search has strayed away from marketing and into jobs that would allow for more flexibility. After more than a year at home, the thought of going back to the 9 to 5 grind is not that appealing, although of course I'd do it. A lot of these flexible jobs don't require the education/experience I have, but I figured that more is more. And yet, I have not heard a word back from these applications. I was talking this over with J and he suggested making a different version of my resume for these types of jobs. I figured it couldn't hurt.
So today I edited my resume. I took the "M.A." off the end of my name and erased it from my education. I removed some of the descriptions from my jobs and took the emphasis off anything "senior." It was a little painful as that M.A. was the result of a lot of hard work. As I erased it, I thought about my experience in graduate school. Although I enjoyed the experience and learned a lot, I admit I've wondered if it was really "worth" the investment. It also made me wonder if things would have been different if I had skipped it all together. But then I think of those two years of living on my own for the first time and the subsequent two years of living in the DC area with J and I realize I wouldn't want to change all that.
So here I am - one degree down and a few bullets less experience. I'm interested to see if I get any different results with this new strategy. Maybe less is more.
In other random news, I've been procrastinating on updating about my procrastinating. I did cross several items off of my to-do list and have been making a point of clearing out clutter when I see it instead of putting it off. Still need to clean the damn fridge.
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