Re: Bummed out
Posted by deanna on 9/27/08

I am looking and fustrated too. "Not what you know, but who".
Same thing happened to me, friend got a job she had gone to
school there and her sister too, sister was vp at another
school district. She had people pulling for her. My mentor
teacher didn't like me as I was older than her and she didn't
want me around, so she did not recommend me for a job that
she had input on (lead teacher in that grade) I don't know
what she said about me, but think she "black balled" me to
anyone who called that school as a reference.
I tried to post before, but don't think they put it up to read,
don't know why. Maybe they will let this through.

On 9/25/08, LMS2008 wrote:


> Amanda~
> Reading your post felt like it was my own! The same thing
> happened to me (except the person who got the job wasn't a
> friend of mine) but I subbed for 2 months in the school
> district that I graduated from, then got a LTS in one of the
> elementary schools from November - June. One of the other
> elementary schools in the district was hiring for the next
> year and people were telling me I was a shoe-in. I knew that
> I still had to "work" for the position, but I was feeling
> pretty confident. I had all the other librarians in the
> district behind me, my principal, teachers, etc. I got to
the
> last round of interviews, and 2 weeks later, got the
rejection
> letter. It was awful, I was hurt, embarassed, mad, you name
> it. I knew the job wasn't mine, but I busted my @ss during
> the LTS to get noticed....and this district is notorious for
> hiring grads (and the person who got the job isn't a grad I
> don't think). There is going to be another opening in that
> district either next year or the year after (2010-2011) and
> I'm pretty sure I'm going to try for it. But I feel your
pain
> Amanda, I really do.
>
> On 6/18/08, Amanda wrote:
>> I have been working my butt off the last year to get in
>> good with the public schools in my area. I live in stark
>> county ohio, and if you don't know...its a horrible place
>> to be looking for a teaching job because most of northeast
>> ohio cannot pass a levy to fund the schools. I just had
>> the job interview of a lifetime. It was the district that
>> I graduated from (a plus for hiring I was told), I
>> completed a 2 month long term there, plus I had been
>> subbing quite regularly there since September. I had a
>> recommendation from the principal of the school that I
>> subbed for (this particular elementary was not hiring),
>> plus recommendations from 3 of the teachers within the
>> district. I got the second interview (I was one of 11) and
>> I thought that the lesson I had planned and presented was
>> awesome and that I was a sure thing to get the job with all
>> of the components that I just listed. But today I got the
>> rejection letter that said that this district only hires
>> the "most qualified and best candidates to serve the school
>> and community" and that "the talent pool is tough and that
>> I was not not recommended for employment at this time."
>> Needless to say I was shocked. (the funny thing is...my
>> friend Jen who just graduated in December, and whom I gave
>> all my phone numbers of sub secretaries in the county so
>> she may find some work, and whom also informed me a few
>> weeks ago that she wasn't getting very many sub jobs and
>> whom I also mentioned that this district was hiring got the
>> 3rd grade position that I so wanted). Although I had
>> pretty much figured out yesterday that I hadn't gotten the
>> job since my friend Jen informed me that she already
>> received a call. So I have been balling my eyes out for 2
>> days now because I feel like maybe I have worked my whole
>> life for this and I am just not cut out for it. Because I
>> honestly do not know what else I could have done. How did
>> Jen with just a few experiences in the district nailed the
>> job that I had so maticulously planned for? I am at a
>> crossroads because I have sent out over 70 resumes to
>> counties that border mine and I have not recieved any
>> interviews. The liklihood of getting a job around here is
>> slim to none and I do not have much mobility since my
>> husbands' self owned company is here. I have no idea where
>> to go with my life and I don't know if I even want to
>> continue with education because I can't take a 3rd year of
>> days of tears without a job offer. Does anyone out there
>> have any advice or words of wisdom for a struggling
>> teacher? Or what you would do in my situation? I have
>> also spent the past 48 hours filling out as many teacher
>> job websites as possible and sending out a few last ditch
>> effort resumes to some distant schools. I just feel that
>> there is no hope left of me every fulfilling my dream to be
>> a classroom teacher. Seriously, does anyone have anything
>> that may be of help to me? I am absolutely desperate.

Posts on this thread, including this one

• Bummed out, 6/18/08, by Amanda.
• Re: Bummed out, 6/19/08, by Mark.
• Re: Bummed out, 6/19/08, by Julia.
• Re: Bummed out, 6/19/08, by another.
• Re: Bummed out, 6/19/08, by another.
• Re: Bummed out, 6/19/08, by Me Too!.
• Re: Bummed out, 6/20/08, by cb.
• Re: Bummed out, 6/30/08, by Judy.
• Re: Bummed out, 9/25/08, by LMS2008.
• Re: Bummed out, 9/27/08, by deanna.