OMG I'm nuts!

[tephra]

So I went to the Job Fair today. I was exceedingly wound up about it last night and this morning and managed the world's fastest total revision of a resume ever I think. I printed out fifteen, enough for about half the employers, as if fifty percent was a reasonable match rate. I didn't need that many of course, I think I handed out three and one of those was to Kelly Services. The employers represented were basically military, law enforcement, health care, and food service. Not a very encouraging pool.

Anyway, onto the nuts part. The part giving me butterflies so big they might as well be fruit bats.

I spotted a listing of job categories with the local radio broadcasters. While I know nothing about, and have no interest in, working the public side of radio, I do know computers so I chatted a bit and they aren't looking right now but I can submit a resume. Pretty standard for the geekier positions around here.

And he actually skimmed it.

And noticed a little bit about working on the Cassini project's mission planning software.

And he's really good at talking people into things.

So around 8:10am I'm going to get a phone call and talk about working on that software for about 10-15 minutes on the radio.

I'm going to die.

Comments

[morganalilith.livejournal.com]

oh how cool :-)

i used to work in radio. the first time i spoke into the microphone i was scared shitless, and didn't even remember what i said, afterward.

but after that initial freakout, it was really easy. you can't SEE your audience. and for me, that made a world of difference. if you're being interviewed, in this case, it's like having a conversation with the other person/people in the studio.

anyways, break a leg and all that. :-)

[tephra]

Beyond the "oh god, I hope I don't sound stupid" thing, I hope my phone doesn't cut out. The cell phone is the most reliable number (the other is an internet phone) so that's what we're going with, but.... This is one of the rare occasions where I miss having a landline.

It seems weird to talk about something I did 12-13 years ago though. I hope I can manage to hold 10-15 minutes of conversation without falling into too many "uh..." reactions. I'm so out of practice with withholding the verbal filler sounds.

[morganalilith.livejournal.com]

ah, you're not actually going to the studio then. i guess it's been a long time since i've worked in radio, lol. nobody had cell phones then, and we almost always had people come in to do interviews.

do they expect you to just talk the whole time, or are they going to ask questions to give you a jumping off point?

and btw, you NEVER sound stupid. :-)

[tephra]

No travel, just a phone call. :) I had an *eek!* reaction when he asked and there was a lot of "just a chat" reassurance. "Just a conversation between me and you" to which my mind adds and everyone listening to morning radio.

[morganalilith.livejournal.com]

well, hopefully you'll get caught up in the conversation pretty quickly and forget all about those other people :-)

[tephra]

At least it's only 10-15 minutes, I'll survive. I might end up having a meltdown afterward but that's off the air. And possibly on LJ. :D