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Fate steps in and sees you through
Mar. 19th, 2016 03:43 pmI got another Amazon package - Fabricating Women: the Seamstresses of Old Regime France, 1675-1791, which has been on my wishlist for ages, but I finally feel like I can and should buy fancy obscure academic texts in my field. I can't wait to read it.
The really awesome thing, though, is that in the same mail delivery I got a letter from NYS Parks & Rec with two "are you interested?" forms for historic site assistant jobs (because of the civil service test I took a couple of years ago). One at Crailo, one at Clermont! Crailo's in Troy, and Clermont is lower down on the Hudson, and I also know the education director at Clermont. So I PM'd her and told her I was sending the form in and she said she'd shortlisted me originally but at this point they're approved for the person creating the vacancy at Crailo to transfer over (he studies the family who owned Clermont and has done a lot of volunteering), but she'll recommend me really strongly to the people at Crailo. So I'm crossing my fingers and hoping hard.
Technically, "historic site assistant" is a more accurate description of what I do now, which I said I would prefer not to do in favor of working with historic fashion collections. But here are the many, many advantages of working at Crailo:
- STATE JOB with state job benefits and state job pay - 12k more than I make now
- closer to the family dog
- closer to family and friends (but not Julie :( ), closer to period-dress events
- job is what it is - less frustrating than being collections manager but not doing collections stuff
- way closer to museums with historic costume collections
- NYC is a reliable Megabus ride away
- protected by the Adirondacks from Canadian cold fronts
- I find Dutch Hudson Valley fascinating
- lots and lots of opportunities to use 17th Century Women's Dress Patterns 1&2
- in the state system, so will be in a good position to move up
- is in a region with a lot of museums -> job openings that I'll live close enough to to be considered for
I mean, is it better than the Mint? Probably paywise, but no, working in a fashion collection would be my first choice. But considering that I probably will not get an interview or even an official "no" from the Mint, this would be excellent.
The really awesome thing, though, is that in the same mail delivery I got a letter from NYS Parks & Rec with two "are you interested?" forms for historic site assistant jobs (because of the civil service test I took a couple of years ago). One at Crailo, one at Clermont! Crailo's in Troy, and Clermont is lower down on the Hudson, and I also know the education director at Clermont. So I PM'd her and told her I was sending the form in and she said she'd shortlisted me originally but at this point they're approved for the person creating the vacancy at Crailo to transfer over (he studies the family who owned Clermont and has done a lot of volunteering), but she'll recommend me really strongly to the people at Crailo. So I'm crossing my fingers and hoping hard.
Technically, "historic site assistant" is a more accurate description of what I do now, which I said I would prefer not to do in favor of working with historic fashion collections. But here are the many, many advantages of working at Crailo:
- STATE JOB with state job benefits and state job pay - 12k more than I make now
- closer to the family dog
- closer to family and friends (but not Julie :( ), closer to period-dress events
- job is what it is - less frustrating than being collections manager but not doing collections stuff
- way closer to museums with historic costume collections
- NYC is a reliable Megabus ride away
- protected by the Adirondacks from Canadian cold fronts
- I find Dutch Hudson Valley fascinating
- lots and lots of opportunities to use 17th Century Women's Dress Patterns 1&2
- in the state system, so will be in a good position to move up
- is in a region with a lot of museums -> job openings that I'll live close enough to to be considered for
I mean, is it better than the Mint? Probably paywise, but no, working in a fashion collection would be my first choice. But considering that I probably will not get an interview or even an official "no" from the Mint, this would be excellent.
