Applying for the next job...

I’ve decided I’m going to start applying for other jobs. Not because I’m unhappy. Not because I am itching to make a change, necessarily. Right now…it’s for the experience and to see what else is out there. I look at it this way:

At some point in the (most likely) near future I will want to move out of my current position. I like the idea that I can leisurely think about it now and try to make strategic decisions of who/where to apply to, instead of being forced to apply or find a job out of necessity. I make a habit of advising high school students to take a myriad of courses while they’re in the safety of high school and aren’t paying college tuition to take a course in something they merely have a side interest in learning. So I’m pretty much taking my own advice in doing this. This Ed. S. program is about expansion (your abilities, your network, your interests, etc.). So that’s what I feel like this is, expanding my options.

I somewhat feel like a fish out of water doing this, but that’s probably a good thing. 

Forbes.com has a good list of reminders about searching for a job here. The link of “13 Pictures” is also pretty interesting. Not earth-shattering stuff, but just great reminders. In the world of education I think some of these things get lost in the shuffle while we continuously have the “are we corporate or non-corporate” debate, and we act as if some of these rules don’t apply. I think there’s much merit in this advice, though.