I've been trying to find a job lately, but haven't been very successful. I really want to find something that has to do with archeology or Jewish history, the fields that I'm studying. It's less about the money and more about getting some experience in the fields I want to work in after uni. A couple of months ago what seemed like a golden opportunity arose: A certain digitalized archeology archive was looking for people to help sort out documents. Relatively good pay, work whenever you're free and off-site (i.e., from your own computer). Unfortunately, though I contacted them and was told to send in my resume, they never got back to me. It would have been nice for them to at least tell me my application was rejected, but not even that. I'm a little at fault here, I suppose, because by the time I realized that I should have sent a follow-up message, say, two weeks later, a significantly longer period had passed.
A couple of weeks ago I saw an ad for student writers and editors on a new biblical archeology website in Hebrew. I was a little uncomfortable with some of the scholars (people who in my opinion have said incredibly nonsensical things in the past) they had featured on the site, but decided to go for the job, as a chance to get out of my comfort zone. It's been several days and I've yet to receive a reply of any sort.
In short, it would be nice if people could at least take the time to tell you they saw your message and they've decided to reject your application. Don't leave me hanging, you know?
In other news, I have been working for over half a year now on an academic essay which I hope to have published. Last week I received critique from the editor of the journal I sent the essay to and later that week I sat down with the professor who's assisting me in the writing process to discuss the critique. I hope to finish editing in the corrections ASAP for another shot at publishing in that particular journal.
