To travel again.or not?
| Part-time Chair in Mathematics Education (20 FTE) Department of Education and Professional Studies - Kings College London / Date of entry: 06/07/09 
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| To travel again.or not? Well, I’ve been back here for a couple of weeks now. It’s a relief to be away from that horrible hospital, and I now see it’s a relief to be away from that agency as well. Things I have learned recently tell me it’s a second-rate one, and I wonder that I was gullible enough to work for them in the first place. Well, in the balance my first experience with them wasn’t THAT bad; River City was interesting and I learned a lot. But this one.yikes! And what I learned from talking to other nurses there and on the forums has made me quite glad not to be dealing with them anny more. So now I’m trying to decide whether I want to take a permanent job someplace or keep on traveling. Both have their charms. Traveling is good because I know it’s only 13 weeks if I don’t like it, but the downside is that I feel rootless much of the time. I would love to have a place of my own and be settled somewhere, but I’m not sure I want to be embroiled in hospital politics any more. I’ve toyed with the idea of moving to Capital City whether I actually get a job there or travel from there. Ideally I would find a travel position within 3 hours driving distance, get my schedule “blocked” (set up so that I work all 36 hours within 3 days) and come back home when I’m off. So, to that end, I’ve applied for a number of jobs, but I’ve only actually had an interview with one of them. That was at the hospital I worked at as a traveler in Capital City, but in the (mostly autonomous) heart hospital there. And I didn’t get to talk to the manager, only the HR guy, who asked me some very good questions. But that was last Thursday, and I have yet to hear from anyone. I am dubious that anything will come of this. Back to the drawing board *sigh* In any case, I can’t go anywhere until after the middle of February when I will welcome my new grandson into the world. He is a long-awaited blessing for my daughter and her beloved, and quite possibly the last grandchild I will have. I’m not missing his arrival! After that, who knows? Back to filling out applications and sending out resumes. |
| Research and Instructional Technology Manager –No_Dept– - King Abdullah University of Science and Technology (KAUST) UK Ltd / Date of entry: 06/07/09 
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