The obsession with poverty grows

After last week's rude awakening to the fact that my current funding will be running out before the end of this academic year, I gave myself a bit of time to freak out and worry. After that little meltdown passed, I made a decision that it's time to find a serious job. Not that I haven't applied to jobs here in the past, I have. However, since I've been here a year and have gotten over the initial academic hurdles which demonstrate my research project's feasibility, I am now able to partition out some significant time from my study of poverty in order to ensure I don't fall into poverty myself.

I am pleased to say that this morning's online job search was a resounding success because I found two jobs seemingly bursting with possibility. Both positions are part-time and in the Department of International Development that is here at Oxford. I'm excited because these job prospects both would have me working with people doing research on methodologies and practices for alleviating poverty in developing nations. Since I study poverty in the past, ideologically these positions fit me well. Practically, the positions are also an amazing fit as they deal with budget coordination, promotions, and event/travel planning - all of which I have three years experience doing when I was a Marketing Admin Specialist at TriMet in Portland. All of this make me very hopeful for my chances. Wish me luck!