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Peter's suggestions brought this response from me.

Before I had completed my training, I saw two openings that I would have
loved to have applied for posted on this list.  I did not, however, have
my archival courses under my belt yet.

I recently interviewed for what I consider to be a fabulous position
(and high pay is not my goal) -- I learned about it from a colleague-one
of my fellow students in casual conversation!  The job description says
"ME" all over it.  I stand a good chance at getting it.

My current work came about through my own aggressive action -- while
it's only a part-time job, I am THE archivist and THE expert and the
Archives are there because I suggested it in the first place.  I once
joked that some people read my nametag and think it says "anarchist" or
"activist."  Well my employer agreed to one point -- I AM an ACTIVIST or
there would be no archives there.  And I get to do the elevator speech
often when people check my nametag.

Belong to professional organizations, and don't just read the
publications, attend the meetings!  If I don't get the new job, I'll be
at the Society of Southwestern Archivists meeting in May to network some
more!

Don't burn your bridges behind you!  Even if I get the new job, I won't
be leaving my old employer in the "lurch," but will make arrangements to
phase myself out (after all it is a part-time job -- I could just drop
down to 8 hours instead of 10 per week).

I didn't sell my current employer on the bottom line.  I sold them on
the preservation of the institution's history.  If you get a company old
enough to have a history but has ignored it, you can sell them on
salvaging it before it's too late!  The turning of the century has made
a few of them realize this.

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