The job hunt

I has begun.

I am finding that the conservation field is like some secret society and I haven't learned the hand shake! It isn't like restoration studios utilize web sites like so many other professions, in fact there is almost none considering how many places are probably out there. And it seems like they are very interested in keep the gate keepers of information firmly in place.
So we are all writing emails, sending out applications but then...we wait and there isn't even a courtesy reply. It is all yet another learning experience.
I started looking in the Bay Area but quickly realized that I might need to seriously consider living in whatever state I can get a job in. Not really what I had hoped for because I was hoping to live within driving range of the kids but since I have such an enormous student loan to pay off, I might not have a choice.

No wonder people continue at school into their Phd...it is comfortable to stay at school and not enter the work force.