The most frequent question I’ve received after deciding to leave a job has been, “How could walk away without another job?” That’s a good question and reflects real concerns people have. Autistics struggle with employment without any additional challenges. Now that I have severe spinal pain and my Erb’s palsy…
Tag: unemployment
I am honored to be joining the faculty at Texas A&M University for the 2023-24 academic year as a full-time lecturer. The COVID-19 pandemic had, in theory, marked the end of my teaching career. However, friends and colleagues persisted in sending me academic job listings. One friend, in particular, persuaded…
I spent the last two days working on two versions of my résumé: techie me and teacher me. I feel “incomplete” when I read one or the other, as if I’m not being honest about who I am. The technology résumé is modeled on samples I found online at two…
I officially completed my Ph.D in May, meaning I’m far from joining the “long-term unemployed” statistically. The problem is that I have been unemployed off and on since leaving my undergraduate program at the end of 1990. Writing is an on-going project, certainly, but actual jobs have come and gone.…
This morning I awoke to Mimi and Alex purring next to me. It is overcast, which I like, and cool. As I was doing the dishes, I thought about how fortunate we are right now. We have a house, incomplete as it is, the yard is looking much better this…