“For I know the plans I have for you…”
There isn’t much news on the job front so this will be quite short.
In Chile, it is entirely normal for HR departments to advertise a job and, after publication, to deny all knowledge of said job. They never, NEVER confirm receipt of your application and rarely still (if that is possible!), contact you to ask more questions, despite being a gringo with more qualifications than they have space for on the wall.
Thus, here is current state of applications. Pray, beg, call on your contacts or just cry.
God has a plan for me, I am sure of it, so I’m not despairing about jobs any more. In fact, I don’t really care that much now, as I’m enjoying working for La Esperanza, a christian charity working with adults with mental and physical disabilities, and I’m getting fairly regular calls to design and build websites (using the same super-flexible platform i’m using here, Wordpress) from various Chilean organisations and churches.
I’m considering enrolling on another postgraduate masters course, either here in Chile (if possible) or in the UK by distance learning. Please pray that I would have wisdom in deciding where and what course to do. I’m meeting with a professor from the Catholic University today to discuss the work of the Economics Department and to enquire about jobs.