My New Job

Above, is a picture of the JFK Presidential Library and Museum, where I began my new job as an Oral History intern. As I am officially employed by the National Archives and Records Administration, which is a goverment ran agency, I was finger printed and am in the process of going through an extensive background check. This involves remembering where I lived for the past five years and so on. Lets just say it took awhile to fill out the forms.

The Library is located right on Boston Harbor and in the pavillion, there is a huge glass window that overlooks the ocean. It is beautiful to look out. However, I am down in the basement that has no windows, but I am loving my job. I am helping to transcribe oral history interviews and get them ready for publication on the library's website. The people I work with are fun and some are my fellow classmates. I am thankful for this oppurtunity as it allows me to further develope my skills as an archivist. Plus, I am learning much about JFK and his legacy. I love the museum. If you come visit me, you will have to come check it out.

Happy birthday to my sister-in-law, Laurel. You are the best!!!

My new job!

In two weeks, I begin my new part time job at the John F. Kennedy Library here in Boston. I still cannot believed how I ended up with my job. In late February, I saw a posting for a part time PAID internship for the Archives processing unit at the JFK Library. With the recent recession, not many archives/libraries are hiring part time workers, but asking for donated time. I jumped at the chance knowing I would be competing with various classmates for the position. After sending in my cover letter and resume, I got invited in for an interview. The night before, I studied their website to learn about their collections and programs. The archive site had a link to their Oral History Project. The family historian in me was immeadiately intrigued and I found they have over 1,000 interviews.

During my interview the next day, at the end, i innocently asked abou the project, thinking nothing of it. A few days later I was notified that I had not been hired for this position, but that they recomended to the head of the Oral History Project for a part time internship that was opening up. I could not believe it. My resume landed on this desk because I just asked one question at the end of my previous interview about this project and now I had another oppurtunity to work for the JFK in the Oral History department. Last Friday, I went in for this interview. IT went well and they told me I would hear back from them within the week. Also, they said this job had not been posted yet. I thought, oh well, here I go again. Two hours later, while checking my email, I received an email telling me they wanted to hire me. I was estastic. Now, I will be working there for two days a week until I graduate or until they run out of funding for my position. I am so excited. One little thing changed everything. I guess you never know what will happen.