Even more paperwork :)

We were already contacted for an interview with the local recruiter for next Wednesday and guess what he sent us? Even more paperwork!! : ) We have 7 interview questions he wants us to respond to and email back before we actually meet.. So, this weekend we are buckling down to get these things written. The good news is, I feel like the pressure is off a bit because we will go in knowing exactly what he is going to ask and have already prepared answers.

Chicago knows we exist

It’s been an exciting 24 hours! We finally heard from the Chicago recruiter yesterday! WOO HOO We both got emails asking us to fill out MORE paperwork (surprise) and asking that we confirm our references. The most exciting part is that she sent us descriptions of the jobs that we would mostly like qualify for. I got English teaching, primary teacher training (surprised and flattered that they think I could train teachers) and community service. Chris got teaching science and math, community service and, what he is hoping for- sanitation extension and water resource engineering. He spoke to our recruiter today and he said she was very nice and helpful and specifically told him we were “flagged as a high priority” because of our experience and readiness to go ASAP. she said we should hear from the OSU recruiter for an interview very soon. Sure enough, he emailed us tonight and we are scheduled to meet with him Wednesday!!!! Nervous scared and excited. AHHH!!! Oh, also, the recruiter mentioned that she is looking at programs for us leaving February and March. Whoa, way sooner than we thought but hey, we’ll take it. Anyway, at this point, it is VERY preliminary since we haven’t even been nominated yet.

Recruitment... where are you??!

We were hoping to hear from the recruitment office by now to schedule an interview since we submitted our applications almost 3 weeks ago (we’ve heard they contact you in about 3 weeks after you submit). So, we emailed the local OSU Peace Corps recruiter who we met at an information session last month. We wanted to see if he could give us any information on our application status. Unfortunately, his response was “sit tight and you should hear something from the Chicago recruitment office soon”. Not the response we were looking for…I plan to call them next week if we still don’t hear anything. We know this is only a small taste of the waiting game we’ll be playing through this whole process…