job search update

So I'm not sure who knows this whole thing, but here's the situation for Adam's job search ... He has of course applied for a ton of jobs, and he wants to work for the federal government. He got only one interview in October with the Army Corps of Engineers which is yes, under the Army's administration, but mostly employs civilians and Adam would be in a civilian position. So no military assignments or deployments or time commitments or anything.

The interview went very well in October - Adam felt really good about that job. They said they'd do callbacks for 2nd interviews in November, but we never heard from them. So we figured it was gone. Then out of the blue in December, in the middle of Adam's finals, he DID get a callback with the USACE. The 2nd interview was the week before Christmas with the General Counsel, who is the top attorney for the entire Corps, here in DC. It was supposed to be a 45-minute interview, and it lasted almost an hour and a half. That's a GOOD thing. They said they'd get back to him after the holidays but to email his preferences on a specific list of offices that had openings.

At the end of last week, he got a phone call from the Corps office in Vicksburg Mississippi to schedule a 3rd interview. It's not scheduled yet because the lead Counsel for that office is out of town until next week, but Adam will most likely have to fly down for the interview (and could look at apartments at the same time). We will hopefully have this resolved with a final offer and commitment by the end of the month so we can turn in our notice at our current apartment.

We are figuring this is it - we just need everything to be finalized. And to be perfectly honest, we've had the "We're going to Vicksburg" vibe since the 1st interview in October. We of course would love to stay in the DC area and we'll be sad to leave, but it seems like it's time to move on. My frustration with the whole job search/interview process is that I just want it over already so I know what's going on. But at the same time, NOT knowing way far in advance means that I stay focused on the here and now because I have no idea what the future is.

We'll let you know when the last interview is scheduled and everything is finalized. If/when we move for this, we'll be headed to Vicksburg in March. Here comes the Southern tour of duty ...

ADDITION: About an hour after posting this, Adam called to tell me he got the scheduling phone call from Vicksburg: Tues. Jan. 27, 2 pm, on the phone. He does not have to fly down to Mississippi for it.