Chelsey in Chicago

As I continue my search, I am now tutoring 3 days a week with Academic Approach and will start a weekend program in a few weeks as well. This is will be how I pay the bills and will ease much of the stress of the job hunt. Of course I could have been doing this the whole time, but I thought I would have a job by now. Additionally, I am now an English tutor of children in China through VIPKids. I have yet to teach my first online class (it's a one-on-one setting), but my availability is open so hopefully I'll book some slots any day now. I am most excited about starting an (unpaid) internship with the Metropolitan Planning Council Thursday Nov. 1. They were the client I worked with during the winter quarter on the Our Great Rivers project. I could have also been doing this the whole time, but, again, I thought I would have a job by now. In my "spare" time I will continue to apply for jobs and network. I do have a phone interview coming up, but I'll spare y...

As summer transitions into fall, I am sad to say I still have not embarked on a new career. I continue to network, attend events, volunteer, apply for positions, interview. To sustain myself I have taken on a few tutoring programs with Academic Approach. Here some photos from the (free or dirt cheap) adventures I have had since I wrote last month: Apple picking in Michigan with Hero and Danielle. Paying my respects to famous Chicagoans at Graceland Cemetery. Biking to the Lincoln Park Conservatory to see plants. Touring this old home by influential Chicago architects. Hiking with mom in Chico during my super brief visit to CA. Hearing the author of The Great Lakes Water Wars speak about his book. Enjoying a string quartet during a day spent entirely in Hyde Park. Catching the elites of the Chicago Marathon. Reading in the rain at Ping Tom Park, in Chinatown, before volunteering to clean up along the river. Admiring the views from vari...