DC job hunt... during an employment crisis.

I am not smooth, by any fragment of the imagination. Thus I find it monumentally difficult to bat my resume eyelashes and convince the Washington elite that their lives would be undoubtedly improved by including me in... whatever project they happen to be embarking on.

When I began my venture onto the DC job scene, my focus had been tech policy. All ICT, all the time. Those applications were a bit more comfortable, the tone was more relaxed, the interviewers more nerdy... Unfortunately, and as any veteran of the job search market (myself not included) might expect, distinguishing yourself amidst a throng of eager, doe-eyed, semi-geniuses, each vying to contribute to the most popular incoming president(or only, in some of my peer's cases) in recent history, proves more difficult than just a smile and a resume. So I've branched out- beyond the ICT world. I've thrown my hat to the regular, non tech-specific policy planning, to summit preparations, and most recently to intelligence teams. And that last part may be where I hit the edge of my own academia and bravery. I'm not sure what it means to work for the intelligence team, but after a training session this morning on safety procedures during a white phosphorous attack, I might just be packing my bag for San Francisco where I can spend my time working at a coffee shop, walking my dog, and reading bad poetry at open-mic nights.