Re: nursery interview apparel

Good idea Cathy.  Our Hort Ed something along those lines, too.  But I'm not
a teacher.

Kitty

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "cathy carpenter" <cathyc@rnet.com>
To: <gardenchat@hort.net>
Sent: Wednesday, February 11, 2004 10:37 PM
Subject: Re: [CHAT] nursery interview apparel


> Kitty,
> Just a thought, but have you looked into a teaching position with your
> local community college? Ours just started offering Horticulture
> Certificates and AA degrees, and every year they are looking for
> lecturers. The pay is based on the degree (BS, MS, etc), but they are
> willing to hire folks with pertinent life experience in the industry
> too. You would have a lot to offer students.
> Cathy
> On Tuesday, February 10, 2004, at 05:02 PM, Kitty wrote:
>
> > Judy, thanks for the thoughtful words.   I did include my NPO-MG work
> > on my
> > resume because it does illustrate things I'm capable of that don't
> > show up
> > under work experience.  I do have a portfolio of  changes to my garden
> > that
> > I put together for Guelph, so thanks for bringing that up.  It may
> > come in
> > handy at the right interview.  Right now the nursery jobs available
> > here are
> > for plain hard labor, often requiring heavy lifting.  I had to pass on
> > a
> > Franks nursery manager job even though I fit all the other criteria
> > because
> > it required you to "repeatedly lift 75 pounds".  I can deal with 50#
> > for a
> > very short distance.  Since I have no health insurance and am aware I
> > already have ruptured disks in my neck, I'd have to be careful.
> >
> > Kitty
>
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