An online video of my interview with Mark Kelley is available here: http://www.cbc.ca/connect/2010/01/work-wanted.html
I enjoyed the experience very much. The actual interview was shorter than expected because one prior to mine took off in a whole different direction, and Mark couldn’t cut the person off. I guess that’s one of the drawbacks of live television. lol
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you did so well, linda. i would have been a bunch of ums and ahs 🙂
great points by the guy following you as well. i wish i would have known the truth about those statistics when we were job seeking a couple of years ago.
you know you will interview well when you get a book out there 🙂
Thanks Michelle. I was a little nervous but I think my teacher-training kicked in and helped.
Gosh, wouldn’t a book be nice? Though more and more, I find myself drawn more to the journalism end of things, or at the very least, non-fiction.
Hope you’re doing well!
Hi Linda,
I read your article on the G&M and all the comments after it, and just watched your interview.
I really admire, especially in your responses to the comments on the website, how balanced and even-keeled your answers were. Predictably, after putting your situation out into the public eye, you were judged, questioned, and criticized, but you’ve remained calm and insightful throughout. By not taking any of the attacks personally and by further explaining your situation you’ve shown that where you’re at can and has happened to many reasonable people (reasonable measures won’t always survive a worst-case scenario.)
I also admire your strength. I don’t think I could have given that interview with Mark Kelly without breaking down into tears. (While I’ve held onto my job during this recession I’ve spent months being consumed by worry over not having enough money, horror at the possibility that I could be destitute.)
I hope brighter days arrive soon for you and your husband. You are both certainly working hard at it, and it is true that the harder you work the luckier you get (eventually!)
Take care and fingers crossed,
Karen
Karen, I really appreciate what you’ve said. “Putting myself out there” brought the inevitable slings and arrows, but is is gratifying to know that there are people who understand and respect my motives. I’m glad I did it.
Thank you so much for writing. Your letter has brightened my day, and I know I’ll read it often.
Linda