The phone rang unexpectedly around 8am California time. "Hi, I'm from the law school CDO [Career Development Office] as the new person hired to do alumni counseling. I was calling to check in with you and find out how best our office can assist you in your job search." We talked for about 15 minutes while I gave her the overview of my plan, and we'll talk again on Monday to concoct a more specific strategy.
This is fabulous. It's a massive, scary project to jobhunt. It's so nice that I can get some support. (And thousands of bonus points to BU for not saying, "Sorry, if you didn't get your job through OCI [on campus interviewing] we can't help you," which I'm under the distinct impression many other schools' CDOs do.)