<html><body> <DIV>Hi Shawn,</DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV>I don't know about anyone having to take a Civic Service Exam for a piano technician position, but if you have questions, why don't you just contact the lady?  Contacting her doesn't mean you have to apply, or if you apply, it doesn't mean you have to accept.  </DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV>I imagine housing is Southern Illinois is pretty reasonable.  You could always check a realtor.com kind of site.  Carbondale is not very big, I don't know what the public transportation situation would be like--that's something you could ask about.</DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV>Best,</DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV>Barbara Richmond, RPT</DIV> <DIV>near Peoria, IL</DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <BLOCKQUOTE style="PADDING-LEFT: 5px; MARGIN-LEFT: 5px; BORDER-LEFT: #1010ff 2px solid">-------------- Original message -------------- <BR>From: "Shawn Brock" <shawnbrock@fuse.net> <BR><BR>> Man, <BR>> I wish no one would have said anything! This will just get me and Jeff <BR>> Tanner going again! Okay, to put it nicely, it seems a little much for the <BR>> money. 1: Teaching a class. 2: Repairs of other instruments. 3: A Civil <BR>> Service exam? What is that about? I had asked on this list once before if <BR>> anyone had taken a Civil Service exam for a University gig and no one <BR>> replied. I guess that means that no person on here has had to do that. I'm <BR>> just trying to learn something about this people. Obviously with my <BR>> experience I would have to take a job similar to this probably if I want to <BR>> get into university work. So don't think I'm running these folks in the <BR>> ground! I can't afford to... I just want to know what others think. whiew <BR>> boy! Once again, I am not disrespecting this job or these people I just <BR>> want that to be on record! Maybe those wages are the norm for that area, I <BR>> don't know and will probably never know. It seems low if I compare it to <BR>> the last statistics I saw from the Guild. Well, guess we will see what <BR>> happens. I'm glad that you folks who have worked in a university setting <BR>> put your thoughts out for fellows like me to read. <BR>> Shawn Brock, RPT <BR></BLOCKQUOTE></body></html>