Looking for a new job

MIMX wrote:

EdelBrock wrote:

(Suprised anyone remembers that name, I only had that for a month or so.... when I stirred up the board a bit)

Would have helped if you'd changed your Avatar you nutter!

Haven't always had that picture, and I'm not sure what car it is... just a car on the side of the road on the way to Sisters, Oregon...

14 K wrote:

EdelBrock wrote:

14 K wrote: Advertise not using Gas- Deisel mowers to be the 'Silent Gardner..

of work I'd like to do part-time, but something I'll put on the backburner just in case

What mower isn't gas operated? Electric?

(Suprised anyone remembers that name, I only had that for a month or so.... when I stirred up the board a bit)

Noticed the The Pontiac Tag as have always Liked Cars. As far back as I can remember.

2. Just looking for Pocket change and to do something casual as you're Finishing off the Courses. Right.

Moving Co.s- Packers and Real Estate usually are open for recruits. Real Estate uses people skills and is more of a commitment. 3. Quiet Yard work. Push Mower, sheet of Canvas, set of shears..

What isn't there to like about cars

Looking for a bit more than pocket change, but enough to cover bills after the GI Bill, so around $1800 a month.

On the quiet yard work truely a Californian when you don't think of a push mower, didn't even come to mind... that's good idea...

This blue-eyed boy that wants to be wrote:

EdelBrock wrote:

This blue-eyed boy that wants to be wrote:

EdelBrock wrote:

Jesse, I was a waiter before I went in the Marines. Luckily California law requires to be paid minimum wage (which will be $8 in Jan) plus tips. I was clearing $1800-2300 a month, for 20 hours a week, before I went in (and minimum wage was $6.25 then)... also when you get cash tips, not everyone claims it all on their taxes. The bartender will be hard as I have only a little experience there, but I plan on getting hired as a waiter, then moving over to a bartender within that restaurant.

So did you find a new job?

I never knew that about waiters in CA. On the east coast, it seems that waitstaff get $2-$3 per hour and the rest you need to makeup in tips.

I did a few jobs. I work part-time as a collections agent for an insurance company -- I do live in the Insurance Capital of the World -- and I do freelance writing for an entertainment/music/nightlife website, which pays me $150 per article.

Yeah East coast screws over the waiters. I was going to do a second job once when I was stationed out there to make extra money, but when I found ut about the wages, I backed out.

How many articles are you able to do in a month? That's a good job, how did you find that?

I can do about 5 articles per month, but I get paid when they're published. The website -- which is part of the Metromix chain of regional websites -- was launched at the end of October, and, for the month of November, I was paid $400 for three articles. For so far in December, I've been paid for one article, but I have a backlog of 3 articles and am working on three right now.

I found the job posting on Craig's list, I think, or JournalismJobs.com.

I'll check out that website... thanks dude!

Burt Reynolds wrote:

Jeffari-al-Texani wrote: or you could just do what I do...

GAY PORN!!!

He's after a paying job. Not something you surf for on the net.

Or just something you do for the sheer love of it...

Snorri xxx

EdelBrock wrote: I was a waiter before I went in the Marines. Luckily California law requires to be paid minimum wage (which will be $8 in Jan) plus tips. I was clearing $1800-2300 a month, for 20 hours a week, before I went in (and minimum wage was $6.25 then)...

Kidding ? Blimey ! I live in an under-developped country !

Now, I've applied plenty of jobs and,recently, freelance gigs for the month so far, and I haven't heard any of them back yet. Some of the jobs I'm waiting for are a pastry seller, a paid publishing internship, and three library jobs for the University. Is it common to wait over a month for a notification of hire?

[magenta]cozmonite61[/magenta] wrote: Now, I've applied plenty of jobs and,recently, freelance gigs for the month so far, and I haven't heard any of them back yet. Some of the jobs I'm waiting for are a pastry seller, a paid publishing internship, and three library jobs for the University. Is it common to wait over a month for a notification of hire?

Depends on the season and the job yer going for. I remember once when I was 20 (after I got laid off from Macy's), I was unemployed for 3 months and every day I put in at LEAST 5 applications. It got to the point that I was applying to places as long as they had an open door.
Finally got an interveiw and hired by the very FIRST application I ever put in after I was laid off... the Red Lobster across from Macy's... I kick myself as I could have sat on my arse for those three months

You know, come to think of it, I never heard back from ANY of the other applications I put in during that time frame

EdelBrock wrote:

[magenta]cozmonite61[/magenta] wrote: Now, I've applied plenty of jobs and,recently, freelance gigs for the month so far, and I haven't heard any of them back yet. Some of the jobs I'm waiting for are a pastry seller, a paid publishing internship, and three library jobs for the University. Is it common to wait over a month for a notification of hire?

Depends on the season and the job yer going for. I remember once when I was 20 (after I got laid off from Macy's), I was unemployed for 3 months and every day I put in at LEAST 5 applications. It got to the point that I was applying to places as long as they had an open door.
Finally got an interveiw and hired by the very FIRST application I ever put in after I was laid off... the Red Lobster across from Macy's... I kick myself as I could have sat on my arse for those three months

You know, come to think of it, I never heard back from ANY of the other applications I put in during that time frame

Here's my story. I've never been hired (and I had over 20 something jobs in my life so far) via application. Yes, some jobs required an application filled out and I did it only as proform, being secured for the position anyway. I mean, I was never hired just by filling out an application. It was always thru friends, friend's friends, parents, etc., but applications never worked for me. In this light it's quite remarcable how I was hired for my last job where I worked for 3 years. I just called the number in the ad and talked to a guy who at the time was in California. Just a little of talking and he sugggested to meet in Texas in 3 weeks. And that's where I got my job.

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EdelBrock wrote:

[magenta]cozmonite61[/magenta] wrote: Now, I've applied plenty of jobs and,recently, freelance gigs for the month so far, and I haven't heard any of them back yet. Some of the jobs I'm waiting for are a pastry seller, a paid publishing internship, and three library jobs for the University. Is it common to wait over a month for a notification of hire?

Depends on the season and the job yer going for. I remember once when I was 20 (after I got laid off from Macy's), I was unemployed for 3 months and every day I put in at LEAST 5 applications. It got to the point that I was applying to places as long as they had an open door.
Finally got an interveiw and hired by the very FIRST application I ever put in after I was laid off... the Red Lobster across from Macy's... I kick myself as I could have sat on my arse for those three months

You know, come to think of it, I never heard back from ANY of the other applications I put in during that time frame

Here's my story. I've never been hired (and I had over 20 something jobs in my life so far) via application. Yes, some jobs required an application filled out and I did it only as proform, being secured for the position anyway. I mean, I was never hired just by filling out an application. It was always thru friends, friend's friends, parents, etc., but applications never worked for me. In this light it's quite remarcable how I was hired for my last job where I worked for 3 years. I just called the number in the ad and talked to a guy who at the time was in California. Just a little of talking and he sugggested to meet in Texas in 3 weeks. And that's where I got my job.

Easiest one I was hired for by application was this Italian resturant 2 years later. I put the application in, walked home about 7 minutes away, and as I walked through the door my phone rang. Sure enough it was the Italian resturant, he merely asked if I was me, then said "Wear a white button shirt, a nice tie, and black trousers, be here on time at 5:30 pm"

I actually thought it was an interview, imagine my surprise when I walked through the door and found out it was my first day on the job as their head waiter... no interveiw, no bs, didn't have any connections to get the job

EdelBrock wrote:

I actually thought it was an interview, imagine my surprise when I walked through the door and found out it was my first day on the job as their head waiter... no interveiw, no bs, didn't have any connections to get the job

Nice story! Geez, am I tired of those endless applications and those balloney tests on psychological compatability, etc. You use up to 25 mins just to never hear from them. I know it's the inevitable evil of jobseeking, but I just detest that bullshit you have to go thru each time you apply even for crappy jobs.

I know it sounds stupid and unprofessional, but I believe in personal connection, a spark, bilateral sympathy. Of course HR managers have don't time for that and in the end you work not for them anyway, it's understandable.

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EdelBrock wrote:

I actually thought it was an interview, imagine my surprise when I walked through the door and found out it was my first day on the job as their head waiter... no interveiw, no bs, didn't have any connections to get the job

Nice story! Geez, am I tired of those endless applications and those balloney tests on psychological compatability, etc. You use up to 25 mins just to never hear from them. I know it's the inevitable evil of jobseeking, but I just detest that bullshit you have to go thru each time you apply even for crappy jobs.

I know it sounds stupid and unprofessional, but I believe in personal connection, a spark, bilateral sympathy. Of course HR managers have don't time for that and in the end you work not for them anyway, it's understandable.

Yeah, I'm finding alot of those crappy tests lately... I don't ever remember taking one of these before... one thing I do find funny is that its obviously one company making these tests for everyone, as I have taken the same test three times (with some slight variations due to different company mottos/menu), its making it easy for me to blow through these things...

...personally I find it insulting that corporate thinks they can sum you up by some stupid test... I mean really these things are idiotic, like the question:

-Are you easily angered and believe violence solves problems?

ummm,,, yeah DEFINATELY! but I'll be damned if I put THAT as an answer

Was hired today... but I start Febuary

Accepted, but hell I'll still be shopping around... anyone else had such a long wait????

EdelBrock wrote: Was hired today... but I start Febuary

Accepted, but hell I'll still be shopping around... anyone else had such a long wait????

Another sweet month of vacation then

EdelBrock wrote: Was hired today... but I start Febuary

Accepted, but hell I'll still be shopping around... anyone else had such a long wait????

Congrats!

But then, if you really want to work now, and if you are quailified to be a Santa Claus, you could still be one before the Season ends.

Indeed!

EdelBrock wrote: Was hired today... but I start Febuary

Accepted, but hell I'll still be shopping around... anyone else had such a long wait????

Dear ! When I think that there will be no more the Voice of the US Republicans on this site... well less, at best... I already miss it !...

Congratulations.

I'm just starting a part time job Jiphy... not leaving for the Peace Corps... I'm not going anywhere... good to know I'd be missed though

Jiphy wrote:

Dear ! When I think that there will be no more the Voice of the US Republicans on this site... well less, at best... I already miss it !...

Congratulations.

EdelBrock wrote: I'm just starting a part time job Jiphy... not leaving for the Peace Corps... I'm not going anywhere... good to know I'd be missed though

'Course you'd be missed mate, I enjoy a good scrap as much as the next chap, and there's too few who can wind me up like you do!

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