Fras got laid off-

[CherriBlossomGirl]

I've already applied to 16 jobs!

I love the internet!

Tomorrow I will get a paper and roam around New Orleans for "now hiring" signs.

As far as applying for a job, the internet freaking rocks! Well the internet rocks anyway.

Getting laid off is never fun, in any way. Good luck on finding a job! Hopefully you find one soon!

[doppelgaenger]

I've already applied to 16 jobs!

I love the internet!

Tomorrow I will get a paper and roam around New Orleans for "now hiring" signs.

Oi good job! That's exactly what I'd do!

[Junket]

This sucks.

[ecojeanne]

how about approaching the companies tomorrow in person to remind them and it gives the personal touch, i did that, it got me many a job.

[Junket]

Well, there's the supermarket that'll pay 9 an hour.

I just dropped an application off at a residential do-it-all company.

I talked to a pool construction company that wants me to come in and fill out an application tomorrow morning.

A part time building maintenance/janitorial position wants an interview for next Tuesday.

But it's the pool construction that gets me. That's what I did in Oklahoma, and I hated it. Not because of the work, but because of the foreman. Such assholes, and I started to have these like, flash backs thinking about how utterly miserable I was out there working for them.

So miserable that I feel like there's a rain cloud over my head.

[ecojeanne]

keep optimistic and prep for the interviews, that should keep you busy, you're maniac enjoy the time off while you have it, and stay positive

[Gribble]

Before taking the supermarket job look into banks and hotels. A bank will start you out at around 10 bucks an hour to sit at a computer and do virtually nothing all day, thus leaving you plenty of time to search the web for better jobs. A hotel front desk job puts you in roughly the same position, except you can wrangle 12 bucks an hour out of 'em.

Those were my favorite jobs during college. I was basically paid to study and do homework. Why not get paid to find better work?

[Indignant]

how about resident apartment manager? some building maintenance, home most of the time, free rent.

[Gribble]

My uncle does that. He lives in the heart of DC in a $500,000 condo he doesn't pay a dime for and rakes in a boatload of cash on top of that.

You'd need experience first, though. He started out as a building engineer.

[Indignant]

Fras has experience in a field that is most relevant to this job though.

[Junket]

That's what's tricky nowadays, you almost have to be a jack of all trades, really flexible and adapt to new jobs and situations.

It is still a little jarring.

Electrical experience don't mean shit to a guy that's pouring and paving concrete.

[Indignant]

lie on your resume as much as possible, if you need help with it, i can assist you.

[lovesjoyajm]

lie on your resume as much as possible, if you need help with it, i can assist you.

Why? Isn't it better to only lie as much as you absolutely need to?

[Junket]

I'm bad at lying.

[lovesjoyajm]

I'm bad at lying.

Me too. Haha. My resume is 100% truthful ... just some of my job descriptions are, um, exaggerated. "Made lots and lots of copies" just doesn't belong on a resume, haha. Gotta spruce it up a bit. (I don't remember what I actually put for that job.)