Wednesday, June 22, 2005
Looking for a new job.
I'm taking time off. Well actually, I have Monday-Friday off this week and next week. I've used up all of my vacation. I just wanted to find another job and "live" during the day. I'm sick of working nights and going to bed at 5:00 AM. The closest I've gotten to a job is being a management trainee at Radio Shack, ugh. I've tried to get ahold of job counseling services that charge a fee, but none of them will give me a call. Am I that bad? Ugh. I'm not going to be a dealer much longer, damn it.
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I heard something on NPR the other day about how there was a huge shortage of home inspectors in the Las Vegas area. I guess you'd have to get training, or something, but then you'd have your pick of plum home inspection jobs.
ReplyDeleteIt doesn't sound like that bad a gig, actually. You just walk around with a checklist and write up reports.
I still think you should be a truck driver. Oh no, wait, that's my next career.
hmmmm...Home inspectors huh? That's an idea. I'll look into it.
ReplyDeletePhone work sucks. I hated it as you will find out in my fourteenth or so job post.
ReplyDeleteI checked it out and it pays crap. Could that be why there is a shortage? Probably.
ReplyDeleteCool. At least you have ventured to do different things each time. I mean, you didnt just keep going back to the same horrid field over and over. One position at a time, you are gradulaly narrowing down the things you havent tried yet. This means that, in theory, you will eventually try out the perfect job, sooner or later.
ReplyDeleteOK, check out Money Magazine's Top 25 jobs for 2005:
ReplyDeletehttp://biz.yahoo.com/special/bestjobs05.html
Anything there tickle your fancy?
Well, hmmmmm, some of those jobs simply are unobtainable. It seems odd that they put jobs that are unobtainable for the majority of people on the list. ie. athlete, actor. The rest seem to require some sort of training. I want to fall into a job. I noticed produer/director was on there. Did you read that? They make is seem quite obtainable.
ReplyDeleteThat's a good theory. I hope it is true. You know, another theory is that I'm impossible to satisfy. I think it would be funny if I end up loving the job that I started with or somesuch irony. However, I don't think that I will go back to work for Peter Piper Pizza.
ReplyDeleteYeah, I actually thought that list was pretty stupidly funny for just that reason. It's like saying, "The number one job in America is to be born a millionaire!" Oh, swell!! I'll get right on that!
ReplyDeleteWell, you know. I've been over and over career lists like that. They are all pretty much the same. They seem to be written for people with a lot of money and 10 years to spare. Jobs like Neurologist and Thoracic Surgeon find their way on the list. What the hell? How about a list just for me for once. It should have things on it like Despondent Radio Shack Manager or Lackluster Loan Officer.
ReplyDeleteHmm, good point. Though, wouldnt there be a perfect job even for someone impossible to satisfy? In fact, if that is the case about you then all your jobs *have* been perfect for your needs already. A job you were satisfied with would fail to fulfill you.
ReplyDeleteAnother possibility is that you are someone who sees their personal life reflected within your professional life. If that were the case, then as long as your private life lacked enough meaning or happiness, all jobs would appear unsatisfactory to your disgruntled senses. Although, if your personal life feels great, then this one obviously does not apply to you.
I'm pretty good and keeping my professional and personal life seperate. I don't think that is the problem.
ReplyDeleteYou probably are just naturally better-skilled for another era. Creativity used to be something the common man applied to his work... carving chair backs by hand, hand decorating, building, imagining... creativity is only for the select few whose whole job it is to BE creative, nowadays. I dont think human nature is supposed to be so left-brained and functional about work. If Pied Piper pizza had had the feel of a kitchen artisan's crafting place, you might have never left.
ReplyDeleteI read a lot into people who do hook rug projects voluntarily.
That's precisely right. Hopefully, but doubtfully, Radio Shack requires some creativity. I have an interview on Wednesday.
ReplyDeleteAs for hook rugs, I don't know why I'm doing it. I usually don't like the "paint by numbers" type of creative projects. I like to be more original than that. Greg got one and I got jealous, so I got my own.
That's precisely right. Hopefully, but doubtfully, Radio Shack requires some creativity. I have an interview on Wednesday.
ReplyDeleteAs for hook rugs, I don't know why I'm doing it. I usually don't like the "paint by numbers" type of creative projects. I like to be more original than that. Greg got one and I got jealous, so I got my own.
I'm pretty good and keeping my professional and personal life seperate. I don't think that is the problem.
ReplyDeleteYeah, I actually thought that list was pretty stupidly funny for just that reason. It's like saying, "The number one job in America is to be born a millionaire!" Oh, swell!! I'll get right on that!
ReplyDeleteThat's a good theory. I hope it is true. You know, another theory is that I'm impossible to satisfy. I think it would be funny if I end up loving the job that I started with or somesuch irony. However, I don't think that I will go back to work for Peter Piper Pizza.
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