AndyM
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Post by AndyM on Dec 4, 2008 11:19:43 GMT -5
So, the ad agency I work for lost a client and I'm getting laid off at the end of the year. With the soaring unemployment rates these days, I figure I'm not the only one looking.
Anyone hiring or looking to be hired?
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Post by Jersey on Dec 4, 2008 14:07:00 GMT -5
I'd love a sweet tour manager gig.
Anybody have a band going out anytime soon?
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Post by breukelen on Dec 4, 2008 14:33:51 GMT -5
Freelance editing? FULL TIME editing?
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Post by Capt Murdock on Dec 4, 2008 14:37:12 GMT -5
Sorry about the lay off Andy. Hope something comes up for you soon.
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Post by laurenjean on Dec 4, 2008 20:49:43 GMT -5
I hope you find something soon, Andy. My dad just got laid off from his job in South Dakota, the only positive is he is back in MN. He's been laid off before and it has taken a while for him to find something, hopefully this time will be better.
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Post by hard corey on Dec 4, 2008 22:25:46 GMT -5
my dad has been laid off since april. someone find him a job. please. i need to be in the house by myself for ten minutes.
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Post by breukelen on Dec 4, 2008 22:34:26 GMT -5
my dad has been laid off since april. someone find him a job. please. i need to be in the house by myself for ten minutes. I'm sure Mr. Breukelen will want to KILL me after a few weeks of my thrilling unemployment. "What did you do all day? Huh? Huh? Talk to me! I have been in the house all day alone! Let's chat!" The fun starts December 23, kids. |
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Post by hard corey on Dec 4, 2008 23:21:14 GMT -5
my dad has been laid off since april. someone find him a job. please. i need to be in the house by myself for ten minutes. I'm sure Mr. Breukelen will want to KILL me after a few weeks of my thrilling unemployment. "What did you do all day? Huh? Huh? Talk to me! I have been in the house all day alone! Let's chat!" The fun starts December 23, kids. just don't sit around all day and talk about grocery shopping nonstop. |
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Post by heidivandernice, nice on Dec 5, 2008 0:57:27 GMT -5
my dad has been laid off since april. someone find him a job. please. i need to be in the house by myself for ten minutes. I'm sure Mr. Breukelen will want to KILL me after a few weeks of my thrilling unemployment. "What did you do all day? Huh? Huh? Talk to me! I have been in the house all day alone! Let's chat!" The fun starts December 23, kids. i just sort of imagined you as a puppy, jumping up and down when matt comes home. i wish i was closer to bk heights because i would come over and bring yummy lunches.  |
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Post by Phils_fan on Dec 5, 2008 11:05:26 GMT -5
and it ain't getting better:
"[US] employers slashed 533,000 jobs in November, the most in 34 years, catapulting the unemployment rate to 6.7 percent"
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Post by selbyandgriggs on Dec 5, 2008 14:27:54 GMT -5
When I was unemployed I took on full-time Martha Stewart duties.
I spent a lot of time planning economical meals, I refinished the hardwood floors (and cried a few times during that process, do not attempt), I made sure I had a nice dinner ready for my husband when he got home (even though he was a student and not really at work either!), and I went to the gym a lot. Did yard work until the snow fell.
Mr Selby is quite nostalgic for this time....
Also, I have a friend that makes her living as a freelance at home editor. But it has taken years of networking and contacts.
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Post by breukelen on Dec 6, 2008 2:33:30 GMT -5
When I was unemployed I took on full-time Martha Stewart duties. I spent a lot of time planning economical meals, I refinished the hardwood floors (and cried a few times during that process, do not attempt), I made sure I had a nice dinner ready for my husband when he got home (even though he was a student and not really at work either!), and I went to the gym a lot. Did yard work until the snow fell. Mr Selby is quite nostalgic for this time.... Also, I have a friend that makes her living as a freelance at home editor. But it has taken years of networking and contacts. I'm already the cook of the family, but I have a feeling shit is about to get way more elaborate & time-consuming. Souffle, anyone? Been feeling the Martha vibe already -- gearing up to finally figure out my sewing machine, finish knitting that sweater, hang the bedroom drapes...yeah, I got plans. I got some folks gonna throw some work my way to start, but I don't really want to be working freelance for the rest of my life. Introverted as I am, I don't think the isolation is wise. I chafe at and yet require the structure of a 9-5. All I really want is just to stay afloat until I can find that land again. |
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AndyM
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Post by AndyM on Dec 6, 2008 12:17:29 GMT -5
All I really want is just to stay afloat until I can find that land again. This is how I feel as well. Unfortunately 70 resumes out and I still haven't even found an island willing to give me a callback |
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Post by joelle on Dec 22, 2008 14:00:43 GMT -5
Up and coming e-lawfirm ISO newsletter and press release editor. Must like breakfast meats, Vikings, and snow. Hours flexible, right up to happy hour. Full medical, dental and alcohal. Must start immediately. what about spelling do you have to know how to spell alcohol. jesus, what a firm... (and i know for a fact now seann is not working for you Cuz he don't eat bacon or sausage dude is a veggie) |
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Post by heidivandernice, nice on Dec 22, 2008 14:04:53 GMT -5
Up and coming e-lawfirm ISO newsletter and press release editor. Must like breakfast meats, Vikings, and snow. Hours flexible, right up to happy hour. Full medical, dental and alcohal. Must start immediately. i like (read: write) press releases. and alcohol. but my heart (read: soul, yikes) belongs to carl fischer. |
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Post by breukelen on Dec 22, 2008 14:06:06 GMT -5
Up and coming e-lawfirm ISO newsletter and press release editor. Must like breakfast meats, Vikings, and snow. Hours flexible, right up to happy hour. Full medical, dental and alcohal. Must start immediately. How very, very interesting.  |
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Post by heidivandernice, nice on Dec 22, 2008 15:15:47 GMT -5
Up and coming e-lawfirm ISO ticketmaster litigator. Must hold an all-abiding loathing to any sort of predatory ticket gouging and be able to navigate all ticket purchase options for Firm concert retreats. Ability to eat Seann's portion of the daily pulled pork afternoon snack is a plus. Starts immediately. claws out (clutching CV) |
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Post by mike on Dec 23, 2008 5:36:06 GMT -5
my job is far from safe (i'm one of six people left doing what i do full-time in the entire country, and if i quit they wouldn't replace me. our hours just got rejigged to cut costs...basically this is not a long-term prospect) so i'm casually keeping an eye out for other jobs. i'd probably even move if something really ideal came up and i could get rid of my house fast enough.
skills: i can take dictation at roughly 90/100wpm, and you don't need to worry about spelling or grammar; i have fairly broad cultural knowledge; i can make a mean cup of tea; i Will Destroy You at guitar hero. basically in me you get an elite typing monkey with a sparkling personality. i'm also quite artistic, but that tends not to mean a thing when it comes to employment.
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Post by Phils_fan on Dec 23, 2008 8:15:31 GMT -5
A bit of wisdom from an elder:
You know what I do for a living- I solve fucking problems. This is not Mr. Wolf in Pulp Fiction talking to you- it's me.
I have no specific skills (not "I can type real fast" or "I can park cars without scratching them" sort of skills). I don't use what I learned in my many years of education (I have a Ph.D. and haven't used it for years, other than to get my family to call me Dr. Phils_fan). The "skill" that got me a job is one lots of people have these days (I got hired to find information for people in the pre-Google days). I made myself useful by solving fucking problems.
I'll bet SMJ and Bible both make their living solving fucking problems. SMJ probably creates them too- good job security there.
So my advice to you, young grasshoppers, is to get good at showing people that you can solve fucking problems. There are always going to be fucking problems, so there's plenty of work to go around.
If I lose my job (certainly a possibility in this economy), it's gonna be a huge fucking problem for me and my family. But you know what I do for a living?
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Post by mike on Dec 23, 2008 8:24:35 GMT -5
so you're saying i should become a sex therapist?
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Post by Phils_fan on Dec 23, 2008 9:04:31 GMT -5
so you're saying i should become a sex therapist? I was using fucking as an adjective. |
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Post by mike on Dec 23, 2008 9:07:55 GMT -5
i was using busting your chops as a way to make my day go faster.
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Post by Phils_fan on Dec 23, 2008 11:00:10 GMT -5
i was using busting your chops as a way to make my day go faster. See, there I go solving problems again. It's like I'm not even trying. |
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Post by theblondette on Dec 23, 2008 12:01:12 GMT -5
skills: i can take dictation at roughly 90/100wpm, and you don't need to worry about spelling or grammar; i have fairly broad cultural knowledge; i can make a mean cup of tea; i Will Destroy You at guitar hero. basically in me you get an elite typing monkey with a sparkling personality. i'm also quite artistic, but that tends not to mean a thing when it comes to employment. Mike, aside from the Guitar Hero schizzle (I suck at all computer games except Sims 2, which it's hard to be "bad" at), this description is pretty much me... Yay for message board twinnage.  I finish my PhD soon. Luckily I have some casual teaching work to do, which I can JUST about survive on, but God knows when I'll get a proper university post. The current economic climate is stressful! I'm just hoping I can ride the recession out, keep my CV as shiny as possible by writing articles, and hope for the best. |
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