best ways to get jobs
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- quincyglenn
what's the best way to get a job. freelancing, full time. mowing lawns for a living.
- vena0
selling out. seriously. go corporate.
- mitsu0
learn the corporate lingo and be a yes man.
- quincyglenn0
do sell out vena.
- jevad0
lie. cheat. steal.
and go corporate.
- quincyglenn0
can be a good pretender and talk and walk like a yes man.
- vena0
i'm working construction because i didn't want to sell out. but hey, if you're hell bent on working in this dismal industry, sell sell sell.
- quincyglenn0
aren't those all sins jevad
- quincyglenn0
you are really working construction vena. im doing freelance web and teaching hear and there and some consulting work netorking computers and troubleshooting but i would love to have a full time web design position with benefits and milk and cookies to go with it.
- Bluejam0
Best bit about working with corporate clients....
...spinning 3d logos.
Fan-f®©king-tastic.
- vena0
yeah, i moved back to jersey and started working construction for my father's contracting company.
when you're fresh out of college without a lot of long term experience, i don't think you can really expect a cushy job, ya know?
- BonSeff0
*walks around with a sold sign on my back.
and loving the 401k, health bennies and steady check btw
that tortured artist syndrome is for art fags
come to the dark side
- IloveQBN0
that's too bad Vena. can't one of the QBN editors hook you up with work??
- jevad0
damn - that's a prime example right there - vena has mad mad skills and he's working construction....a sign of the times till things pick up I think.
I feel so lucky landing a job today - I have been freelancing since the company I worked for went under 6 months ago - and it's been hard - I was going to start looking at other work...I guess my experience counted some what..but still...I feel so very lucky....
The thing is - when you are trying to make a mark - and even when you have been in the game for a few years - jsut always be polite and work well - have pride in what you do - don't be afraid or scared to learn new things - people skills, software skills, office skills...
Keep your ears and eyes open and to the ground....
and always believe in yourself.
- paulrand0
workin for the man
- Biofreak0
after i graduated college, i worked at the warehouse docks.
it was the most horrid job i have ever had. $5.15 an hour in the sweltering heat. my first day, i ripped my pants from crotch to ankle and taped it up with scotch tape and kept working. i was covered in soot every day and coughed up all kindsa nasty shit.
i feel bad for the people who still work there. they had no hopes or dreams.i worked construction right out of highschool to get me in college. that sucked pretty bad, but was livable cuz it paid decent. so i know about shitty jobs when i say the warehouse docks are horrid.
i sold my soul for gfx. i admit that. i will sell almost anything that pays me to sell it.
hang in there and talk to exador a lot. haha. he is the dude that got my spirits back up and gave me the peptalk i needed. gotta love that guy.
so dont ever think you are stuck or you will stick yourself.
best wishes n shiz from me.
- k9kuma0
Hey Vena... u are in NJ...
i just got laid off from a financial giant..... i wanna take a break from corporate shite... you got any other positions in NJ for construction.... i have experience ..... would love to do some construstion work for a while.....
- IloveQBN0
I like to volunteer and help the homeless and the poor! I want to be like mother theresa.
- vena0
not that i know of, k9. i got the job because it's my father's company. they weren't actually looking for anyone. if you really need the cash, find out where the day workers hang out and be there at 6am every day. if you're near red bank, hang out by the train station and look for pickup trucks. they're always looking to pick up a day worker.
- k9kuma0
cool thanx for the advise Vena.....