Further notes from the trenches

[youngraven]

To better illustrate why the 99% aren't merely laying about doing effall when they should be out working as decent folk do...here are a few of the responses I've got from applications I've submitted in the past few days:

13 October 2011
Dear Leah,

Thank you for your interest in the position of Graphics Assistant - Requisition 998603 for RadioShack

Comments

[brittlepoetry]

I'm really sorry. This fucking blows.

I've been on the other end of rejection letters multiple times--i.e., the one sending "thank you for your time but no" missives to literature PhDs. Earlier this year I decided not to use mail merge and instead typed 127 applicants' names into individual rejection E-mails. Granted, I didn't retype the E-mail and they had no idea, but I certainly felt like I humanized my side of the process a little. :\

Temporary helps may be google Quality ratings (LeapForce is one company, Lionsbridge or something is the other) or selling work on Etsy.

Whilst working temp jobs through AppleOne, Vernon found his current job through LinkedIn -- he was contacted (by the woman who ultimately became his boss) via the messaging service for an interview.

::hug::

[youngraven]

I've made a Zazzle shop. I've got a few things up there. It needs work. I need a new logo (apparently). The one I had made seems to have vanished. I was thinking about it earlier. It may be a few days yet before I'm ready to draw. That's often how it happens.