I’m still searching, are you?

I did not hear back from any of the places that I put applications in for. I was thinking of waiting until Thursday to call them, but I have changed my mind and decided to call them today. I put another application in yesterday, but I know that it will take about a week before I hear back from that one, if I hear back at all. After 8 o’clock this morning I’m going to make my few phone calls, then I have to go see about getting a tire fixed on my car. After that I’m going on into town to do my applications in person. It’s always better to do things in person, I like the online thing, and I’ve used it because that was the best way for me last week, but today is the time to do things right! More later after I get back.

Just got home

I just got home from a wonderful, relaxing vacation!! I will update on the job search tomorrow, I hope everyone is well!!

Job Search Continues

I applied for several jobs yesterday, of course I did it online because I thought I had screwed up my knee. I’m leaving for Gatlinburg, TN tonight and will be gone until Sunday. I am looking forward to some time away, and when I get back I will make follow-up calls to the places I applied to. Usually when I look online for jobs I don’t really find anything that I like or feel is really worth applying for, but this time I was lucky. Next week besides the phone calls I will be actually going into places and putting in my application. Oh, and as far as I can tell I just twisted my knee when I moved wrong and it popped, so I don’t have to worry about that!!

Job Searching

Yesterday I didn’t plan on doing any real job searching, but I somehow got talked into it. My significant other was looking at news stories of the best places to work and yadda, yadda, yadda, and told me I needed to look at Progressive. So I gave in and went to see what they had listed on their website. As I was looking through it I thought ‘well, this isn’t too bad, but I wonder what kind of money they make, would it be worth the drive.’ So I went to searching for comments people had made about the company. Now as a reporter I know that usually you don’t ever hear about the good things a place is done, people only speak up when they have something bad to say, but in this case I think it was worth it. I found this website called JobVent and went to see what employees had said about working at Progressive. I’ll be nice and just say that it didn’t take me long to decide that it was not the place for me. But if you’re hunting for a job, that website is a great little resource to have. They have to sections the ‘I love my job’ and the ‘I hate my job’. You can also search by city/state, but in my case there were not many listed that were actually from where I am looking. So the job search continues!!

I think this is a great idea

I use firefox for my internet browser because I hate internet explorer. When I downloaded firefox I also downloaded a toolbar called stumble!. I really like it because I can put in my interests and just stumble around the internet and find new websites without really searching for them. Well today I found one that I decided to share because I think it’s a great idea, and makes a lot of sense. It has to do with all the stores, such as Wal-mart, who treat their customers like thieves as they are walking out after paying for their items. Don’t Let Walmart Check Your Receipt is the name of the website, check it out, and see if you agree with them. I do, and I believe that from now on I will not willingly be treated like a thief when I leave a store.

Still Searching

I spent Tuesday doing an internet job search again. I found some possibilities, not really in my degree field, but they were still pretty good jobs. Yesterday I picked a friend up from the airport, she had some trouble getting here due to flight delays, but she made it. Today I’m just lazying around because I didn’t get home until midnight, and I slept in this morning. Tomorrow is the graduation ceremony, and then a weekend full of good times. After that it’s a trip to the mountains and then the real job search begins. I’ll update when I get a chance!

Last day of college

Today was my last day of college, not counting graduation this Friday. It feels weird to know that I am done, that it’s time to move on to a different chapter in my life. I’m a bit nervous, but that’s because I’m always nervous when it comes to change. The good thing is that at the moment I am just taking things day by day, and I have the next few weeks filled up; a few of those days are job hunting, but that’s a good thing. I hope to have a job by the first of June, sooner would be nice, but at least by the first of June. I haven’t looked to hard up to this point, just because I know that I’m staying in this area and that we’ve managed for the last four years without me really working, so we can last through the next month. There’s been a lot going on here at my house, so having some time to relax before I start working will be a good thing all the way around. I would hate to start work right after I get back from my mini-vacation just to have a breakdown because of all that’s going on here. Today I took my last final, showed the new online editor several more things, had a meeting to benefit the new online editor, and came home for some “honey and me” time. Tomorrow I plan on doing some job hunting, then Wednesday I’m chilling out before something I have to do in the afternoon/evening. Till tomorrow, take care of you!

Job Search

Well, I didn’t do anything today for my job search. All I did today was give a friend her birthday gifts, and help another friend with her computer. Okay, I shouldn’t say that; I did talk to another friend about a job, he works for the company that the job is with, and is thinking about putting in for a transfer. It was a job that I was looking at, but I found out today that it is only part-time; I would rather have full-time, but will take part-time if I have to. In the meantime I am going to wait to see if I find a full-time job before I start looking at the part-time ones. Now it’s Friday so if I look at any jobs it will be either online or in the Sunday paper, and I think this week it’s time to start getting the paper and looking to see what’s advertised. Happy weekend to you all!!

The Job Search

I graduate in about a week, and I’m excited but nervous. I don’t always do well with change. I’ve been a student for so long now that I’m not real sure I know how to do anything else. I mean my professors have tried to prepare all of us for going out to our careers, but how much can they really do? They can’t prepare you for if you get a job and end up hating it, or have to work with people who you just can not get along with for some reason. What if I have problems finding a job? I need one badly, I haven’t had a full-time job outside of home and school for the last 5 years so money has been really tight, and it’s time to try to get things caught up, and take care of some wants and needs. I don’t know where I’ll end up working, but I do know that I hope to do some freelancing and work on a couple of books that are stuck in my head, and the most I’ve had time to do is get down the ideas. They are still stuck in my head though. Tomorrow I have to work on finishing up some school stuff, but I’ll keep writing about my job search. I did some looking online today, and have found some to check into a little more!

Things are crazy around my house

Things have been crazy around my house lately. I graduate in about 9 days, this weekend is my little boys birthday, so at least there is a good thing happening. I have decided that either my karma is just that bad and I can’t figure out what I did to make it so bad, or whatever higher power there is out there just plain hates me. Nothing seems to be going right lately, and when I say that I mean there are bad things going on around me house, but for the sake of the innocent I am not going to name it here. It’s not my place to broadcast it to the world, but it involves so many people in my family that I will probably be disowned by one side or the other, and I didn’t even do anything to cause it. We ended up driving down to Florida, and it was a very long drive and we didn’t even get to dip our toes into the bay. Oh well, hopefully we’ll go back down there sometime this summer and actually enjoy a vacation. Because of all that was going on at home last week I completely forgot about a test, but luckily I have a very understanding professor, and she allowed me to make it up. It seems like I’ve waiting so long to get to this happy occasion, and for some reason I’m not allowed to enjoy it, every time something seems to be going right for me, it all goes downhill, I just wonder if it will ever start to get better again. But why should it start to get better, it’s just going to get bad again. Okay, I’m done ranting for now, hopefully I’ll find something better to talk about tomorrow instead of rant, but it’s hard to write a personal blog when life seems so down, so maybe I’ll actually change to concentrating on some subject. Ideas appreciated!!