Wednesday, January 3, 2007

The Hunt Begins

And so the hunt begins. Prime minister Maliki in Iraq seems to have gone ahead with the execution of Hussin, regardless of US military attempts urging him to wait. And so I go foward in my job-hunt, though no military stands to hinder me, only the sands of time and my own physical constraints.
Four applications filled out. All for seeming dead-end, crummy jobs that I'm pretty sure I couldn't enjoy. One to rSolutions, a radioshack subsidiary, a sales position, selling wireless devices. I suppose selling jobs wouldn't altogether be a bad job, simply talking to people and learning about the devices would be interesting enough. Perhaps I would get a store discount.
The second application I filled out was to Hobby Lobby, one store which I revere as god to craftspeople, and knitters such as myself. The application I filled out was for a receiving stock associate and that work must intail putting up displays and unpacking trucks, I suppose. Boring job, maybe, but I bet the pay's good.
The third job I applied for was as a Night Owl shift dispatcher, with Express Personel Services. Not sure this job interests me, since I believe it is in Fort Worth, way to far for someone without a car to ask their mom to drive.
The last, and least, of the jobs, was for Inside Internet Ad Sales, with Dominion Enterprises. Surprisingly enough, none of them are jobs that really interest me.
The genesis of my search was at Google.com, looking for places to begin the job search. The number one search engine seems to corner the market, almost putting Mapquest out of business with it's maps, and sites like ebay out of business with it's Froogle, methinks it goes to put job search sites out of business with a beta version of a job search. That, careerbuilder.com, snagajob.com, and hotjobs.yahoo.com are all sites that I used in my search. Operation MeganFreedom underway.
An update on the ebay site. May be the biggest waste of 1.25$ that I've ever spent in my life. No one is bidding. Thought that I cornered the market in scarves, but one would really have to be looking to find my scarf. It's piled in with a hundred other scarf ads and no photo graces it's small rectangular ad.
My search today consists of mining the internet of it's numerous job searches and foraging around the neighborhood for places that are hiring. I'm getting desperate, though and those Silverleaf Resorts telemarketing campaign is starting to look pretty good. Last year my resolution was to bake more cookies. This year, my resolution is to get out of 13,000 dollars of debt. Well, I may not be making cookies, but this year I'm going to keep my resolution.

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