I need a job!

[Japher]

Dis should get a job forcing porn fliers on 8 year olds and blind tourists... fwap fwap!

[Dis]

actually collector would be a better title for prostitute if you know what I mean.

[Wezil]

I'd go to Vegas for a prostitute if I could have Elisabeth Shue.

[Cort Haus]

Originally posted by Lorizael
If you stop calling me Lori I'll see if my company has any openings for tech writers.

Do they have a branch in London, Lorizael?

[Lorizael]

Originally posted by Cort Haus
Do they have a branch in London, Lorizael?

Unfortunately not. Small company based only in the Washington metropolitan area.

[Dis]

oh if anyone is interested, we have a couple positions for Hooters girl open in my town.

[Skanky Burns]

Back on-topic, try signing up to several temping agencies. Not only is the money good (relative to Mcjobs) but they give relevant experience. That is how I finally got my foot in the door several years after graduating.

[Straybow]

Originally posted by Lorizael
Start with menial data entry at a temp agency if you have to. You show up. They give you typing samples. You wow them.

Data entry isn't glamorous or interesting or exciting or really anything except easy money, but it's a job you can put on a resume. It's also a job that's not retail, which makes it easier to get other office jobs that involve "attention to detail" and the like.

I went to a temp agency several years ago. They said, "Take this test."

They stuck me in a room with flickering flourescent lights in front of a Macintosh that dated from, oh, 1987. The screen refresh rate was not quite in synch with the flickering light, making me feel both sleepy and vaguely nauseous. The ancient computer was running some sort of emulator that looked like a MS Word screen. It they asked questions like, "How do you set blah blah?" and the respondent had to click on the correct menu, submenu, etc.

Anyway, despite the fact that I can touch-type and do all kinds of stuff with a real MS Word program, I couldn't pass their goofy test. Meh.

[Lorizael]

Originally posted by Straybow

Originally posted by Lorizael
Start with menial data entry at a temp agency if you have to. You show up. They give you typing samples. You wow them.

Data entry isn't glamorous or interesting or exciting or really anything except easy money, but it's a job you can put on a resume. It's also a job that's not retail, which makes it easier to get other office jobs that involve "attention to detail" and the like.

I went to a temp agency several years ago. They said, "Take this test."

They stuck me in a room with flickering flourescent lights in front of a Macintosh that dated from, oh, 1987. The screen refresh rate was not quite in synch with the flickering light, making me feel both sleepy and vaguely nauseous. The ancient computer was running some sort of emulator that looked like a MS Word screen. It they asked questions like, "How do you set blah blah?" and the respondent had to click on the correct menu, submenu, etc.

Anyway, despite the fact that I can touch-type and do all kinds of stuff with a real MS Word program, I couldn't pass their goofy test. Meh.

YMMV? There are a lot of temp agencies out there.

[DanS]

Temp agencies tend to pay based on how fast and accurately you can type.

[Lorizael]

In my experience they're not looking for much. I had a slow day on a typing test once - 60-70 wpm - and they were amazed.

[Straybow]

Well, they tend to get you positions based on how fast and accurately you type because those are easy-quote stats.

In my case, it never got to typing speed and accuracy. The test was "can you click through the correct menu chain, without error or deviation, to the feature we pick out."

Ironically, I was at that time experienced only with the Mac version of Word, which was set up a little differently with option keys and all that.

There are also temp agencies for labor or even rent-a-cop work. I'd gone the former route once and have considered doing it since in a rough patch, but not the latter.

[Skanky Burns]

An additional benefit of temp agencies is that they are expendable. If you don't like the one you went to yesterday, try another one.