Just because stores are still opening and just because cranes are still moving downtown doesn’t mean we’re not having a tough time. I am a qualified, competent, smart person with 8 years of work experience, and I can’t even get a single call back. In a city that’s supposed to be recession proof.
How I envy this woman, with her monitor wipes and floppy disks.
Here’s the moment where I start to feel sorry for myself again. I’ve sent out a lot of resumes now, over 10, and I haven’t received a single response. When has that ever happened? I used to have the resume employers died for — there was a time, as recently as the last time I looked for a job, that I was getting an over 50% response rate. I’m not sure if it’s me, the economy, ..read more
I have had a hard time “going lean” as an adult. Part of that stems from the fact that, from the age of 18 on, I was making decent money relative to my age — my first job in 2000 made $12.50 an hour, and it only went up from there, at regular intervals. Having grown up in a lower to lower-middle-class household, I was raised on Hamburger Helper, Rice a Roni and Shake n’ Bake, but I was ..read more
Since my wallet has been telling me it’s time to get very, very serious about looking for a job, I am having to change my LinkedIn profile. Sure, people change their LinkedIn profile all the time, you might think, but mine was a postmodern humorous statement — a living joke, if you will.
My interests:beating stagflation, instilling rote rehearsal and efficiency from the checkout line to the breadline and the unemployment line, small businesses, startups that aren’t just another rehashed concept ..read more
It was one of those nights that convertibles were ostensibly purchased for, so I put the roof down as I turned the ignition and headed for home on the ass-opposite end of town, leaving the house of a friend. Not just any friend, but the only one I’ve truly made since I moved back to Austin, the only person new in my life for at least the past several months, a friend who I know I’ll keep up with ..read more
It’s amazing how much energy you invest into something you don’t even believe in — that was the last 4 or 5 months for me. I need to get back to New York — I haven’t been happy more than a day or two in a row since I left 2 years ago. I belong there, I don’t belong here. Austin is nice when people ask where you grew up, as if Austin is some kind of liberal ..read more
I’m home lost my job and am incurably ill
David Bowie — D.J.
