REMINDER

Since it's Thursday, the last day of the job searching week, I just wanted to remind all the busy job searchers out there....

Okay, so this reminder is mostly for me. 

Website Wednesday

I encourage you all to check out my new favorite website Stuff Unemployed People Like.  Like it's cousin Stuff White People Like, this site will having you falling off your chair in laughter...  Or if you're like me, it might make you cry, some of this stuff just hits a little too close to home...


As I'm a Google Aficionado (and addict), I obviously felt the need to look up Stuff Unemployed People Dislike - I was shocked to find that this list does not exist ANYWHERE.   If the typical unemployed person is anything like me, there are tons of things I dislike... maybe even more than I like.  Since I cannot stand to leave this important area of knowledge unexpressed, I bring to you

STUFF UNEMPLOYED PEOPLE DISLIKE (Part One)

10.  Inefficiency
 Whether I'm at the emergency room, Best Buy, or the Social Service Office, I constantly want to pull my hair out due to the laziness and inefficiency of virtually all people I come in contact with.  In reality, I bet these people are all doing there jobs just fine, but being unemployed I can't help but think...

 9.  Networking
First, who has time to look for a job when there's Linked In, Twitter, Facebook, and about 73 other social networking sites to keep up with.  Second, I'm pretty sure none of these sites are doing anything at all to help me in my job search.  I get more job leads by purusing Craigslist everyday (well when I can pry myself away from the personal ad section...)  

After reading some tips on business cards, courtesy of Ernie the Attorney, I designed a mega-unprofessional looking business card in hopes of giving this card out to my "networking buddies" and hopefully getting some work.  What has this gotten me?  I guess I can't blame the cards, since I still have all of them... minus the one i put in the drawing for free lunch at Qdoba...

My attempts at in-person networking have turned out just as bad - so far I've met a crazy lady who claimed to be an attorney that graduated from law school 10 years ago and has never practiced law, 12 people in my exact same position, and one kindly older man hoping to get my help in the unauthorized practice of law.  Frankly, I prefer the homeless man and the people in line for food stamps as company... and I bet they're more likely to have job leads for me.

Hence the reason I hate networking - The only people who think it works already have jobs.



 8.  Security Encrypted Wireless Networks
I think this one is self-explanatory.  I don't know how many times I've frantically tried to find internet signal just for a moment to send my resume to some vague job description off Craigslist... 


Don't forget to check back in the next couple of days for Parts Two and Three of the countdown!!!

My Inspiration Board Has Not Inspired Me...Yet

First, I started my making a paper doll. Well not your standard paper doll, an INSPIRATIONAL PAPER DOLL. Since i want to learn to actually play the guitar, and i always mean to get around to working on it, I thought looking at Taylor Swift and changing around the guitar that she used on a bi-weekly basis might be just the thing to kick my butt in gear and get me off the couch and working on my guitar. We shall see...

This section of my inspiration board focuses on my future goals and dreams, with a poignant reminders of how difficult it is to escape your past.

Eminem reminds me to wake up everyday, embrace my past, and become a stronger, more successful person because of it.

Ashton reminds me... well of just how much I want to date Ashton. Now THAT's something to strive for!

Also included are some surfboards, cool as hell eye make-up, and some all over body tattoo's. Make of this what you will.

This last section is about what I want to be when i grow up: a PRINCESS!

There are also some serious parts thrown in, like that I'd like to run for office someday, I believe business owners should be able to decide whether they allow smoking in their establishment or not, and my new favorite quote ever....
"Don't let the mark you leave on the world be a dent in the couch."

Please feel free to share your inspiration boards. There can't be anything more embarrassing than having Taylor Swift show up twice :-)

Disclaimer: I only had Rolling Stone magazines available for this project. I had to work with what I could find. I'm unemployed, I can't afford to go out and by copies of Vogue.

To-Do Tuesday

Starting today, I'm inaugurating Tuesday as do SOMETHING day. I'm sure you will find that my "something" may end up being relatively small and meaningless, but hey, it's better than what I do on Mondays...

Check this out: Unemployment Project - (This website hosts a lot of random so-called "unemployment projects". Basically most of them are just things to fill the void).

Okay, so that's not mine. I haven't made mine yet, but as soon as I do, I'll post a pic for you. You may wonder how this relates to unemployment... especially since the example above focuses on fashion. I'm planning on doing a job inspiration board. Pictures of things that remind me why I went to law school in the first place, why I can't stand the thought of working at Target, and things that might motivate me to get out of bed a little earlier. Maybe a better descriptive name would be an anti-depression inspiration board.

I'd love to see pics of your results. I'd especially love to see pics that involve newspaper and/or notebook paper with one picture pasted haphazardly before giving up. I know we all like to wallow in our misery together. All that matters is that you tried to be inspired.

Todays Lesson: Try to be Inspired, Then Give up: That's What the Cool Unemployed People Do