I’m conflicted. I’d like to work in the candy and gum industry again. I had fun when I worked in that industry before and I did really good work for them when I did. But- That commute could be a[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
Posts Tagged Job Search
The Ups and downs of searching for a job. Yes, I was surprised that Clayton Kendall responded, but that they responded quickly and not with an e-mail but with a phone call. The person who called wasn’t someone from HR[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
This is another subject that shows that I’ve been drawing these comics a LONG TIME. In this comic from October 5, 2013 I talk about the day I bought this laptop. The laptop I’m currently posting this comic from. So, unless I[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
Looking back on it now, I really couldn’t blame those interviews/portfolio presentations for ending up like they did. They were small studios, small businesses (I couldn’t set up any interviews with larger companies in the city) and they weren’t in[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
Like I say in the comic, after thinking about drawing these comics for twelve years I really do wish I had started years and years ago. I have so many stories I’d like to tell, and then I remembered about[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
I guess I could place the lack of lots of artist and graphic designer job openings to the fact that it’s only a couple weeks after Christmas. That many businesses are still in the holiday mode. Or, I could place[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
In the past I got my job with Hasbro in October, with Computer Expressions in November, with Philadelphia Chewing Gum in October, a contract job with Plow & Hearth in November, and my last job, with Siemens in November. So[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
I have a lot on my mind today. Mostly about my lack of a job, my lack of getting interviews and my inability to have gotten a job offer from (what I thought were) promising interviews last week. But even[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
Applying for jobs can take some time to do. Often, many of the open positions will force you to go to the company’s web site. Then they make you register on their site. Next, they allow you to upload your[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
This discouraging feeling isn’t just from my current unemployed situation. As you can see, back in 2016 when I was in the middle of my unemployed time, from 1/2015 thru November of 2017 (when I was only in my 50’s)[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…