When it's time to change...

[judecorp]

I left work at about 1:15. I had finished every single little thing on my list from this morning, so I figured I might as well use some of those sick time hours since I feel like poop. With these charming sick hours, I have watched a documentary on homeless children in Romania, and have sent out more resumes. I still feel like poop, and am still swimming in snot and sinus pain, but I have a new concern - I'm losing my voice. The fantastic thing about this is that I have to go to court tomorrow morning! Oh, joy! I can't wait to go on the record! (Hello. I am your caseworker, Peter Brady.)

It's really bumming me out that this is the last week I can actually see people from Columbus, and yet I don't feel well enough to have much fun. I have to call Ryan soon and I have no idea what we're going to do for our last ever Date Night, but it will probably involve me whining a lot. Or a milkshake. Perhaps both.

Jennifer got a call from a recruiter about an inside sales job that pays something like $50-$60K a year. Just hearing a number like that makes me poop my pants. Please, everyone, send your strongest, most positive job vibes her way!

That reminds me, this whole "recruiter" business just blows my mind. I mean, here I am, poring job banks for social service postings, sending my resume out to practically every community agency in the metro Boston area, and every so often I get a call. Jennifer has people calling /her/ and /then/ asking for her resume. What the heck is up with that??!? I wish there were headhunters for the social services. (HA! As if there would be money for paperclips, let alone hiring recruiters.) Every time she gets cold-called about a job she doesn't even know is available, I get more and more floored. Who knows? If she scores a $60K job I can pretty much take any job in the world and still make what we need to survive. And if she's /really/ good, maybe I'll even let her get cable. *wink*

Organizations I applied to today: City Year Boston, Planned Parenthood League of Massachusetts, Wide Horizons for Children, and the Regional Center for Healthy Communities. I just want a /job/, people, that's all.

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Recruiters

[xanthe42.livejournal.com]

Dude, I am so with you. I'm scouring non-profit websites, checking out every museum on the eastern seaboard and getting diddly-squat. cfred posts his resume to monster and a big four firm comes looking for him! WTF? (Not that I'm complaining mind you, cause it got us out of Waco, but still, no fair!) Hooray for non-profits and social services!

*sends out the mad-joby-job vibes for you both!*

Re: Recruiters

[judecorp.livejournal.com]

Yeah, it just blows my mind. I mean, I was at work this morning and Jen calls to tell me about this recruiter who called her and all of that. So I say something into the phone like, "It's so weird that you have all of these jobs calling YOU." And my coworker turns her head and cocks it and is like, "Hunh?"

Sometimes I wonder how I can get into that for-profit sector. I hear they get these crazy things called "bonuses" and "raises." WTF? :)

[vorpalbla.livejournal.com]

"What the heck is up with that??!? I wish there were headhunters for the social services."

Yeah, no shit. I have a friend who is a mega computer geek, and I am a bit PO'd every time he mentions being called by a recruiter.

"Sometimes I wonder how I can get into that for-profit sector. I hear they get these crazy things called "bonuses" and "raises." WTF? :)"

Well, you could work for a hospital or nursing home, they tend to pay well. And there's always Delta-T Group.

[judecorp.livejournal.com]

Yeah, what's up with that Delta-T group anyway? There are a couple of similar fee-for-service agencies in Boston, too.

Weird.

[vorpalbla.livejournal.com]

http://www.delta-tgroup.com/

They do have positions in the Boston area.
I filled in my information a long time ago--I think right after we learned FM was laying us off. I got a call about some sort of temp job from them a few months ago, and of course said no. Definitely worth your time, they don't charge you anything.

[judecorp.livejournal.com]

Thanks - I just registered with them.

[hope-persists.livejournal.com]

I've done a little work with PPLM (mainly out here in western mass) and they seem really nice. I met with a [HOTTTTTTTTT] woman who works at the boston office that used to live in noho. I think she manages all the volunteers or something. She was super nice, and did i mention cute?! ;)

good luck. *sends out good job vibes in return for all the good apartment vibes*

[judecorp.livejournal.com]

Thanks! I hope you hear about the apartment soon!!

[hope-persists.livejournal.com]

thanks!

[lemur68.livejournal.com]

Gander fucker?? You fuck birds??

[judecorp.livejournal.com]

What's good for the goose...

[rebasayre.livejournal.com]

apply to peacegames.org. my best friend from hs runs it. check it out! love you.

[judecorp.livejournal.com]

Okay, so I checked out their website and it's a cool organization. (But they don't have any job openings.) What is your best friend's name? I will totally write them a letter and drop your name all over it! :)

<3 <3 <3

[carina-s.livejournal.com]

*moment of silence for Jen*

I'm feeling very excited for you two and very sad too about this moving thing. WAH! WAH!

Also, the boogers thing made me want to poop my pants.

Ok, not really.

But it was funny.

[judecorp.livejournal.com]

Mommy, you said POOP!