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[gunterflugzeug.livejournal.com]

hello neighbors
i've been on a rather discouraging job search plunging what i believe to be the depths of jobsearch websites, newpapers, and other various services, and i feel like in order to exhaust all possible option i should ask this question: IS ANYBODY HIRING ANYBODY FOR ANYTHING OR KNOW SOMEONE WHO NEEDS ANYONE TO DO ANYTHING FOR MONEY (within reason)? sorry to fill up page space with such a shameless inquiry, but if anyone has any suggestions, my ears and eyes are open and ready to read, hear, and act upon them.

am

post script: i don't always have soap suds on my face - those can be rinsed off with very little trouble.

Comments

reference interview:

[jadelennox]

And your skills are...?

[csbermack.livejournal.com]

You'd have a much better chance here if you described the kind of work you're looking for and what kind of skills you have.

[manjety.livejournal.com]

Hey! While you fill us in your skills and what you can/wnat to do, here is an idea:
Check out "et cetera jobs" section of the Craigslist: http://boston.craigslist.org/etc/
Search for "study", "focus group" "opinion" words. There are a lot of postings made by marketing and not only companies that run different studies. It's usually some kind of discussions, surveys, gathering feedback on some product, etc. You don't have to KNOW or DO anything special. And you always can say NO THANKS if you don't like the topic.

I find it interesting, safe and easy way to make extra 50-60 buks

[androidqueen.livejournal.com]

IS ANYBODY HIRING ANYBODY FOR ANYTHING OR KNOW SOMEONE WHO NEEDS ANYONE TO DO ANYTHING FOR MONEY (within reason)?

yes

[spatch]

maybe you could sell off some of those excess exclamation marks for quick cash

[dmcgettrick.livejournal.com]

You can always get a degree here: http://www.mcdonalds.com/corp/career/hamburger_university.html

[badseed1980.livejournal.com]

I'll agree with everyone else here that being a little more specific will probably benefit you. I understand your frustration, but you could actually find some real help here instead of just a place to vent.

That said:
Temping can be a great way to make a living when you're between permanent jobs (as I am now). PSG has an office in downtown Boston, and the people there are super-nice. Since I started temping with them, I've been working every day and making $9 an hour, minimum. You can also get health insurance through them (though it's more expensive than it usually is at permanent jobs). If you have decent basic computer skills (basically Microsoft Office, typing, and internet use), you'll likely be able to get admin-type assignments with no trouble. If you have more specific skills in the areas of graphic design, finance, etc., you might be able to get higher-paying assignments in the area of your expertise.

[prog.livejournal.com]

HA HA TALK ABOUT MORE BANG FOR THE hey are those cheese balls? i love those

[spatch]

These remind me of the time I met Bob Barker

[plumtreeblossom.livejournal.com]

I love focus groups. Getting paid to spout my opinion, which I do on a volunteer basis every day, is a fun novelty. I've made about $1000 all-told on them (that's lifetime yield).

[imlad.livejournal.com]

There is a great deal of hiring going on in the technology field. If you can code, design, test or analyze software, as well as manage the process, you should be able to find a job.

[agharta75.livejournal.com]

Really? In my impression tech has been dead, dead, dead since 2001. I'd loved to be proved wrong.

[prunesnprisms.livejournal.com]

It's not nearly so bad now as it has been.

[charlwoo.livejournal.com]

Akamai Technologies is hiring (http://www.akamai.com).

[ellf.livejournal.com]

Not true. I've interviewed a good dozen candidates this month alone for a pre-sales technical consultant position. The problem isn't the job, it's the late-90s, "Hey, I know HTML! Pay me $80,000/year!" mentality.

Tech is just growing up. Expect to need communication skills, be clean and relatively well-heeled in the office, and work on a team. Nobody wants to hire some dirty prima donna anymore.

[gunterflugzeug.livejournal.com]

thanks. this is helpful

[nalz.livejournal.com]

My company is trying to hire some qa/developers right now as well and we're having a heck of a time finding people who can actually do what their resume says that they can do.

[ukelele.livejournal.com]

It was dead. It's at least undead now. It just doesn't have the huge media buzz and general mania going on any more.

[agharta75.livejournal.com]

Well, I guess I should have brought resumes to the zombie march.