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Wednesday, March 08, 2006

Job Search

Because I hate working at Printing Enterprises, the job that I have had for the past 4 summers and that pays very well and has excellent hours but that is not very professional and basically sucks all around, mostly due to the idiotic people, I decided I cannot go back there another summer. However, since I am in college and getting married as well, I definitely need money. This means I have to find a new job. I don't think I realized how lucky I was-compared to this, I was basically handed the job at PEI on a silver platter. Or some sort of dish anyway. I need to find a job that either pays relatively the same (or more) then PEI, or at least a job that I don't have to take too large of a pay cut. I am discovering I have no idea what I am going to do, or how to go about finding a new job. I've searched online, with the city, the county, the city of Blaine (which turns out to have some things I can apply for) and other random places, as well as requesting my sister to pick up some applications and bring them to me this weekend. Gina also was very kind and looked up some jobs I can apply for. I will be applying for the widest variety of jobs, from delivering flyers to Borders to park and recreational stuff and even an internship or two. My goal is just to apply for enough jobs that I will be hired at at least one, if not more, so that I can choose the job that works best for me. I have some applications to work on tomorrow, as well as calling different places to either find out about the jobs or find out how to apply. This is all in addition to my regularly busy schedule of classes, homework, my on-campus job, Eric, friends, etc. Plus I'm going wedding dress shopping and possibly having friends from high school over on Friday. Oh, and midterms are next week and then I'm going to Tennessee for spring break. Which actually should be very fun. Basically, my life is getting busier, but hopefully after I fill out all of these applications and after midterms are done, life should slow down a bit. And then I'll work on wedding plans, and life will be crazy again. Just how I like it.

16 Comments:

  • At 10:09 PM , Blogger Matthew B. Novak said...

    What's in Tennessee?

     
  • At 8:59 AM , Blogger Eric Michael Peterson said...

    Jeff and Erin are in TN.

     
  • At 2:58 PM , Blogger Matthew B. Novak said...

    Who are Jeff and Erin, and why should the get visited before Matt and Laura?

    Also, Emily, let me tell you about crappy job searches. I just got turned down for another job. Grrrrr....

     
  • At 5:11 PM , Blogger Eric Michael Peterson said...

    Jeff is my room mate from last year, his girlfriend is Erin. We are going to visit them because we have had plans to for quite some time, plus I don't feel like going to the murder capital of the country right now anyway.

     
  • At 5:53 PM , Blogger Matthew B. Novak said...

    Um, I think Detroit has higher murder rates. But I might be wrong on that.

    Also, you clearly don't realize the nature of D.C., which is divided between the nice part where you're safe and the part of the city where no one goes, which is where people aren't safe.

     
  • At 6:55 PM , Blogger Eric Michael Peterson said...

    If no one goes there how is there crime?

     
  • At 8:09 PM , Blogger Matthew B. Novak said...

    Well obviously people go there from time to time, and obviously some people live in the more crime-ridden areas. But for the most part, D.C. is a safe city if you stick to the north and west.

    After all, I've lived here for 2 and a half years and I haven't been murdered even once!

     
  • At 8:29 PM , Blogger empeterson said...

    that's a big relief matt. thanks for letting me know-i was getting concerned. i thought for sure that you had been murdered at least once by now, and that would suck.

     
  • At 11:59 PM , Blogger Eric Michael Peterson said...

    I actually heard twice! so it is good that you have set the record strait!

     
  • At 8:08 AM , Blogger empeterson said...

    so is anyone actually going to post job help? this is geared at everyone but gina, since she already helped me a lot so far.

     
  • At 8:21 AM , Blogger Alan said...

    how much where you making and what were the hours of your other job, that will help us find what you're looking for

     
  • At 8:24 AM , Blogger Matthew B. Novak said...

    Don't go for money, go for an internship in whatever field you want to work in eventually. Money'll be nice, but in the long run you'll be better off with the internship. (Dude. I just turned the word "money" into a contraction. I rock.).

    Speaking of internships, how's Kendrick doing with that? Where did he go? He never posts or comments on other people's blogs any more. I thought for sure the Kirby Puckett stuff would get him...

     
  • At 8:31 AM , Blogger Eric Michael Peterson said...

    the money thing is tough with the wedding coming up though, it's hard becuase we have to put away so much money for it other wise it won't really happen. but then again I did offer the sujestion that emily work part time? So I guess whatever does it.

     
  • At 1:59 PM , Blogger Gina said...

    Kendrick is (was) in Florida. He hasn't heard yet about his internship. I think when he gets back today he is going to call.

     
  • At 11:22 AM , Blogger empeterson said...

    yeah matt, you forget i have to pay for a wedding, plus i don't know what field i want to go into, so how can i get an internship? besides, there are paid internships.

     
  • At 7:35 PM , Blogger Matthew B. Novak said...

    Yeah, well, then find a paid internship. And if you can't, go for an unpaid one. Even if you have to pay for a wedding you're not going to make enough in the summer to cover it. There's alwasys loans and stuff. Trust me, in the long run you'll be much better off for having an internship than another summer doing non-career stuff. So trust me on this one.

    Even if you don't know what you want to do for sure, find something that appeals to you. Trust me - it's a big regret for me. I mean, look at me - I'm gonna graduate from Georgetown Law and I can't find a job because I don't have enough good work experiences. (Plus my general lack of interview skills).

     

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