Jobsessed

I-help-you-with-that, yes-I’ll-come-in-early attitude of the student who’s just desperate to land that full-time position with the slight pay boost.

Now think about how you act with that full-time job. It’s that kind of frustrated, do-I-have-to-come-in-at-nine-thirty, they-aren’t-paying-me-enough, oh-my-God-another-effing-meeting attitude. Pretty easy to see which one your employer might prefer.

So here’s a bit of advice: keep that intern state of mind in your full-time job. Lost that eager intern style? Here are some tips.
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On September 19th, JOBSESSED is teaming up with Melanie Spring of Sisarina and Lisa Rowan of Quarter Life for a Fall Fashion Swap.

Why would a jobs blog get involved with such a thing? Why the hell not, we say! Not only are we fans of pretty clothes, but we’re fans of thrifty shopping to save your hard-earned money! Also, Nicole will be putting together inexpensive work outfits and live-blogging the entire day (she hopes).
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I love Google. Google is awesome (and no those two previous statements are in no way endorsed; I just like Google that much).

You can use Google to find the entertainment and the answers to many of life’s questions.* You can find videos of people falling on treadmills. I once found an entire site dedicated to informational tips and videos on how to wash a cat. Trust me, you can find anything on the web.

I bring up Google because I think that using it as a tool in your job search is important. When it come to the job search, I believe that you should use Google to both learn more about the company you intend to interview for AND to see what is out there on the web that has your name attached to it.
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If you haven’t noticed, we’ve been kind of quiet over the past two weeks. There are a few legitimate reasons why this has happened (several people went on vacation) and a few crappy reasons why this has happened (writing guest blogs for other entities, too many social events!).

We’ll be back next week with:

• A five-part series on how dating and careers are very similar,
• Stages of unemployment,
• Stepping back and hitting “refresh”,
• and, Googling yourself before applying for jobs.

As always, please send us ideas you have for blog posts, and we’ll be sure to write about them!

This post was already sort of in the works last week when Nicole posted the article on The Manipulative Boss, I decided to expand upon it a bit, because not only had I had the manipulative boss in the past, but I’ve had a number other types.

I’ve had everything from the “amazing and taught you everything you’ve ever needed to know and gave you tons of support to help you learn and grow in your chosen career path boss”, to the total bitch who made your entire time at that job a living nightmare. I’ve honestly had every single type of boss you could imagine, but I’ve been able to sum them up into 4 different types. So here it goes…
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So after I left the world of retail, I took a job at a collections call center. It paid less than retail management, had more benefits, more vacation time and an overall better atmosphere. Sometimes you have to accept less pay for a better opportunity. Write that down.

Since it was my first “office job”, I had a lot to learn.
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During my junior year of college, I studied abroad in Paris, France. One of the things that struck me immediately was a stark difference in party conversation: In France, it’s actually considered impolite to ask a stranger what they do for a living.

It seemed odd to me, considering that’s the first question to come out of Americans’ mouths. But the French don’t define themselves by their jobs the same way Americans do.
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For 19 grueling, agonizing, terrifying weeks last year, I was unemployed. Luckily, I survived with help from a great internship and great friends.

I was a wreck for several weeks after getting fired from the Industry job. I’d been working since I was 15, and, at many points during that eight-year stretch, I had multiple jobs at one time.

I realized that all the moves I’d made – following the rules, making the “right” connections, and doing everything by the book – until this point led me to unemployment. If I repeated them again, I’d possibly wind up back in the same position in a few months.
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Hi. My name is Pam. And I had my last job interview 3 weeks ago.

I was elated when I got an email wanting to set up an interview for an entry-level assistant position with an internet start-up for eleven dollars an hour. Eleven dollars an hour? This should not elate me.

The hiring manager and myself had a quick response email conversation and set up a phone interview for the same day at 3pm. I called her and got voicemail. Why did we make an appointment?! She called me about about 15 minutes later and she asked me typical phone interview questions, mostly just making sure that I am capable of forming complete sentences. Once it was established that I probably posses all the experience that is on my resume, she set up an in-person interview.
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My resume has been a long work in progress. And it’s caused a surprising amount of drama, as well. As you can see below, it’s not a traditional format. It’s entirely my own creation and I’m proud to say that, with one notable exception, it’s always been positively received by friends, family, and most importantly, potential employers.
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