*#*%Y@*#$ economy!!! There. I said it.
I'm gonna drop 4 pounds today.
Four pounds of crap jobs. Because I'm gutting my resume. Changing it all up stylistically from the chronological to functional format (which highlights skills and experience over where you've been). Which effectively means burying the crap lead. Which is exactly what I need.
The unemployment office counselor requires my resume by tomorrow and presented an example of the functional format.
I welcome that because my chronological resume is as demoralizing, depressing and deranged as you can get without yanking a blade across the wrist with Cure's Disintegration in the background and believe you me it's a wonder I've not gone that route yet.
See, I've got two entirely separate resumes. One is the career resume, which ends at 2004. The other's the Lame Jobs resume. That's its actual title though when I e-mail it, I ensure it's renamed my-name's-resume.
The resume the counselor requested is the professional one (completed last night) since in heart and theory I'm looking to return to working with words.
In Reality and particularly these deeply distressing times, I'm looking for damn near anything that'll bring a paycheck and not demean, degrade, abuse and make me feel again like a total shit slave idiot, I am SO tired of that job route/history.
In other news ...
Dentally things are better but not good to go, X-rays seem in order, so I rang up a college's dental school that a friend recommended.
The girl says first they do an assessment and if you're accepted, treatment wouldn't begin until January. That doesn't work.
Then she says that they take on only those with super-groddy mouths who haven't been to a dentist in like 5 years, so that rules me out. She did point me to a clinic that offers sliding scale.
To be honest, I'd go to my most excellent dentist, whom I love -- as a dentist I mean -- and trust IF I HAD A JOB. I wouldn't mind not eating for a month, I'd happily give him my disposable income for quality treatment that I can trust and peace of mind.
Goddamn fucking economy!!!!!!!!!
Forgive my French. On second thought, don't. I am exhausted ... no, now I'm totally demoralized ... looking for a job and this state of affairs AND IT IS NOT GETTING ANY BETTER. Damn.
It's silly -- as in unrealistic -- I know but in my heart and spirit I believe anyone who wants to work and can work should be able to.
Suddenly I'm in no mood to do that resume. Instead, I'm up for a very stiff drink, one with dual purpose, it helps the mood and mouth.
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I am always shocked to hear about US health care. We are complaining a lot about our heath system, which worsens with every year - still I think, we are better off than you. I hope, you will find a solution!!!!!
Honestly, to me it didn't feel like falling deep, having to take Lame Jobs. In the agency I worked, copy writers were treated like crap. It was the company's philosophy to destroy any self esteem (wasn't much to destroy to begin with). As I worked a lot for tv and music business, dumbness was our daily bread and didn't come as a surprise. I didn't mind that so much. I felt like a child, allowed to play around in the mud.
Still I remember, how people briefing us, were unable to express themselves cohorently. The annoying part was that they were also unable to tell the difference between some quality copy writing and the nonsense, they cobbled together on their own.
What I couldn't handle at all was the inhuman, unethical behaviour, sexism, drug abuse and that kind of stuff.
Journalists always looked down at us copy writers. Which didn't keep them from copying our press releases, word by word, adding some spelling mistakes and signing it with their name. I had to train two journalists for the job in our company. Honestly, I didn't feel they were so superior. I found them worldly innocent and unable to cope with the pressure and the output they had to deliver. The quantities we had to produce there were just insane. I could never go back to that.
I'm afraid, meanwhile it is a cliché that Europeans are well educated. I don't see that much, anymore.
When it comes to spelling, it is a bit tricky, here. We had two orthography reforms during the past years, and it is quite confusing.
But many young people just throw any orthography over board and write an imaginary language. That can drive me mad! The worst thing is, that after having to read much of that, I become insecure with spelling, myself.