About 5 weeks into my new job. Lots of overtime, (mostly) good coworkers, and my supervisors are realistic. I'm exhausted every day, but I love the money.
I think I got a job at the sleep studies clinic I've been pining over for the last 8 or so months.
I missed out when they first opened because the noticeboard at my Uni (they were looking for students so they asked the uni to advertise) had the wrong closing dates. So I finished up my exams before applying - 2 weeks too late.
They called me up a couple weeks ago to come in and interview to replace a tech who left. Unfortunately it's an overnight shift position which I'm going to have a lot of trouble doing with my back condition, and making sure I survive the honours program this year. But they told me I can do half shifts or something, which is great. They're pretty nice people.
So I've done some observation shifts (come in and watch the tech that's working that night) and told them I like it and want to be a paid employee now please. So they're doing the contracting up and will contact me later on for training. Aweeeesome. It's degree (Psychology) related work and I am really interested in the field of sleep, so I'm super duper excited to work there and get some experience.
I think they're really interested in having me there too, because of the research potential I am bringing. Only myself and the head tech are psychology graduates, and both the head tech and head doctor are too busy to write research papers to publish and get sleep studies in the Northern Territory (Australia) on the map, basically. With me, I have an honours thesis next year to write, they would like me to do my thesis on something sleep related, and will allow me access to their resources and data to do so. And when I graduate, and I'll have a lot more time to keep pumping out papers while I work there. They have a lot of ideas that they just can't turn into published papers so the doctors eyes lit up when he found out that if you get me, you get research potential. The other techs are either pharmacy, med, or biomed science students who have no interest in writing papers or have much of an academic background in it.
It's all good for me, publishing papers is like academic currency, I could use some of that after I've graduated! Plus, they really loved a paper I wrote in undergrad on sleep and sleep research that got a top grade, so they've got a good opinion of my ability there.
I'm just really hoping I can juggle my back condition, honours program, and this job. Gotta try. Can't pass it up.
tl;dr
Looks like I got a job in something I'm super interested in and degree related yaaay
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You've just come one step closer to what could be a very rewarding career.
Wow, what a douche thing to write to a job applicant. You have to earn the right to sell your labour to Halifax, a division of Bank of Scotland, itself a wholly owned subsidiary of Lloyds Banking Group. They don't exploit just anyone. Only the best get fucked over with poor wages, poor work conditions, poor worker's rights, et cetera while the guys at the top are making millions off you.
You've just come one step closer to what could be a very rewarding career.
Wow, what a douche thing to write to a job applicant. You have to earn the right to sell your labour to Halifax, a division of Bank of Scotland, itself a wholly owned subsidiary of Lloyds Banking Group. They don't exploit just anyone. Only the best get fucked over with poor wages, poor work conditions, poor worker's rights, et cetera while the guys at the top are making millions off you.
My goal was to apply for 5 jobs then plan a vacation.
Welp, gonna apply to 10 now, then feel okay enough to plan a vacation. (This is difficult seeing as there aren't even 10 people hiring in North America for my role right now)
My goal was to apply for 5 jobs then plan a vacation.
Welp, gonna apply to 10 now, then feel okay enough to plan a vacation. (This is difficult seeing as there aren't even 10 people hiring in North America for my role right now)
What do you do? Are you going to stay in Canada land?
My goal was to apply for 5 jobs then plan a vacation.
Welp, gonna apply to 10 now, then feel okay enough to plan a vacation. (This is difficult seeing as there aren't even 10 people hiring in North America for my role right now)
What do you do? Are you going to stay in Canada land?
I'd rather not stay in Canada land, but I think employers are reluctant to hire someone out of country right now, soo, I may not have much choice. I just really need to get out of British Columbia. Been thinking the UK might be cool, and it's much easier to get a Visa there. I'm a Lighting Artist in the gaming industry, so kinda specialized, but thankfully there are tools like this: http://gamedevmap.com/ to help me find something.
My goal was to apply for 5 jobs then plan a vacation.
Welp, gonna apply to 10 now, then feel okay enough to plan a vacation. (This is difficult seeing as there aren't even 10 people hiring in North America for my role right now)
My goal was to apply for 5 jobs then plan a vacation.
Welp, gonna apply to 10 now, then feel okay enough to plan a vacation. (This is difficult seeing as there aren't even 10 people hiring in North America for my role right now)
What do you do? Are you going to stay in Canada land?
I'd rather not stay in Canada land, but I think employers are reluctant to hire someone out of country right now, soo, I may not have much choice. I just really need to get out of British Columbia. Been thinking the UK might be cool, and it's much easier to get a Visa there. I'm a Lighting Artist in the gaming industry, so kinda specialized, but thankfully there are tools like this: http://gamedevmap.com/ to help me find something.
My goal was to apply for 5 jobs then plan a vacation.
Welp, gonna apply to 10 now, then feel okay enough to plan a vacation. (This is difficult seeing as there aren't even 10 people hiring in North America for my role right now)
What do you do? Are you going to stay in Canada land?
I'd rather not stay in Canada land, but I think employers are reluctant to hire someone out of country right now, soo, I may not have much choice. I just really need to get out of British Columbia. Been thinking the UK might be cool, and it's much easier to get a Visa there. I'm a Lighting Artist in the gaming industry, so kinda specialized, but thankfully there are tools like this: http://gamedevmap.com/ to help me find something.
Since a few people asked this, I'm a librarian. A public librarian, at that. My job now is touching on a bunch of other things like HR, basic payroll management, and grant management (writing, executing, reporting, etc.) and those skills would transfer elsewhere but I'd have to convince someone of that.
It's not even that I don't like my job but dang heck I could use some more money.
There are usually professional associations associated with each field. Something like this: http://ala-apa.org/ for instance. I don't know what the big one in your field is, but I'm sure you do.
Their websites usually have a job board of some kind that is pretty specific in terms of jobs you'll see. Try there.
Way ahead of you, I've got librarian job listings for days. I was asking about more general sites because I'm curious about how far I can stretch what I'm doing now into other (possibly more lucrative) industries. I can manage the shit out of some pretty large scale programs, that's got to be worth something.
Have you thought about getting a PMP cert? That might make you marketable to more industries as a project manager
I'd never even heard of this. Thanks!
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My docs weren't too keen on me working out of health concerns but following quarter I am gonna find me work or short-term research opportunities. Because I am bored and need shit to do, and also maybe get payed and start building up a resume.
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it's why I haven't been posting as much. Basically been working 11 hour days every day (although today was only 10 hours).
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Hope everyone's things go well.. also I had no idea Keith found a job until I read this today, and yay.
Dr. Ziplock: Total agreement about 'y'all'.
Janson, you and staple are adorable and I am like this about labeling things in my lab. People will write one number on a tube and throw it in the freezer, and I'll open the door to a freezer full of mystery tubes out from under which I need to locate my carefully labeled samples, which have of course been pushed out of the way. BUT AT LEAST I KNOW THEY'RE MINE, WHEN I MADE THEM, AND WHAT ORGANISM THEY CAME OUT OF. Then my professor comes in and asks what the mystery tubes of mystery are, I tell him shit if I know, and he goes 'eh, they've probably been here for a while,' and then TRASH. Hope those weren't important.
I've finally finished my resume and handed it to my lab advisor to look over. It came to nearly 2 pages, but he'd said that's okay for this field. Then I have the name of a couple temp agencies to send off to, which just sounds ideal for me since part-time lab work apparently isn't a thing.
Also I'm going to learn to play the violin, because I've always wanted to and just didn't think I could, and anyway heaven forbid I'm not spending my time trying to learn some random new thing.
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CEO is the antithesis of "geek". Guy just doesn't get the culture at all, but has some incredible retail chops and knows what it takes to run things. He leaves the "what" to others and focuses on the "how".
Well, then it only makes more sense that he'd like the show.
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I currently work two jobs. They're both easy enough to do, the hardest part is that one is in the evening and one is at night. As a result I'm pretty tired a lot of the time.
I average around 40-44 hours a week at an average pay of $13.50. I actually make an okay amount of money for someone with no college education to speak of, though I could certainly do better.
My dilemma is this: at the end of next month or early may, @Janson and is having a baby. Because of this I'll obviously be expected to help care for the baby. Now, nowadays I'm shaking off the tiredness by taking naps between shifts - but this obviously won't really be feasible with a baby to take care of. I'm concerned about my job performance at my jobs, as well as, well, my ability to drive.
My mother will help in the mornings when neither of us are there, and obviously we'll pay her for her time.
I was thinking, though - my second job might be willing to hire me full-time. They only hired me part-time because I had this first job that I wanted to keep. But given that my first job just hired me and are paying me less than the second is. Not much less, but still less.
Working a full-time job would mean benefits, like vacation time. It would also actually mean slightly less hours, as I'd be working 37.5 hours a week, what with having to take a lunch and all. However, it would also only mean one shift a day, and that I would get two full days off instead of the 1 I normally get. I also talked with my
mother and she's willing to help look after the kid when Rachel and I are at work or even if I'm just sleeping in our bedroom after a late shift.
What do you think, SE? I'm sort of leaning towards full-time employment. It's not guaranteed that they'd be willing to hire me at the second job - I'm going to ask tomorrow, but if they did...
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Got shafted with a double shift at the convience store. Time and a half but still a major bummer.
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Seriously, good luck man, hope you get it!
I missed out when they first opened because the noticeboard at my Uni (they were looking for students so they asked the uni to advertise) had the wrong closing dates. So I finished up my exams before applying - 2 weeks too late.
They called me up a couple weeks ago to come in and interview to replace a tech who left. Unfortunately it's an overnight shift position which I'm going to have a lot of trouble doing with my back condition, and making sure I survive the honours program this year. But they told me I can do half shifts or something, which is great. They're pretty nice people.
So I've done some observation shifts (come in and watch the tech that's working that night) and told them I like it and want to be a paid employee now please. So they're doing the contracting up and will contact me later on for training. Aweeeesome. It's degree (Psychology) related work and I am really interested in the field of sleep, so I'm super duper excited to work there and get some experience.
I think they're really interested in having me there too, because of the research potential I am bringing. Only myself and the head tech are psychology graduates, and both the head tech and head doctor are too busy to write research papers to publish and get sleep studies in the Northern Territory (Australia) on the map, basically. With me, I have an honours thesis next year to write, they would like me to do my thesis on something sleep related, and will allow me access to their resources and data to do so. And when I graduate, and I'll have a lot more time to keep pumping out papers while I work there. They have a lot of ideas that they just can't turn into published papers so the doctors eyes lit up when he found out that if you get me, you get research potential. The other techs are either pharmacy, med, or biomed science students who have no interest in writing papers or have much of an academic background in it.
It's all good for me, publishing papers is like academic currency, I could use some of that after I've graduated! Plus, they really loved a paper I wrote in undergrad on sleep and sleep research that got a top grade, so they've got a good opinion of my ability there.
I'm just really hoping I can juggle my back condition, honours program, and this job. Gotta try. Can't pass it up.
tl;dr
Looks like I got a job in something I'm super interested in and degree related yaaay
Please shoot me a PM if you add me so I know to add you back.
Wow, what a douche thing to write to a job applicant. You have to earn the right to sell your labour to Halifax, a division of Bank of Scotland, itself a wholly owned subsidiary of Lloyds Banking Group. They don't exploit just anyone. Only the best get fucked over with poor wages, poor work conditions, poor worker's rights, et cetera while the guys at the top are making millions off you.
You got this thing brosteh!
but I should still include the URL for my forum account, right?
That's a thing I'm meant to do?
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Welp, gonna apply to 10 now, then feel okay enough to plan a vacation. (This is difficult seeing as there aren't even 10 people hiring in North America for my role right now)
What do you do? Are you going to stay in Canada land?
I'd rather not stay in Canada land, but I think employers are reluctant to hire someone out of country right now, soo, I may not have much choice. I just really need to get out of British Columbia. Been thinking the UK might be cool, and it's much easier to get a Visa there. I'm a Lighting Artist in the gaming industry, so kinda specialized, but thankfully there are tools like this: http://gamedevmap.com/ to help me find something.
Multiply that by.... 10. Maybe 20.
Go to Amsterdam!
Lighting artist seems to weak next to a LIGHTNING artist though!
But also, time to look into Canadian working visas for that country
I'd never even heard of this. Thanks!
I did indeed get a job. Thanks
it's why I haven't been posting as much. Basically been working 11 hour days every day (although today was only 10 hours).
Dr. Ziplock: Total agreement about 'y'all'.
Janson, you and staple are adorable and I am like this about labeling things in my lab. People will write one number on a tube and throw it in the freezer, and I'll open the door to a freezer full of mystery tubes out from under which I need to locate my carefully labeled samples, which have of course been pushed out of the way. BUT AT LEAST I KNOW THEY'RE MINE, WHEN I MADE THEM, AND WHAT ORGANISM THEY CAME OUT OF. Then my professor comes in and asks what the mystery tubes of mystery are, I tell him shit if I know, and he goes 'eh, they've probably been here for a while,' and then TRASH. Hope those weren't important.
I've finally finished my resume and handed it to my lab advisor to look over. It came to nearly 2 pages, but he'd said that's okay for this field. Then I have the name of a couple temp agencies to send off to, which just sounds ideal for me since part-time lab work apparently isn't a thing.
Also I'm going to learn to play the violin, because I've always wanted to and just didn't think I could, and anyway heaven forbid I'm not spending my time trying to learn some random new thing.
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They're nice too.
I currently work two jobs. They're both easy enough to do, the hardest part is that one is in the evening and one is at night. As a result I'm pretty tired a lot of the time.
I average around 40-44 hours a week at an average pay of $13.50. I actually make an okay amount of money for someone with no college education to speak of, though I could certainly do better.
My dilemma is this: at the end of next month or early may, @Janson and is having a baby. Because of this I'll obviously be expected to help care for the baby. Now, nowadays I'm shaking off the tiredness by taking naps between shifts - but this obviously won't really be feasible with a baby to take care of. I'm concerned about my job performance at my jobs, as well as, well, my ability to drive.
My mother will help in the mornings when neither of us are there, and obviously we'll pay her for her time.
I was thinking, though - my second job might be willing to hire me full-time. They only hired me part-time because I had this first job that I wanted to keep. But given that my first job just hired me and are paying me less than the second is. Not much less, but still less.
Working a full-time job would mean benefits, like vacation time. It would also actually mean slightly less hours, as I'd be working 37.5 hours a week, what with having to take a lunch and all. However, it would also only mean one shift a day, and that I would get two full days off instead of the 1 I normally get. I also talked with my
mother and she's willing to help look after the kid when Rachel and I are at work or even if I'm just sleeping in our bedroom after a late shift.
What do you think, SE? I'm sort of leaning towards full-time employment. It's not guaranteed that they'd be willing to hire me at the second job - I'm going to ask tomorrow, but if they did...