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My opinion: I have heard of this before like the part of:
My saying: "Don't tell anyone about something, in case it doesn't work out. Also there is less pressure":
Office jobs: It was in 2008, but I got a job at a Big Company. I told my immediate family because I live with them. I told my bosses at the Soup place because I will be working there only on the weekends.
And my friends about it. There was a lot of pressure, mainly from my parents. It didn't work out.
In 2013, I got a job at the Office Job. I told my immediate family. I told my dad the night before the job was to start, and he told my mom. I had told my boss at the 1st restaurant job because I will only be working there on the weekends.
I didn't tell my friends.
The job lasted 5 months which was pretty good. There wasn't really any pressure from anyone.
In 2015, I worked at the home installation place for 3 months. It was stressful. I only told my family and boss at my restaurant job.
Jul. 8, 2020 Southgate Construction scam: This also reminds me of where I thought I got hired at this office job, which later turns out it was a scam.
When I thought this was a real job, I only told my parents. Then it was a scam and I told them and then I put this on my weekly emails/ blog posts so everybody knows that this is a scam.
https://badcb.blogspot.com/2017/07/scream-4-southgate-construction-scam.html
Regular jobs: This goes with a regular restaurant job. I don't tell anyone except my family and boss.
The Fast Food Place: I got hired and worked there for a month in Aug. 2017. I was let go after a month, because there weren't enough shifts go around.
I have nothing bad to say about them.
Cover letter mistakes/ "Job can be worse than no job"
Nov. 2, 2019 Cover letter mistakes: Today I was reading a Reader's Digest Jan. 2012 issue that my dad bought. In the "Laughter" section:
This is from real- life applicants from The Office Book by Chloe Rhodes:
"My dream is to be a meteorologist. But since I possess no training in meteorology, I suppose I should try stockbrokerage."
"Although I trained as an accountant and for the past eight years I worked for a major accountancy firm, I am no good at my job and get bored easily."
From Amazon:
Both a field guide to office survival and discussion of the woes and follies in the workplace, The Office Book is a delightfully subversive look at the world of work. Contains anecdotes, real life cover letter gaffes, resume quotes, outrageous emails, and other creative distractions that offer a lifeline from the depths of 9-to-5 monotony. Inside you'll find:
- Office Survival Rules: Rule #99-If at first you don't succeed, remove all evidence you ever tried
Sept. 22, 2022 Angry and annoyed:
This is from the Nov. 2021 blog post:
Tracy's ideal life vs. Tracy's real life (Part 2)/ "Missing Out: In Praise of the Unlived Life" by Adam Phillips
2012 TV production company job search: I rebooted my TV production company job search. I attended an interview in 2008, and didn't get hired. I decided I will work a regular job at a restaurant in the day and pitch my script to TV production companies in the evenings. I got 2 interviews in 2 months in 2012. I called my friend Angela about this:
Angela: How come you didn't do this sooner?
Tracy: I did. I attended a job interview at a TV production company back in 2008, after I graduated from Professional Writing. I wrote about it on my blog.
It's okay that she and my friends, family, or blog readers will probably not remember that I attended a job interview at a TV production company from 5 yrs ago.
In Dec. 2014, I was sick for 2 days and decided to look for the blog post about that 2008 interview and I couldn't find it. I edited spelling, punctuation, and grammar. In Dec. 2020, I was saving and backing up my blog and I found it:
Dynacor Media:
In May 2008:
job/ drive/ shopping
Tracy's blog: job/ drive/ shopping (badcb.blogspot.com)
This morning I got up at 10am. Since I got a email from Dynacor, I wanted to get his name so I could call them back. I then called and we will have an interview on Fri. He said I could be a production assistant and not only an office assistant. My dream of working at TV production company could be coming true. I also got a email from Media Masters, but he said that they are a production company. They don't produce the film like pay the writer for the script. They only film it. He told me to get an investor and money for the project before I could call them and start filming.
job/ charity/ 27 Dresses
Tracy's blog: job/ charity/ 27 Dresses (badcb.blogspot.com)
May 9: I went to the Dynacor job interview. It was good. They asked that I email my The Fighter script to them and I did. What was interesting was that one of them kind of recognized me because my name sounded familiar. I told her I called her back in 2004 when I was trying to get into Nait's tv program. They don't really have time to train a production assistant, but they will keep my resume on file. She gave me some tips and production companies like Anaid, Reel girls and Panacea Productions. Call Citytv and ask who is in charge of programming.
In Nov. 2018:
Dynacor Media job interview/ "It's do or dye" (Timeless)
Tracy's blog: Dynacor Media job interview/ "It's do or dye" (Timeless) (badcb.blogspot.com)
Sept. 22, 2022 My opinion: I am angry and annoyed that Angela thought that I was stupid and that I didn't try to get a TV production company job right after I graduated out of Professional Writing in college.
There I said it. I need to get my anger out.
Jensen Ackles never meant to keep the Supernatural prequel a secret from his onscreen brother Jared Padalecki.
The actor and producer, 43, said Padalecki, 39, was "number one" on his list of people to tell about The Winchesters, the first title under his Chaos Machine Productions banner. Ackles explained the miscommunication last week on Michael Rosenbaum's Inside of You podcast, stating that he is "extremely superstitious."
"It's an unwritten rule that you just don't talk about s— until it's a done deal, until the ink has dried," Ackles noted. "And this was my first venture into producing and creating content, and I didn't wanna jinx it at any cost. So, I shut up about it. Only the people that had to know knew."
He said that he only received the first script for the show last week and it was still in the early stages of development when Deadline announced it back in June 2021. "I definitely had people that I was excited to tell, Jared being number one on that list," he said.
Ackles recalled that he was working on a set that didn't allow phones when the news broke. By the time he reconnected to the world, he received a flood of congratulatory messages. "And then it all just kind of turned south," he said.
Following the announcement, Padalecki tweeted his congratulations to Ackles, adding that he wished he had "heard about this some way other than Twitter. I'm excited to watch, but bummed that Sam Winchester had no involvement whatsoever."
"I had a long text from Jared, and he was really bummed, and I just remember my heart just sank. I was just like, 'F—!'" Ackles said, adding: "In hindsight, that could have been a step that was avoided. But he did it, and it happened, and we dealt with it. And he and I, we're great."
This week's theme is about saving money:
"How some grads are crushing their student debt during the pandemic"/ "'Bear down' and 'be as frugal as you can': Baby-boomer financial experts speak from experience on ways to ride out a recession"
"Pattie Lovett-Reid's 10 tips on managing your finances amid runaway inflation"/ "9 ways Warren Buffett's frugal habits can help you save money like a billionaire"
My week:
President Joe Biden took his first major steps toward decriminalizing marijuana, pardoning thousands of Americans convicted for possession of the drug and ordering a review of its legal status.
Biden on Thursday issued a blanket pardon for all prior federal offenses for simple possession of marijuana. He will also urge governors to issue similar pardons for state offenses involving marijuana, senior administration officials said.
“Sending people to prison for possessing marijuana has upended too many lives and incarcerated people for conduct that many states no longer prohibit,” Biden said in a statement, noting that people of color have been disproportionately arrested, prosecuted and convicted for the crime.
Biden to pardon thousands for marijuana possession - BNN Bloomberg
It's a familiar sight for online shoppers: An item — say, a men's suit jacket — is listed for $150. But beneath the sale price is a second offer: four payments of $37.50 with Affirm, Afterpay or Klarna.
In recent years, such buy now, pay later services have become increasingly common in the U.S. and Canada. Companies like Air Canada and CIBC have even hopped on the bandwagon, offering products that allow customers to spread the cost of flights and credit card purchases over multiple payments.
But can the same model apply to rent? That's what a small number of financial technology companies are banking on.
For a fee, providers like Calgary-based Zenbase and the U.S.-based Till, Jetty and Flex allow renters to split their monthly payments into two instalments.
The idea, said Zenbase founder and CEO Koray Oztekin, is to address the imbalance between when people get paid (often twice a month) and when their rent comes due (usually the first of the month).
"Our mission is to give people full control around how they manage their household expenses," said Oztekin, whose company launched last year and charges between $9.90 and $19.90 a month depending on the amount of rent a tenant pays.
Amid the high cost of rent (and just about everything else), Oztekin believes there's a growing market for this type of service.
"We're not developers, we cannot fix the housing supply issue," he said. "But at the very least, we could offer an option that people can use if it makes sense for them."
How it works
While rent now, pay later products are still fairly new, they generally come in a couple of flavours, said Tal Schwartz, a senior tech product manager who writes the Canadian Fintech newsletter.
Earlier versions of this product, he said, were typically geared toward landlords and embedded into property management software.
"So when a landlord is requesting payment from a renter, this would be one of the checkout options," said Schwartz, who is also the former head of research for the Canadian Lenders' Association.
He also recommends people take a "good hard look" at their budgets, consider whether they're overextending themselves, and seek help from a credit counsellor if necessary.
"Otherwise you're going to set yourself up for having a long relationship with an entity like this and paying, on average, somewhere between $120 and $240 odd dollars a year for the privilege of someone just paying your rent and you paying them right back," said Hannah.
Like Afterpay for your apartment: Would you rent now, pay later? | CBC News
Dilpreet Kaur's parents were worried it would be difficult for her to find a job in her home state of Punjab, India, where her father toils long, lonely hours as a rice and wheat farmer. She, too, felt there was no future for her there.
So last year, her dad sold two trucks for $28,000 and mortgaged the family's land to raise money for her to come to Canada, rent a room in a shared apartment in Toronto's east end and pay $16,000 in international tuition fees for the first year of a two-year college program.
Increasing numbers of Ontario's international college students come, like Kaur, from India, where it's not uncommon for rural families such as hers to literally bet the farm to raise enough money to pay for a daughter or son's education, hoping they'll eventually land a decent job and be able to remit money back home to repay the debt.
Drawn by Canada's reputation and the potential to gain permanent residency, tens of thousands of foreign students enrol every year in Canadian post-secondary schools. The vast majority head to universities and public colleges.
The auditor general's report found that the tuition revenue from these partnerships single-handedly meant the difference between running a deficit or a surplus for five of the six public colleges that had them in place as of 2019-20, and is also lucrative for the private career colleges, with net profit margins ranging from 18 to 53 per cent.
"With reduced funding from government, international students have become bread and butter sustaining these institutions," said Earl Blaney, an advocate for international students and a registered Canadian immigration consultant based in London, Ont.
"Their appetite is insatiable. They're doing everything they can to find more ways to bring in more students… whether it is increasing class sizes, whether it is irresponsibly bringing in students that they don't have enough support to offer. I mean it doesn't matter. What matters is numbers."
"Netflix Canada launches ad-supported tier for $5.99 on Nov. 1":
Today I found this article by David Friend on Yahoo:
Netflix is giving Canadian viewers the option for a cheaper monthly subscription plan — as long as they're willing to sit through commercial breaks.
The streaming giant said it has marked Nov. 1 to launch its new ad-supported streaming tier in Canada for $5.99 per month. The price is significantly less than Netflix's ad-free plans which start at $9.99 and go as high as $20.99 a month.
In exchange for the savings, Netflix said subscribers will see an average of four to five minutes of ads per hour placed before and during TV shows and films.
Netflix Canada launches ad-supported tier for $5.99 on Nov. 1 (yahoo.com)
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