Aug. 17 Job interviews: I went to a job interview in
downtown last week. I have been there
before 2 years ago, and another person interviewed me. The hours are evenings and weekends, so
that’s fine.
I will say I was not as interested in the job as the one I
did 2 days before it.
Aug. 27 Job Bank: I usually go to this website to
look for administrative assistant positions. Now I decided to type in
“communications” to see what will come up. There were a variety of them,
but mainly these:
Early childhood supervisor
Daycare worker
Sales manager
Service dispatcher
Computer software engineer
Sept. 2: Well they never called me back, so that’s
fine. Like I said I wasn’t really
interested after I learned more about it.
Printing company: I did an interview for them a few
weeks ago. It was in downtown. It had the office duties like answer phones,
invoice products, follow up on clients, shipping, and call clients when it’s ready.
The shifts were good like Mon.-Fri. daytime. I did research on their company before I went
there.
Yoga place: I did an interview for this place a few
weeks ago. I can work one day a week
from 5-9pm. I wouldn’t be paid by money, but paid by
unlimited free yoga classes there. The
position is a volunteer position. A
class for a month would be like $130.
I have never worked or volunteered at a yoga place
before. I thought I was going to get
paid money, and the bonus was free yoga class.
I thought it would be like working at a restaurant, you get paid money,
and sometimes free food or a discount on the food.
If you are going to work at this yoga place, then you have
to know a lot about yoga. You would be a
good fit for the place if you have a big interest in yoga so you can take and
enjoy the free class.
I felt like I wasn’t a good fit for the company. They said that I had to sign a 6 month
contract that I will be here for a long time.
It’s good for them because they don’t have high turnover and keep
training people all the time.
Newspaper company: I did an interview with them a
couple of weeks ago. It was like the
furniture store position. There are a
bunch of salespeople, and I’m part of the customer service office. The hours are Mon.-Fri. 8:30am-5pm.
The sales people are 100% commission.
Sept. 12 Real estate agent: I found this Yahoo
article that says being a real estate agent is the happiest job. Here’s an excerpt:
The firm uses a formula to assign a numerical "Bliss Rating" to a given occupation -- the higher the rating, the better.
Included in that calculation are work-life balance, an employee's relationship with their boss and co-workers, work environment, job resources, compensation, growth opportunities, company culture, company reputation, daily tasks and job control over employees' daily tasks. The firm undertakes about 65,000 independent job reviews to reach its conclusions.
So what jobs lead the list? Here are the top 10 for the year from CareerBliss.com, along with their "bliss ratings."
Real estate agent 4.26
Software quality assurance engineer 4.23
Senior sales representative 4.19
Construction superintendent 4.10
Senior Application Developer 4.08
Logistics Manager 4.07
Construction Manager 4.06
Admin. Assistant 4.04
Network Manager 4.02
Assistant Controller 4.02
My opinion: This totally reminded me of The
Simpsons where Marge becomes a real estate agent where she says: “I like
the sound of finding homes for people.”
I wouldn’t be good at selling real estate because it’s really hard to
sell this big item. It’s a huge
commitment.
The other jobs don’t sound really interesting except maybe
the administrative assistant position.
Labour market: According to the Globe and Mail
article On Jul. 7, 2014
“Jobless rate expected to hold at 7%” by Tavia Grant. It says heath care and social assistance is
one of the biggest growth areas in the labour market due to the aging
population. It is the second biggest
source of employment. The first biggest
source of employment is retail.
Sept. 13 Sobey’s card: The grocery store Sobey’s is
getting rid of their Sobey’s card and replacing it with Air miles. Sobey’s did buy Safeway and got rid of the Safeway
card too. I’ll have to cut up my Sobey’s
card.
On Sobey’s website:
“As of September
12, 2014 the Club Sobeys program has ended which means you will no
longer be able to use your Club Sobeys card in-store. However, when you link
your Club Sobeys card to your AIR MILES
Collector Card, any points remaining on your Club Sobeys card will be
transferred to your AIR MILES Collector
account at the following rate: 14 Club Sobeys points = 1 AIR
MILES reward mile.”
WEM card: This is a West Edmonton Mall credit
card. You can go to any store in the
mall and use it. Well, except the
Dollarama because they only take cash and debit.
You should read the fine print in the back of the card: “A
service fee of $2.50 per month beginning on the 7th month from the
date of purchase will be applied to the remaining balance as permitted by law.”
I didn’t read the print.
I kept track of all my charges by keeping the receipts. I thought I had a certain amount on it, but
there was a few bucks less than that.
You have to keep track of how much money there is on this credit card,
so the store will know how much to charge it.
Weird Al: This does have something to do with my job
email. I was reading the Globe and
Mail article on Jul. 26. 2014. It’s
called "Sticking to the
shtick" by Courtney Shea.
Shea asks about how Weird Al always asks artist’s permission
even though it’s not legally obligated:
Weird Al: I think it’s just an extension of my
personality. I don’t like drama, I don’t
want to offend anybody, I would prefer that the artists feel like they are in on the joke. I think that’s one of the reasons I’ve managed to stick around for so long- I respect people, I don’t burn bridges.
want to offend anybody, I would prefer that the artists feel like they are in on the joke. I think that’s one of the reasons I’ve managed to stick around for so long- I respect people, I don’t burn bridges.
My opinion: I agree with him. That’s a good philosophy not just for work,
but life.
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