Yesterday someone thought I was dead. What happened was, I was at a party and I introduced myself. “I’m Ginna.” “Ohhhh,” said the person I was talking to. “I remember you. Ginna H___ , right?” Wrong. That Ginna died a few years back. In conversations yesterday, I heard two words I had to look up: puerile (from Michael) and senescence (from Milt). As you can see, the conversations were interesting. Meanwhile, I mispronounced a word when I was […]
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Bringing Home Bacon
Let me backtrack and tell you a little about the interview process I’ve been going through over the past few weeks, this time for a job with Berkeley Humane. It was Molly who first alerted me to their vacancies, which she’d seen on the organization’s Facebook page, and then on their own site. As you recall from past posts, the job application process in general is grueling: sending out application after application and never hearing a squeak back, like […]
Read moreHow Not To Get a Job
Not getting jobs is what I specialize in these days. Let me tell you how I do it. Let’s say you’re applying for a job delivering groceries. That requires a lot of, you know, driving. Let’s say you’ve made it successfully through the first interview so you’ve really got a foot in the door for your in-person interview. You’re enthusiastic and upbeat as you face an ocean of twenty-somethings buzzing around in the warehouse. You go […]
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“Hunting” seems an odd verb choice in the context of jobs. It implies surreptitiously stalking an elusive prey with a high-caliber weapon. In fact, the jobs aren’t even hiding. Bagging a desirable one is the challenge. It’s like trying to catch mercury. Here are some of the “essential job functions” of a position I found nearby in Berkeley: Stand and walk for extended periods of time. Bend and twist neck and waist, reach above and […]
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