Tuesday, December 31, 2013

Goals for 2014

Goals for 2014:

  • Get a decent IT job
  • Take and pass Windows 7 exam 70-680
  • Take and pass CompTIA Healthcare IT exam HIT-001
  • Re-take and pass SSCP exam
  • Study and take and pass CCNA exam 200-101
  • Study and take and pass CompTIA Linux+
  • Study and take and pass Windows server 2012 exams 70-410, 70-411, 70-412 obtain MCSA title
  • Study and take and pass CCNA security exam 640-554
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Applied for Windows System Administrator

Applied for Windows System Administrator at HSU. - 12/31/2013
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Saturday, December 28, 2013

List of job search sites, helpful links to occupational assessments, career exploration, etc

Here is a list of job search sites I use almost everyday for job searching:


 List below anyone can use:

  
 Local online newspaper job search section:


List of job search sites for state of California:

Military Career Opportunities:

Police/Civil Servant jobs:

Also check local online newspapers and media for job opportunities.

Career Exploration
List of helpful links to assess careers and occupations:

Go to EDD and find the link for major employers by county for example Humboldt County's major employers list is here:

http://www.labormarketinfo.edd.ca.gov/majorer/countymajorer.asp?CountyCode=000023


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Monday, December 23, 2013

Applied for a couple of positions...

I applied for Vocational Counselor I at the Humboldt County website. A friend who works in the social services department sent me an email for the position and told me it was open and the deadline for filing the application is January 17. I filled out the application online but had a minor issue with the browser freezing at the end of the process so I wasnt sure if the resume and cover letter made it with the application so I went to the County Courthouse room 100 (human resources) and verified the application made it and hand delivered a hard copy of my resume and cover letter. this was 12/23/2013

Also, today, I applied for a Network Administrator at a local casino called Blue Lake Casino and Hotel. Printed out the application, filled it using Foxit reader, printed out my IT certificates, list of refferences, my 4 letters of recommendation, and then went and hand delivered it to the HR department at the Blue Lake casino and Hotel. on 12/23/2013.

So that brings the stats for December to:

Applications: 2
Interviews: 3
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Friday, December 20, 2013

Applied for county job opening

I applied for a job opening for county, Vocational Counselor I. Filled out the application online, and just as I was finishing up the last part of the application, my browser froze. I was not able to send resume and cover letter, or confirm that. I was forced to shut my browser down and restart it. Once I was able to recover from the browser freeze, I went back to the county website and it said I completed the application. There was no way to confirm if I had sent the resume and cover letter. I was very angry. I had no way of knowing what did or did not get sent.

Applied for Vocational Counselor I at humboldt county website 12/20/2013


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Tuesday, December 17, 2013

History of applications, interviews, phone interviews for the year from April to December 2013

History of job hunting, applications, interviews:

April 2013
Applied for Driver or management positions at Round Table Pizza at Mckinleyville, Arcata, and Eureka locations
Applied for Spotlight Video supervisor position Eureka 4/18/2013
Applied for Safeway 4/13/2013
Applied for Kmart cashier 4/13/2013
Applied for Eureka Natural Foods 4/13/2013
Applied for Harbor Freight  4/13/2013
Applied for Staples Associate 4/13/2013
Applied for 76 gas station cashier 4/13/2013
Applied at Rays Food place mckinleyville 4/13/2013
Applied at Mckinleyville Movie Theater 4/13/2013
Applied at Figuritos videos Mckinleyville 4/13/2013
Applied at Target 4/13/2013
Applied at CVS 4/13/2013
Applied at Costco 4/13/2013
Applied at Rite Aid 4/13/2013
Interview for Spotlight video in Eureka 4/24/2013
Interview with ACE hardware Mckinleyville  4/18/2013
Interview with Pauls Live from NY Arcata 4/15/2013 (overqualified)
Interview for Verizon in Eureka mall 4/9/2013
Applied for Pauls Live from NY pizza Mckinleyville 4/13/2013
Applied for pauls live from NY pizza Arcata 4/13/2013
Applied for Round Table Pizza Arcata 4/12/2013
Applied for Round Table Pizza Mckinleyville
Applied for Rent a Center 4/20/2013
Called Voc Rehab and left message 4/25/2013
Went to job fair April 26, 2013 in Eureka approx. 39 recruiters at the fair that day
Applied for Assistant manager at Eureka Round Table Pizza on 4/26/2013
Applied for Supervisor/Delivery at Mckinleyville Round Table Pizza on 4/26/2013
Applied for store associate position at USCellular Eureka on 4/30/2013

Totals for April:
30 applications
4 interviews


May 2013
May 1, 10am watched video and assigned a counselor at Voc Rehab (Nat Blair)
Applied for Restif Cleaning on 5/1/2013
Applied for Office admin 5/1/2013
Applied for Suddenlink Direct Sales 5/1/2013
Applied for IT Tech Per Diem at Mad River Hospital 5/1/2013
Applied for Tony’s fine foods 5/1/2013
Applied for Baroni Admin Clerk 5/5/2013
Applied for remote tech support 5/5/2013
Applied for Papa murphy’s Assistant Manager Eureka 5/5/2013
Applied for Round Table Pizza manager Fourtuna 5/5/2013
Applied for AT&T service desk network incident 5/5/2013
Applied for Spotlight video and Tan manager Arcata 5/5/2013
Applied for shipping and receiving position Craigslist 5/5/2013 (scam)
Sent out for request for school/college transcripts 5/9/2013
Met with Nat at DOR on 5/8/2013
Interview with Lori at Spotlight Video for Arcata manager position 5/8/2013
Interview with Kmart HR for cashier 5/6/2013 (overqualified)
Interview with US Cellular (phone) 5/7/2013
Interview with Papa Murphy’s 5/16/2013
Interview with Servpro 5/21/2013
Applied for Allied cash Advance 5/31/2013
Applied for PIC at Rays Food Place Mckinleyville 5/31/2013
Phone interview with Pepsi bev co 5/28/2013
Applied at Water Planet 5/23/2013
Applied for Admin Assistant Arcata city hall 5/23/2013
Applied for Easy Resident Tech staples 5/19/2013
Applied for wifi computer tech Eureka 5/25/2013
Applied for Tech service II Ricoh 5/30/2013
Applied for Schwans route driver 5/10/2013
Applied for Senior Inventory clerk 5/14/2013
Applied for Crown Club Rep at Char-ae-hieghts Casino 5/15/2013
Applied for master controller operator at KAEF/KBVU 5/15/2013
Applied for detailer at Antich Automotive Eureka 5/15/2013
Applied for restaurant server at Kebob café 5/15/2013
Applied for warranty insurance admin at LITHIA automotive Eureka 5/15/2013
Applied for Humboldt County DISA position 5/5/2013
Applied for Executive Assistant Arcata chamber of commerce 5/7/2013
Applied for TJ MAXX store manager Eureka 5/16/2013
Applied for personal banker jp morgan chase Eureka 5/16/2013
Applied for position at Winco foods Eureka 5/16/2013
Applied for position at DR pepper/Snapple Eureka 5/16/2013
Applied for Sbarro’s general manager 5/16/2013
Applied for St Josephs food service worker 5/16/2013
Applied for Umpqua Bank Service desk tech 5/16/2013
Called past employers for dates of employment 5/17/2013
Applied for cook at Sequoia park zoo 5/21/2013
Applied for city ambulance driver 5/21/2013
Applied for MSS for fiscal assistant I 5/24/2013
Applied for Servpro production helper 5/15/2013
Meet with Nat at DOR 5/24/2013
Applied for Pepsi co. Beverages sales rep 5/23/2013

Totals for May 2013
41 applications
5 interviews
1 phone interview


 June 2013
Applied for service manager staples 6/1/2013
Applied for inventory auditor Costco 6/2/2013
Applied for payroll tech I HSU 6/2/2013
Applied for Linkup dish network tech 6/2/2013
Applied for fingerprinting Tech 6/2/2013
Applied for electronic claims specialist 6/2/2013
Applied for Skywest agent 6/2/2013
Applied for kmart loss prevention lead 6/2/2013
Applied for retail store manager US Cellular Eureka 6/2/2013
Interview with Umpqua bank 6/6/2013
Applied for departmental information systems tech (county) 6/13/2013
Applied for exp tech (Arcata) 6/11/2013
Interview with applied technologies 6/15/2013
Applied for CBIL field service tech Eureka 6/15/2013
Applied for warehouse worker I suddenlink 6/24/2013
Applied for target backroom member 6/24/2013
Applied for mail carrier (arcata) 6/24/2013
Applied for baker at Safeway Mckinlyville 6/25/2013
Applied for courtesy clerk Safeway 6/25/2013

Total for June
17 applications
2 interviews


July 2013
Applied for property tech I (county) 7/7/2013
Total for July
1 application

August 2013
Applied for network administrator I at the humb del norte foundation 8/3/2013
Applied for HSU bookstore 8/3/2013
Applied for IT tech mad river hospital 8/7/2013
Applied for copier tech 8/23/2013
Applied for Certified tech  (Staples) 8/24/2013
Interview with adv business solutions 8/29/2013

Total for August
5 applications
1 interview

September 2013
Applied for cashier at Thomas home center 9/5/2013
Applied for hertz rental car attendant 9/5/2013
Applied for IT tech II at St Joseph hospital 9/7/2013
Applied for support.com 9/1/2013
Applied for Eureka contract tech 9/10/2013
Applied for Field Solutions copier tech 9/10/2013
Applied for Hensels cashier 9/19/2013
Applied for Dollar tree seasonal 9/19/2013
Applied at Halloween city 9/19/2013
Applied at Napa auto parts for driver/IT tech 9/23
Applied at pacific outfitters data entry 9/25/2013
Applied for custodian at HSU 9/26/2013
Went to every computer store in area and dropped off resume

Total for September
12 applications

October 2013
Applied for Seasonal cashier at Kmart 10/1/2013
Interview at staples for Easy Tech 10/10/2013
Applied for IT help desk at Bear River casino 10/10/2013
Applied for data entry clerk pacific outfitters 10/10/2013
Applied for IT tech III at st joseph’s hospital 10/20/2013
Applied for IT tech at Co op Eureka 10/22/2013
Applied for school technology tech Fortuna 10/30/2013

Totals for October
6 applications
1 interview

November 2013
Applied for computer tech Eureka 11/6/2013
Applied for Shaw group IT tech 11/6/2013
Applied for Klamath school district Computer communications tech  11/12/2013
Applied for Vodastra solutions IT tech 11/5/2013
Applied for Broadband tech suddenlink 11/8/2013
Applied for apex desktop support monster.com 11/18/2013

Totals for November
6 applications

December 2013
Interview with HCOE for Fortuna tech position 12/4/2013
Interview with suddenlink for broadband tech I 12/10/2013
Second Interview with HCOE for Fortuna tech position 12/11/2013

totals for the year so far as of 12/17/2013

total applications: 118
total interviews: 14
total phone interviews: 5
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Tuesday, June 25, 2013

Applied for Departmental Information System Technician 6/13/13
Applied for "experienced technician" (Arcata) 6/11/13
Applied for CBIZ Field Service Tech (Eureka) 6/15/13

     Had interview for "experienced technician" for Applied Technologies/Humboldt Computer Professionals Unlimited on 6/15/13. It seemed to go fairly well. They were not dressed at all for the interview, they were very laid back. Two employees interviewed me. Chris Mullen and someone else. They didnt ask me a whole lot of questions. Chris did ask me if I was really certified for all the things that I listed on my website, and I said no, I was not but, I am working towards that. They asked me if I would be willing to travel to Escondido, CA. I said no at first. They asked me what kind of compensation I would want, I said between 16-17/hr, would be good, and that I am negotiable. I asked them if they had medical and dental benefits for their employees, they said no they did not. I sent them a thank you note via email, and also telling them that I thought about their question of travel and if hired, I would not mind traveling from time to time, but I wanted to know more about the details of travel, would I be flown there? would lodging or other accommodations be covered? I have not heard back from them. I sent the thank you note on June 16.

     I have not yet heard back from Umpqua Bank either. I was told they were still "deciding". I am assuming that means I am still being considered.

Applied for warehouse worker I at Suddenlink 6/24/13
Applied for Target backroom team member or team leader 6/24/13
Applied for mail carrier (Arcata) USPS 6/24/13

total applications to date: 86

total interviews to date: 12

     I have been working with my case manager, Barnabas, on fine tuning my interview skills. On 6/18/13, we did a mock interview which I recorded on flip video to review and watch myself and to make improvements to my interview skills. He said for the most part it wasnt too bad, a bit choppy, and to work on making the interview more smooth, and to take out the "um's and uh's" and make myself more personable and likeable, a more warm and fuzzy character. He says my paperwork is good, I seem to be getting the interviews.

     I am working on getting more certifications, I am waiting on the Department of Rehabilitation to approve paying for my IT certifications. My plan is to try and get as many IT certifications as I can complete and hopefully that will get me the "dream job" that I really want.

     The MSS Financial Assistant I (Account Clerk I) exam that was originally scheduled for June 19, was cancelled due to county/state budget disagreements, and has been rescheduled for July 10, at 8am. I guess that is a good thing, that gives me more time to study for the exam, and hopefully get better at it.

     I passed up on the skywest group interview because it only pays 9/hr and is part time, and I also passed up on Allied Cash advance, since that is also a minimum wage paying job as well. I need something that pays better then that.

     I will continue to work on mock interviews with my case manager, and continue to study for the MSS exam. I am hoping the DOR comes through soon with their plan of helping me get my IT certifications. I do see some positions available for those kind of jobs, but I just dont have the certifications for them, yet.
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Friday, June 7, 2013

Running out of money

I am having some anxiety and fears of running out of money soon.

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      I had two interviews yesterday: one for Service Desk Technician for Umpqua Bank and one for Service Route Sales for Schwans food service. The interview for Service Desk Technician was a 4 man panel interview, and caught me a little off guard. They actually asked fairly easy questions for a panel, and maybe a couple tougher ones. The hours are normally 11-8, M-F and some weekend days (Saturdays), I think they said. They asked what were my greatest successes and what were my failures. I talked about my greatest success, the silent computer project. I didnt really have a failure to speak of, just challenges at different jobs where each job or location is a little different and people tend to put their routers or computers in the oddest places, so I have to climb over stuff that looks like it came out of a hoarder episode to get to their computer equipment. So most of the questions were along those lines. I felt pretty good about the interview, after the interview I thought of things that I could have said and added to the interview but didnt think of it till too late, like I am very familiar with most of Microsoft office and can type 50-60 words per minute with relative ease.

      In contrast to the interview with Umpqua Bank, I had an interview with Schwans food service. It started at 2pm, and I found the place behind some machine shop in Arcata, in some unlabeled building that had no signage indicating that it was Schwans. I started opening the unlocked door to "Suite 1" and a Bradley, a medium sized individual with dirty blonde hair and a friendly demeanor to himself, introduced himself as an employee of Schwans, so I said "hello, I am here for the interview at 2pm" so he says "Hi" and introduces himself and there was another guy, sitting at the end of the long desk with short dark hair that did not introduce himself at all nor did he smile or anything.

     There were only two other desk chairs, and I sat in the middle one, between the two of them. Bradley talked a little about himself and the company and what the position was about. He then said the position is a lot of hours, in fact he said "you would come in at about 3am and go home around 11pm" I did a little quick math in my head, 20hrs? Damn, I thought, how do they get away with such crazy labor hours, that is nuts. Only people with absolutely no lives can do this job. It was at this point I am pretty dead set on not accepting this job no matter if they offered it to me or not, there is no way I am doing 20 hours a day, for anyone, for minimum wage or whatever and some commission. No freaking way. Bradley said he had been working for the company for 2.5 months. 2.5 months? WTH? I thought he was gonna say 2.5 years before he got to the months part lol, my brain did a little skip when he said "months", I was like how the hell did he go from route sales to territory sales lead in just 2.5 months? I can see on their chart, it goes: RSRT (no route rep lol), RSR (route sales rep), then TSL (territory sales leader), DSL (district sales leader) , then RVP (regional vice president) I had to look these up. Anyways, he said they didn't have my resume, so he asked me if I had an extra one on hand. I thought I applied online, they should have had this information already. I even did an assessment test, which I am assuming I passed since I made it to the interview stage. Bradley asked me to tell me a little about myself, and what I currently do. So I did, making sure to make eye contact with the two of them while speaking. After I was done, Bradley asked a few more pretty easy interview questions and I answered them pretty much as I always been answering them at every other interview.

     Then Bradley gives me a little more of a speil of what the company is about and the position, which I am at this point just being entertained by Bradley's pseudo happiness and I am not sure what to name the guy on my left since I dont know it, maybe he is Dickhead? I dont know, but he is about to be one. Bradley explains he is finished and says that is it for the interview, then Dickhead says "No, I have a few questions", Bradley says "Oh sorry dickhead, I didnt know you had some questions for Jude" I turn to him and and smile and say "ok, what would you like to know?", he says "Are you over 18?" I almost said "Are you serious?" but said instead "Yes", then he says "In the past 5 years, have you had a ..." "nope" I said, because I did these questions already online and I knew what the questions were so I knew what the answers were, so he says to me "Dont answer the questions until I finish asking" I was kind of shocked, with the attitude, I felt as if I was being interrogated, or maybe on the witness stand or something.

     This was an interview. Not a crime scene. I thought about telling Dickhead about the finer points of interview giving, but thought fuck this, I am not working for Schwans anyways, so humor me Dickhead. After a series of a few more questions I already answered online Dickhead was done with those questions and started asking me about my home business, things like "how are you advertising?" and "if I googled computer repair, where does your business show up?" I told him I used google ads and advertising for most of my online advertising, I about just had enough of Dickhead so thankfully he was done with his "interrogation" of me and I was free to go.



     Welp, I know what company I am not working for, ever. I am going to report to the regional recruiter Steve Holman my poor interview experience with Schwans.
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Wednesday, June 5, 2013

     So, had the interview with Pepsi Co. today at 9:30am. My interviewer was Amanda. She told me a little bit about herself, like they always do. She is from NC, and moved to Humboldt about 10 years ago I think she said. She says she loves working for Pepsi, and the pay and work is "awesome". She said the "Sales Rep" position is very challenging, and is entirely commission based, which is not what the ad or the phone interviewer said.

     She also said I would have to use my own vehicle, and would get paid at a rate of 56.5 cents/mile, which she said was "awesome". She said I could be working anywhere from 40 to 70 hours per week, depending. Summer is the busy time, and winter with the holidays are the slower times. She said I could earn as much as or up to 1500-3000 biweekly during the summer and as low as 800 biweekly in the winter. I was kind of disappointed to be quite honest, because the phone interviewer made it sound like I had an established number of accounts to maintain and around 50k/yr solid pay. The way this is starting to sound is more like a upper grade Schwans job. I guess the upside is it is just beverages, no food. I get paid more in commission for bottled beverages over plastic or cans, that is what she said.
    
     On to the official interview, she asked a total of 6 questions. It was a short interview by most interview standards that I have had, the piece of paper she was writing on had such small spaces for answers, it was kind of funny. She asked me questions like "did you ever have a time where a customer was not happy with a solution and you had to fix it?" or "did you ever have a time where a new or challenging issue came up that you were not familiar with and how did you handle it?" that kind of thing. I was able to answer them pretty easily, using my Computer Repair business as the model, fill in. It was a pretty easy interview, although I was not impressed with the pay, or type of work. I thought something was lacking or amiss. I suppose there might be room for advancement, or promotion, or lateral movement, but I just don't know. At this point I am feeling like there are better options out there.

     I have 2 more interviews that are for tomorrow, June 6th. One for Service Desk Technician for Umpqua at 11am (I am not sure how you pronounce that name) which is a much better fit for my skills/experience, and then an interview for Schwans at 2pm. I think everything else that I have looked at or applied for is a better bet then Schwans, but I don't know either. I am officially Scheduled for the Fiscal Assistant Clerk (Account Clerk I) which is scheduled for Wednesday June 16th at 8am. I feel like I need to study super duper hard on the exam to get my foot in the door for a county job.

     I went to the "Financial Basics I" class for the SBDC small business certificate of "Completion" yesterday. It is a total of 5 classes, and I now have 4 more to go. If I take them all, I can get the certification after taking the 5 classes. I registered for the next class "Start Up Basics" for next week, 6/12 at 6pm-8pm, that will be class number 2 of 5.

     I applied for "retail salesperson familiar with Quickbooks" on Craigslist - 6/5/13
     I also applied for "Detailer" at BMW of Humboldt Bay also posted on Craigslist - 6/5/13


     That brings my total applications to date: 80 applications
     Total interviews to date (including the 2 that will be doing 6/6/13): 11 (not including the group interview with Skywest next week)

     I think that's about it for now.

    
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Sunday, June 2, 2013

I applied for 8 more jobs today:
Payroll Technician I - Humboldt State University - 6/2/13
Satellite Dish Installation Tech (Dish Network) - 6/2/13
Fingerprinting Technician - Eureka - 6/2/13
Electronic Claims Specialist - St. Joseph Hospital Eureka - 6/2/13
Skywest Cross Utilized Agent - Airport Employee Arcata - 6/2/13
Kmart/Sears - Loss Prevention Team Lead - 6/2/13
US Cellular - Retail Store Manager - 6/2/13
Costco - Inventory Auditor - 6/2/13
RICOH emailed me back today (I applied for the position on 5/30/13) and they said:

Dear Jude,
Thank you for your interest in Ricoh position 13-02822 - Technology Service Tech II in Eureka, CA.  We wanted to let you know that we will be moving forward with other candidates who more closely fit our current business needs.  
 
We thank you for your interest in Ricoh and wish you success in your future career endeavors. 
 
Sincerely, 
Ricoh Talent Acquisition

So, that is that.

I am studying the heck out of the practice exams for Fiscal Assistant I. That exam is tentatively scheduled for Wednesday June 16. 

Since April 15, 2013:
Total Applications to date: 78
Total Interviews to date: 8
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     As of the last post 5/28/13, I have also applied for:

RICOH - Technology  Service Tech II - 5/30/13
PIC (Person In Charge) at Mckinleyvill Ray's Food Place - 5/31/13
ALLIED Cash Advance - CSR - 5/31/13 (had an issue with taking assessment test, would not let me take the test, tried both Firefox and internet explorer and both did not get the assessment test to start, so I don't know if this app will go through)
Service Manager Stapes - 6/1/13

     Been doing research on Pepsi Co. on Indeed.com and Glassdoor.com and there is a mixture of reports, some people saying it is a good company to work for and others say the opposite. Some people say there is a physical exam, others say it depends on where you live/location. So I have been testing myself on the 3 minute step test, which is one of the major parts of the physical exam Pepsi Co supposedly gives. Based on this site:

http://www.sparkpeople.com/resource/fitness_articles.asp?id=1115

     On my first attempt, I got: 105bpm, which puts me right at average. I have been working on some cardio type work outs and plan not to drink any caffeine the morning of my interview which is Wednesday, June 5th. 

    I have also been taking the online test exams for the Fiscal Assistant I here:

 http://www.mss.ca.gov/

(you have to use internet explorer to take the tests, makes me wonder, if there's some affiliation of some type. haha. I hate internet explorer, btw)

    So, that officially puts me at 71 applications total, to date.
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Tuesday, May 28, 2013

A list of all the application's and in interviews I have done so far...

So, as of 5/28/2013: I have filled out a lot of apps, and gone to several interviews, and went to a job fair on 4/26/2013. I have been looking on Craigslist:Humboldt county for jobs and on Indeed.com. Here is a list of companies I have applied to:

I applied to the following (some in person, some online):

Safeway - 4/13/13
Kmart - 4/13/13 - Interview for P/T cashier 5/6/13 went well, but I am overqualified and need a full time job
Eureka Natural Foods - 4/13/13
Ace McKinleyville - 4/13/13, Interviewed 4/18/13
Staples - 4/13/13
Paul's Live From New York (pizza) - 4/13/13
Live From New York (Arcata) - 4/13/13, Interviewed 4/15/13 was told I was "overqualified"
Round Table Pizza - McKinleyville - 4/26/13
Round Table Pizza - Arcata - 4/26/13
Round Table Pizza - Eureka - 4/26/13
Spotlight Video + Tan - Eureka - 4/18/13, Interview 4/26/13 (for supervisor position)
Spotlight Video + Tan - Arcata -5/5/13 - Interview on 5/8/13 for Manager position
Verizon at Bayshore Mall - Interviewed 4/9/13 (First interview)
Went to Job Fair on 4/26/13 - approx. 39 recruiters and its a one day/once a year event
U.S. Cellular - applied online 4/30/13 - Phone interview on 5/7/13 went well except for one question, they emailed me denial on 5/19/13
Restif Cleaning - 5/1/13
Office Admin - 5/1/13
Rent - A - Center - 4/20/13
Tony's Fine Foods - 5/1/13
Mad River Community Hospital - IT tech Per Diem 5/1/13
76 Gas Station - Central Ave, Mckinlyville 4/13/13
Ray's Mckinleyville - 4/13/13
Rite Aid - 4/13/13
Mckinleyville Movie theater - 4/13/13: requested interview but found out its a part time job so I cancelled the interview.
Harbor Freight - 4/13/13
Figuredos's Video - Mckinleyville
Target - 4/13/13
CVS - 4/13/13
Coscto - 4/13/13
Suddenlink Communications (Direct Sales Rep I) 5/2/13
Suddenlink Broadband Tech I - Denied 
AP/AR/Administrative Clerk Arcata - 5/5/13
Remote Service Technician 5/5/13
Papa Murphy's Asst. Manager position - 5/5/13 - Interviewed 5/16/13 w/Bruce went really well
Re-applied for Kmart cashier position (P/T) - 5/5/13
Round Table Pizza -Fortuna - 5/5/13 - Chris Rhors wrote me back saying the positions are filled
At&t service desk Network Incident and problem mngt. 5/5/13'
Shipping and receiving 5/5/13 **SCAM**
Mill Creek Cinmas in Mckinleyville was to be 5/5/13 but I cancelled due to it being P/T.
Executive Assistant (Arcata Chamber of commerce) 5/7/13
Schwans Food Route Representative -  5/11/13- Steve Holman called me the very next day 5/12/13 and asked me if I had kids in the house (illegal job application/interview question, but I answered it anyways)
Customer Service Assistant at Antich Automotive - 5/13/13
Senior Inventory Clerk (Arcata) - 5/14/13
Crown Club Representitive - Chaer-Ae Heights (casino) 5/15/13
Vallet Attendant -  Chaer-Ae Heights (casino) 5/15/13
Restauraunt Server at Kebob Cafe F/T, P/T 5/15/13
Lithia Motors - Warrenty/Insurance Administrator - 5/15/13
Master Control Operator - KAEF/KBVU (TV) - 5/15/13
County DISA job 5/3/13
Baroni Data Entry/Office Clerk 5/5/13
Support.com 5/5/13 - Denied
Production Helper (SERVPRO) - 5/15/13 - Interviewed 5/21/13: went well, but not a good company to work for
Field Service Analyst - 5/16/13
TJMAXX - Manager/Assistant Manager - 5/16/13
Personal Banker JP Morgan CHASE (Eureka) - 5/16/13
Winco Foods - 5/16/13
DR. Pepper/Snapple - 5/16/13 - Denied
Sbarro's Pizza - General Manager - 5/16/13
St. Joseph Hospital - Food Service Worker - 5/16/13
UMPQUA Bank - Service Desk Technician - F/T 5/16/13
Administrative Assistant (Arcata) 5/19/13
Food Cook (Sequia Zoo) 5/21/13
City Ambulance DBA City Taxi, Shuttle 5/21/13
Fiscal Assistant I - 5/24/13
Re-Applied for Kmart Cashier - 5/22/13
Sales Associate 5/22/13
Pepsi Co. Bev. Co. 5/23/13
Schwans - 5/11/13
Water Planet - 5/23/13

total: 68 applications over about 6.5 week period (from around 4/10/13-5/28/13)
total of 8 interviews over 6.5 week period


Met with Nat at Department of Rehabilitation on 5/8/13, we spoke for almost 2hours and covered everything about me from my disability, to work history to schooling, to home life, to health history, and a bunch of other things, and I still thought about things we could have discussed after talking with him that day.

Met with Nat again on 5/24/13, we created a IEP, which means Nat said that DOR is willing to invest in me and get me my credentials/certifications (IT technology) to help me secure a job. I am very excited about that, and hopeful that will help me in my job search process.

I have also been meeting with a case manager, Barnabas, who works at the local clinic and has been giving me great advice on interview techniques, job searching, etc.

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Monday, April 15, 2013

More stuff

I have applied to the following companies online: Costco, staples, target, Kmart, uscellular, mad river hospital, Safeway, harbor freight, CVS/Caremark

In particular, staples, and Kmart, and CVS/Caremark all had an interesting personality/virtual job test that you have to take after completing the application. The test is basically a personality test. They are like 5 different questions asked 50 different ways. I felt very uncomfortable taking the tests because the tests themselves are not an accurate indicator of a good job applicant. It felt like I was taking a test to apply for the Central Intelligence Agency.

On Thursday the 11th I went out and collected applications for employment from ACE hardware, 76 gas (station), Rays (grocery store), Rite Aid (convenience, pharmacy store), the local movie theater, Eureka Natural Foods.

On Friday the 12th, It took 8hrs to fill in 6 applications, and print a resume for each.

On Saterday the 13th, I then took all the apps I had filled in and dropped them off. It took about 3hrs and I drove 35miles. I wrote down in a small index card booklet the contact names and a phone number of each place I turned in an application.

I haven't quite figured out how much time I have spent filling out the applications online. But I think I can safely say it took about 30-45 minutes for each one.  So lets just say average was 30 minutes, and 9 applications. That approximately 270 minutes spent filling in online applications. That is about 4.5 hours total for the 9 applications.

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Sunday, April 14, 2013

shifting gears

Hey all, I made this blog so I could document my journey as a deaf person in a transitional phase in my life where I have to make some very tough choices. My self employed business of working on and fixing computers is just not enough income to cover my bills and other such needs. So somehow I have to come up with some other ways of earning income.

I went to a lot of corporate sites online and filled out apps and uploaded my resume. I went to uscellular.com, I went to Verizon, I went to Costco online, since a lot of physical locations managers are no longer a major part of the hiring process. A lot of it is done online and on a different level.

So I have started doing this and it was mentioned to me there is a case worker at the medical clinic I go to when I visit my General Practitioner. So I make an appointment to see this case worker, maybe he can give me some ideas on what to do. I believe it was a 60 minute session. I had notes I made, and a letter from my audiologist describing the level of hearing I currently have. I have a service dog, which I use. During the session I am explaining the severity of my hearing to him and he says "you seem to hear me just fine." He gave me some names of some organizations that might be able to help me and helped me apply/fill out forms for vocational rehabilitation.

so, that sort of sets the scene up for what is to come.
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