Showing posts with label jobs. Show all posts
Showing posts with label jobs. Show all posts

Friday, April 17, 2009

Encinitas

Today we went to Encinitas. Actually we drove to a job interview in Clairmemont. /start rant It was a cattle call type interview. The man was 20 minutes late. he had bleached hair. The interview blew off because "I had too many jobs" and didn't stay in one place for too long". So what? People who don't stay long in one place don't have to eat? The idiocy of bureaucracy really gets to me. When I returned home I shaved my resume a bit.

Heed this advice. I had to be hit with it twice. Some people are just slow learners but I am willing to share my experience if it can help somebody. So don't put more than last 3 jobs on your resume. /end of rant

Where were we? Oh, yes. We took the way back through Encinitas and stopped there to walk familiar ground. We have not been to Encinitas for 10 years and were curious to see the changes. Well, half of the town was turned into the shopping centre that has not been there before. They are also digging a huge hole in the earth, presumably to build more offices or another shopping centre (as though they do not have enough. Here's the picture of this monstrosity.
Encinitas is also a headquarters of Self-Realization fellowship: a brand of yoga that poses like Christianity. Well, actually yoga studios, massage, acupuncture and like businesses are very popular there. And it's okay, nothing wrong with that. But when I see this
To me it's a mocking of any true spirituality. This thing was there 10 years ago but back then I though it was cute. Now I think it's irritating and undignified.

Tuesday, January 13, 2009

Best Job in the World

Today in Yahoo highlights I saw the "best job in the world" offered. Interestingly, it's exactly it: for the insane amount of money you would be living on a beach island at Great Barrier Reef. You would be living rent free and basically just be a caretaker. Duties include some snorkeling, swimming, walking on the beach---in fact, everything what most people usually pay money to do. You'll have to keep a blog and communicate with media. As you see, job duties seem very reasonable and the pay is great.

I don't know why they advertise for everyone in the world (the link to apply didn't work, by the way), I suppose just to attract international attention. I suspect the candidate is already selected. And of course, there is no lack of Australians willing to take this job and fully qualified to do it. Heck, even I would not mind. I don't know how to snorkel but I can easily learn.

Maybe they should offer this job to George Bush as a reward for wracking this country. Well, they are giving money to the financial institutions who have caused the economic disaster. Why not complete the process? I am sure that even Bush can learn how to snorkel.