catbox_9's job search

catbox_9 needs a job! Help him find one!

Education:
HIGH SCHOOL: Atascadero High School (Atascadero, CA)
DEGREE EARNED: Diploma
HONORS: Graduated with a weighted GPA above 4.0

COLLEGE: University of California, Los Angeles.
DEGREE EARNED: B.A., Psychology
HONORS: Have previously made provost's honors.

Other possibly relevant skills:
Can read, write, and speak English
Can read, write, and speak Spanish
Can type approximately 70 words per minute
About 2.5 years experience cash-handling and cooking

Salary desired: $9.26/hr or more. Ideally $10.00 an hour.
If I can make $1.25/hr more than minimum wage while still in high school ($8/hr) I feel I should be able to get more than that with a high school diploma and a B.A. ($9.26/hr).

We'll see....


UPDATE:
Positions Applied for: 11+ (20?)
Cook: $14.37+/hr.
Kennel worker: $15.13+/hr.
Mental Health Worker Aide: $12.67+/hr.
Public Health Aide I: $13.55+/hr.
Water Systems Worker Trainee: $17.94+/hr.
Administrative Assistant Aide: $12.12+/hr.
Wal-Mart (managerial/secretarial): $10.00+/hr.
Target: 20-30K/yr. (I have no idea what I applied for, but that's the salary)
Hollywood video: $10.00/hr.
Teaching Assistant at a prison: $2,236+/mo.
Cashier at Twin Cities Community Hospital (part time): Salary unknown
To many others to list.

First 6 are for the county.


Interviews received: 2
Food Service Technician 1 at Atascadero State Hospital (Exam, not interview)
-->Passed Exam. Interview scheduled
-->Interview completed.

Tutor at Grade Potential

Jobs offered: 1
Food Service Technician 1 at Atascadero State Hospital
--> Pending criminal background check and physical

Jobs accepted:1
Food Service Technician 1 at Atascadero State Hospital

Employment Status: ALMOST EMPLOYED






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TG wrote:

I don't want to be [an] unemployed [loser]

Are you making fun of my job, or lack thereof?

catbox_9 wrote:

TG wrote:

I don't want to be [an] unemployed [loser]

Are you making fun of my job, or lack thereof?

You are going to get a job, just not at the very moment.

cdurbfan22 wrote:

catbox_9 wrote:

TG wrote:

I don't want to be [an] unemployed [loser]

Are you making fun of my job, or lack thereof?

You are going to get a job, just not at the very moment.

Yeah, making minimum wage flipping burgers! That degree will pay off big time! I'll be the most highly-educated burger-flipper in town!

Then again, by having completed 8th grade that would have already been the case.

catbox_9 wrote:

cdurbfan22 wrote:

catbox_9 wrote:

TG wrote:

I don't want to be [an] unemployed [loser]

Are you making fun of my job, or lack thereof?

You are going to get a job, just not at the very moment.

Yeah, making minimum wage flipping burgers! That degree will pay off big time! I'll be the most highly-educated burger-flipper in town!

Then again, by having completed 8th grade that would have already been the case.

That's really sad, are you there isn't ANYTHING else?

cdurbfan22 wrote:

catbox_9 wrote:

cdurbfan22 wrote:

catbox_9 wrote:

TG wrote:

I don't want to be [an] unemployed [loser]

Are you making fun of my job, or lack thereof?

You are going to get a job, just not at the very moment.

Yeah, making minimum wage flipping burgers! That degree will pay off big time! I'll be the most highly-educated burger-flipper in town!

Then again, by having completed 8th grade that would have already been the case.

That's really sad, are you there isn't ANYTHING else?

There's Wal-Mart. They'll hire you with a B.A.....or an A.A.....or a high school diploma...or less.

catbox_9 wrote:

cdurbfan22 wrote:

catbox_9 wrote:

cdurbfan22 wrote:

catbox_9 wrote:

TG wrote:

I don't want to be [an] unemployed [loser]

Are you making fun of my job, or lack thereof?

You are going to get a job, just not at the very moment.

Yeah, making minimum wage flipping burgers! That degree will pay off big time! I'll be the most highly-educated burger-flipper in town!

Then again, by having completed 8th grade that would have already been the case.

That's really sad, are you there isn't ANYTHING else?

There's Wal-Mart. They'll hire you with a B.A.....or an A.A.....or a high school diploma...or less.

Um, well I mean you are just trying to make money, this isn't going to be a permanate job or anything.

Catbox, can you try hospitals?

catbox_9 wrote:

TG wrote:

I don't want to be [an] unemployed [loser]

Are you making fun of my job, or lack thereof?

I just love spending money too much to not have a job. Plus I tend to like $50 or more shrits from Buckle (amazing store which nobody has ever heard of that it is extremely expensive)... and my parents won't pay for my clothes

laprimamirala wrote:

Catbox, can you try hospitals?

They need volunteers. They don't have much in the way of paid work though.

catbox_9 wrote:

laprimamirala wrote:

Catbox, can you try hospitals?

They need volunteers. They don't have much in the way of paid work though.

I'm not so sure about that! Medical records clerks are always in need! It's not the greatest of pay but it's a foot in the door!

Other ideas for hospitals:

Admitting clerk
Food service
Surgical scheduler
Cashier/business office

I applied for my first job today!

A secretary You really need college degrees for that

If hired (which I won't be since I'm not at all qualified) I would make $12.12-14.74/hr.

McDonalds here I come!

It turns out I type 71 WPM with 93% accuracy for a net of 67 WPM.

Spoiler:

catbox_9 wrote:

It turns out I type 71 WPM with 93% accuracy for a net of 67 WPM.

If that good or bad?

TG wrote:

catbox_9 wrote:

It turns out I type 71 WPM with 93% accuracy for a net of 67 WPM.

If that good or bad?

I'm assuming good - on the application it asked if you type less than 25, 25-35, 35-45, 45-55, 55-65, or 65+ WPM.

EDIT: According to wikipedia, the average typist goes 50-70 WPM.

It's a start! It's sad that colleges try to brainwash you into thinking you're gonna be starting at the top!
I started as a temp (yes, a "Kelly Girl") and then went into insurance claims processing before I entered healthcare clerical work.
BTW that is a great starting salary! Maybe not for California but here it would be great!

I applied for a bunch of county jobs some of which are clinical experience which would be very useful so that I could get into fancier school. The best of those jobs pays $17.94/hr....I won't get that one though and it has something to do with the water company.

I might get that mental health worker aide job though ($12.67/hr). It requires no experience and there's also a mental health worker I and mental health worker II which require college. I'm qualified for all of them but they're only hiring the aides.

I'm just pro-hospital because dang, I've worked for them for 20+ years now...but they have great bennies and so many different jobs that if you get tired of what you're doing, you can move around!

Well I wanted to be a psychiatrist but I'm pretty stupid so that's not happening. I'm probably going to go to school to be a PA/NP but it'll be at least a year before I can get into school so I need a job for the time being. I'll spend a few weeks trying to find something better than McDonalds/Wal-Mart/etc. but if I can't, I guess that's what I'll have to do.

If only I would have stuck with majoring in biology. There's a biotech place in my hometown that needs lab people - no experience necessary, just a B.S. in Biology or some sort of biological sciences.

catbox_9 wrote:

Well I wanted to be a psychiatrist but I'm pretty stupid so that's not happening. I'm probably going to go to school to be a PA/NP but it'll be at least a year before I can get into school so I need a job for the time being. I'll spend a few weeks trying to find something better than McDonalds/Wal-Mart/etc. but if I can't, I guess that's what I'll have to do.

If only I would have stuck with majoring in biology. There's a biotech place in my hometown that needs lab people - no experience necessary, just a B.S. in Biology or some sort of biological sciences.

Hope you make it okay, bud. I know it's hard...was there.
Call temp services too. You'd be surprised how many companies just hire on their temps.

I applied for a supervisor and/or manager position at Wal-Mart :haha: I had to take two supplemental assessments to be a manager/supervisor and I passed them both!

I said I won't work for less than $10/hr so we'll see...

I know I can get a job, but I really want even a mediocre pay. I've only had one job in my life (and I worked there twice for a total of 2.5 years) and made $8/hr when minimum wage was $6.75. I realize I can't get a good job, but I feel like with a B.A. I should make not only more than I made before but even more than the $1.25/hr more than minimum wage I had before (that means more than $9.25/hr). We'll see....

Good idea to not take less than $10 an hour...you need to live!

laprimamirala wrote:

Good idea to not take less than $10 an hour...you need to live!

That's what I'm shooting for. I have no bills other than gas, but you save more money when you make more. I'd love to not live at my mom's house my whole life!

catbox_9 wrote:

laprimamirala wrote:

Good idea to not take less than $10 an hour...you need to live!

That's what I'm shooting for. I have no bills other than gas, but you save more money when you make more. I'd love to not live at my mom's house my whole life!

Now that, is what I call inspirational.
Too bad I have to have a work permit to work at 15, which I don't feel like getting.

Work permits....

Half a sheet of paper where you write your name, and employer's name/address. Your would-be boss signs it, your principal signs it and you take it back to your employer who keeps it on file. VERY simple and you have to do it yearly.

catbox_9 wrote:

Work permits....

Half a sheet of paper where you write your name, and employer's name/address. Your would-be boss signs it, your principal signs it and you take it back to your employer who keeps it on file. VERY simple and you have to do it yearly.

I might just do that tomorrow.
I wonder where I could work though...
Refuse to work at Hubben's, I mean no.
I COULD take my sister's job, because she's about to move; so she can't work there anymore. Too bad I can't drive.

Yeah, lack of driving makes it tough. When can you get your license? Is there anywhere workable nearby? Then again, working isn't fun so don't be in a huge hurry to do it. They say it makes your grades slip, but if you do it right it won't just start slow.

catbox_9 wrote:

Yeah, lack of driving makes it tough. When can you get your license? Is there anywhere workable nearby? Then again, working isn't fun so don't be in a huge hurry to do it. They say it makes your grades slip, but if you do it right it won't just start slow.

--My cousin and I are talking about hating OSU--Seems to be a pretty general concenus.

December 3rd, if I had my permit or have taken driver's ed, which isn't offered during school hours like a lot of schools.

We took driver's ed. in 9th grade. I got an A (it turns out that class was hard for a lot of people and very few got A's for some reason).

Split topic as this has nothing to do with sending kids home from school after a fire.