Artisa Posted May 8, 2014 Share Posted May 8, 2014 That much is clear. Never had a real job before (they didn't pay me during my internship because I was a foreigner) and now that I'm here, I most definitely need some form of work so at the very least it'll help my case when my dad comes to attempt to drag me back to my home country in a couple of months What can someone like me get a job as? It would be cool to animate stuff but I'm not a real animator It'd have to be part time too because I've got course and exam stuff to do... Any suggestions? How does one go looking for a job anyways? Gumtree? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zoom Rabbit Posted May 8, 2014 Share Posted May 8, 2014 Well, you could get me a beer. You'd make great waitress. *(Gives you a dollar.)* Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Artisa Posted May 8, 2014 Author Share Posted May 8, 2014 Thank you *keeps dollar* and no. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Huz Posted May 8, 2014 Share Posted May 8, 2014 I'd buy that for a dollar! Where are you anyway? Part time jobs are probably advertised in the local job centre. Or you could sign up with a local employment agency and see if anything comes through that way. Or yeah, Gumtree probably is a thing that exists in 2014. My advice is from 1982. Want to get into animation with no experience? I dunno, could you get in touch with some place and see if they'll let you work for free? At least that's step one on the road to getting paid for it! I'll have a beer too while you're over there. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DrMcCoy Posted May 8, 2014 Share Posted May 8, 2014 Unpaid internships should be outlawed. Globally. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zoom Rabbit Posted May 9, 2014 Share Posted May 9, 2014 Here in the US it's a popular classifieds website called Craigslist. There has to be an equivalent site wherever you are. Just look up the help wanteds, then enter a few words like 'get' and 'beer' in the search engine to see what jobs you might want to apply for. Then you find one and e-mail that contact your resume. I did this not long ago myself, and got a half-dozen leads that almost worked out. The one that got me as their new star cook, though, was the only one I simply walked into and dropped off a paper copy of my resume. Crazy, actually, to get a job the old fashioned way in 2014... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Artisa Posted May 9, 2014 Author Share Posted May 9, 2014 Unpaid internships should be outlawed. Globally. Indeed. Makes no sense to refuse to pay foreigners - if they don't have another source of income how are they supposed to stay in the country? Crazy, actually, to get a job the old fashioned way in 2014... I thought I'd have to do it the old fashioned way LOL, because that's basically how my mum told me to do it and obviously she was talking about a different time Meh, guess I'll take the first easy/fun-ish looking thing that comes up on the list... Ooh! Extras on a movie! Paid to just walk around in the background of a shot! Sounds like my kind of job. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RoyTordesLegend Posted May 9, 2014 Share Posted May 9, 2014 Roys job seeking tips:- 1) Decide on your dream occupation 2) Decide on a part time/temporary job to keep you going in the meanwhile 3) Set your sights real low for aforementioned part time/temporary job 4) Be prepared to take a job even lower than your low 5) Keep telling yourself it's part time/temporary while you work on your dream occupation in your spare time 6) Have some kids 7) Increase the part time/temporary job hours to full time/permanent 7) Watch the kids grow up but keep telling yourself the dream occupation is within reach 8) Stop referring to yourself as an 'out of work(dream occupation)' and refer to yourself as '(current rubbish job)' 9) Get old 10) Die Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Huz Posted May 9, 2014 Share Posted May 9, 2014 Just step 10 to go! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DrMcCoy Posted May 9, 2014 Share Posted May 9, 2014 Everyone should jump to step 10. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Artisa Posted May 10, 2014 Author Share Posted May 10, 2014 I was with you tell step 5. And then I LOLed. And of course, Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zoom Rabbit Posted May 10, 2014 Share Posted May 10, 2014 6.5) Sell kids to offset prenatal and midwifery expenses. That ought to affect how the remaining five steps play out. Oh, and you repeated step seven twice. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RoyTordesLegend Posted May 10, 2014 Share Posted May 10, 2014 6.5) Sell kids to offset prenatal and midwifery expenses. That ought to affect how the remaining five steps play out. Oh, and you repeated step seven twice. Well noticed Zoom, you win the job of watching the kids while we have a night out! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Artisa Posted May 10, 2014 Author Share Posted May 10, 2014 Oh, and you repeated step seven twice. Must be a side effect of step 6. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ray Jones Posted May 10, 2014 Share Posted May 10, 2014 in case you're here somewhere in Berlin, you could simply have some "project" going on ... and work as some kind of waitress or barkeeper Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DrMcCoy Posted May 10, 2014 Share Posted May 10, 2014 I really hope you're not in Berlin; Berlin is an awful city. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RoyTordesLegend Posted May 10, 2014 Share Posted May 10, 2014 You know my feelings on Berlin (This BBCode requires its accompanying plugin to work properly.) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ray Jones Posted May 10, 2014 Share Posted May 10, 2014 Tourists are awful. New-Berliners are awful. berlin is awesome. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RoyTordesLegend Posted May 10, 2014 Share Posted May 10, 2014 but the big question is Ray....can the Tordes clan all come and stay at the Jones house, if we visited Berlin in the near future? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RoyTordesLegend Posted May 10, 2014 Share Posted May 10, 2014 Any suggestions? Fluffer Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DrMcCoy Posted May 10, 2014 Share Posted May 10, 2014 berlin is awesome. Berlin's U-Bahn is awesome, I give you that. But the hipsters, the gentrification, the endless rows of ruins smack-dab in the middle of the city? Bleh. EDIT: Also, the dialect... Brrrrrr Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Artisa Posted May 10, 2014 Author Share Posted May 10, 2014 Fluffer Now that I know what it is, I'm in the land of the freeeee!! The UK!! And I'm watching Eurovision at the moment. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RoyTordesLegend Posted May 10, 2014 Share Posted May 10, 2014 Now that I know what it is, I'm in the land of the freeeee!! The UK!! And I'm watching Eurovision at the moment. ....well if you're sure. Whereabouts in the UK? (roughly will do, not planning any stalking/fluffing requests ) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DrMcCoy Posted May 10, 2014 Share Posted May 10, 2014 Land of the BNP and UKIP. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RoyTordesLegend Posted May 10, 2014 Share Posted May 10, 2014 ....see I knew he was here. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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