Good for Nothing

There's a reason why job agencies never reveal the names of their clients. Apparently, it's so they get paid to be middlemen between applicants and corporations, and so they sift out all the worthless grout from slightly useful sludge.
But I think they just want to be absolute jerks and make your life more miserable, because they couldn't get anywhere better in their lifetimes! Or that's just my pessimistic experience.
Either way, there are always people out there to make your life more miserable for no practical reason.

The Right Find

Finding jobs isn't easy. Finding jobs in Australia is less easier, especially when you're browsing through job databases of companies who like to stuff every global job listing they have into your face, which 99% of them aren't actually in Australia.

The worst part is when I find a location I've never even heard of, so I spend the next 20 minutes trying to find out where it is relative to the local train station and then realizing how awkward it is to get there on a regular university day.


Anyway, in regards to last week's conundrum, if you may: "Dante Denmore" will be the umbrella name for a series of blogs about the stages of my employment life. Here's how I imagine it may go down, but bear in mind this is a very sketchy, mildly drawn out idea and is subject to change:
"Below Minimum Wage" - My life trying to find a job, and such
"Paid Days" - My life in a job of sorts.
"The Price of Pain" - My life leaving a job for whatever reason and trying to find a new job.

Who knows, will this be even more confusing? Or will this work as a seasons system? Tune in next time on... Below Minimum Wage!

Career Hub Breakdown

At the university I attend, there's a Career Hub where students can browse jobs from all sorts of questionable places in a vain attempt to grab some relevant work experience before graduation.
More or less, a university-run job site.

One of the main problems is the organisation of jobs. I mean, COME ON. When I browse Science jobs, I expect to see Science-related jobs, not some part-time high school maths tutor position somewhere in Burwood.


Anyway, enough ranting about facts; I have been thinking about changing the blog name to something slightly shorter and more consistent with the Twitter name, @dante_denmore, namely "Dante Denmore". Apparently, @belowminimumwage is too long for a Twitter name, so that's why it hasn't already been used, if you didn't already know.
Partly, it's because if you go and type in "Below Minimum Wage", you'll just find articles about financial corruption and injustice. So for the purposes of search-ability, this sparked the initial idea.
Of course, for all you readers out there that do read these blurbs, you're welcome to comment either on this blog or on the Twitter page about this.

When will the name change occur? I'll give it some thought. Though, I hope to reach a result by the end of this week or next week. Don't want to offend anyone who is starting to take a liking for these comics...

New Messages!

Sometimes, LinkedIn can be like a really annoying community group that keeps sending you things in the mail, just because you visited their stall briefly during the local festival.

But why not just flag it as spam? Because, just like some really annoying community groups, they can have some interesting things sometimes, like a barbecue or a striptease poker night.