Work as a Driving Instructor!

It's certainly no surprise that some people are just after your money. As in my case, and the majority of December last year, these people took the form of driving instructors.
Now, I know you're thinking "Good grief, Dante! Don't hate on these productive citizens of society!". <sarcasm> Look, I've seen the way things are done, and I can certainly see the financial benefits of charging $55 to make sadistic (and perhaps slightly racist?) comments and slap the learner's hand every time they make a mistake like forgetting to check 12 different places before turning on the indicator.</sarcasm>
I guess some driving instructors are in it for the money, some for the fame, others to get a kick out of extorting students of their money, hour by hour, day by day.

The Final Say

There's nothing better to start than a good old-fashioned rejection letter from a job I recently applied to. Yes, that is the basis of this week's comic. Because it seems to me that even when the stars align in the correct way, those employers just sneeze away all your opportunities for prospective work experience.
So employers are some kind of universal force that defies the very laws and principles of reality itself? Well, it would explain how some of them are just full of themselves and couldn't care less about an unemployed scumbag like myself. Good gravy, did I just call myself a scumbag on my own blog? Surely, these are dark days we are standing in.

Vague Expectations

When you're a social veteran like me (well, "veteran" is a rather pompous term in this case, but we'll run with it), you start to develop a nose for people who aren't interested in talking to you. Notably, I find these are usually employers and people who are likely to provide lucrative employment opportunities somewhere down the line.

Anyway, a real-life update: University has just started, and job interviews nearing up! So I've been quite busy lately. Kinda makes me think about how I'll be juggling work AND study, if that ever is the case. Still, at least I'd have a job at that point.

Time Crisis

It's hardly surprising how some employers can't respect you as an avidly desperate job seeker, let alone, as a person. And I remember this one jerk of an employer... Ooh, just thinking about that person makes my blood boil, my kidneys expand and my large intestines to start shaking uncontrollably.
As in most cases, it's generally not a good idea to loiter around in misery and disappointment when it comes down to bad job seeking experiences, but then again, that is the main premise of this comic blog (Or was it?).

The Odd Job

Inspired from a rather demeaning comment from my parents which argued that making a living off mowing lawns would be more productive than studying at university. True, I can see where they are approaching this issue from, but it feels like Trick-or-Treat except you have to nauseatingly work for your candy.

Resume Condition

Your state of your resume says a lot about yourself, and perhaps about your state of mind.
As in most cases, my resume says "This man has sprinted through hell, caught 16 different illnesses and fought off a wild terrier to deliver this lousy piece of paper to your cold, lifeless hands".
So make sure you keep that resume nice and neat, so the employer won't be immediately disappointed with the sorry sack of credentials they see you as.

Interview Confidence Graph

For the majority of interviews I've been to (i.e. less than 20 in total as of writing this), this is more or less  how my confidence levels go down. Partly, there's the fact that I'm not a very good clutch performer, so I often slip up in a sudden-death-make-or-break situation.

Still, even if you do get the job, I predict that your confidence levels will skyrocket briefly before realizing the amount of effort and time is needed to actually do the job well.