Fake Job Listing

Ah, this one brings back some memories. Surprisingly based on a true occurrence. I mean, how often do you find someone with 4+ years in project management AND falls for these cheesy job listings? There's a reason we have job sites and there's a reason we have logos for companies. Still, I will recommend for anyone out there please, DON'T FALL FOR THESE CHEAP TRICKS.
Trust me, kiddo, I have seen that side of the grass, and let me assure you, that's no grass; that's some fraud takin' all your money right before your eyes. Well, not to that extreme, but if I hadn't stayed on my toes, I would've lost much more than just my savings...

Speed Read

This is how I read most job advertisements these days, more or less. After all, I have been in an interview where I had about half the skills the panel were looking for, and they didn't even call me back about the interview result (it was implicit that they did not want to hire me, and both the panel and I knew this in due time).
I suppose the moral is that the more skills you can meet, the more power you have. But even the mighty have their own burdens to bear...

Mathematically Proving Joblessness

You can tell this is a false proof because of the following reasons:
a) Getting a Job only equals 0 because it is multiplied by 0. It's like saying 1 x 0 = 0, therefore 1 = 0.
b) Suppose Getting a Job = 0 is a true fact. Therefore, Easy = 0 since Getting a Job = Easy.
However, following the proof given, 1 = Easy divided by Getting a Job, a problem is encountered. It's a mathematical fact that 0/0 is undefined (see here), which is certainly not 1. Therefore, the conclusion is false.
c) Would you really trust this blog to give you a novel game-changing mathematical formula that could make you rich and maybe win you an award? I thought so (i.e. the answer is no).

Still, I suppose you can take this as an implicit optimism that you can (probably) always get a job somehow, someday. It may not necessarily be a good job, or something that can pay the bills, but that's what you get for a vague statement like this.

On another note, the blog has hit 1000 views! Yeah!
As I sort of promised back in the early days, I'll try and get around to reopening the Facebook page related to Dante Denmore. Also, I might go about other administrative elements of the blog, like changing the background image and all. So you might be the first to see these new changes in the works. I should also get around to adding features to allow for more reader input, both here on the blog and on social media...

EDIT: Check out the Facebook page! It's a little dry, but it's (hopefully) a work in progress.

Overwhelmed

You know the job is way out of your league when you didn't even know the names of things you're expected to know before even applying for the job in the first place. And there you are: stuttering like an idiot and showing your competence equally so.
But you'd think that if you made it to the interview stage that the employer must find something redeemable about you. Or perhaps they just pity you and just want to waste your time? Surely, some of us will forever be stuck in the corporate limbo between qualification and quantifiable job.

Wrong Year

Based on a true story. Well, except for the last two frames. Though I would be surprised to see that happen. Still, a lot can happen in 500 years. Namely, finding a job and establishing financial security.
Even so, I don't understand why job adverts don't take the effort to make their advertisements as pristine as possible. I mean, what does a spelling error say about your company? That second-best is good enough, or you overlook fine details in favour of sheer reputation?
Perhaps I should even make more comics about employment hypocrisies...

Confirmation

A constant problem I face in most job applications isn't just the process of weaseling your way through the selection criteria or preparing a custom resume for that job I'm unlikely to get, albeit they are prevalent issues.
But one of the number one problems I face is the CONFIRMATION OF MY APPLICATION! I mean, why is it so difficult to confirm an application I've spent days and hours preparing, stressing over fine details and such? Usually I have to review my application about 5 times before I actually submit it, and then I find out I can just update my application before the cutoff date. Augh.
Well, as the saying goes: "Waste not, want not, son".

An Absolute Commute

Some jobs are in easy locations, like near the university or close to where I live. Others are in slightly more difficult but rather predictable places, like in the city. And then there's the jobs I mostly encounter, located in other states and sometimes other countries. Still, should I be so hasty to dismiss a possible (but still unlikely) job opportunity just because of its location? Well, if there's anything I've learned from that Chinese dating show "If You Are The One", there's more or less an excuse for anything these days.