Category Archives: Jobless

The way I spent far too long

Today I am sick at heart

Posted on September 17, 2001 by Marchbanks

It leaves me feeling I’m unemployable for much of anything, still less for anything that makes real use of my experience and education. Continue reading →

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I must be apt

Posted on August 9, 2001 by Marchbanks

I made an A on the programmer’s aptitude test I took Monday, as I’d hoped, and will be allowed to interview for a systems analyst trainee position at the university. Continue reading →

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Aptitude tests

Posted on August 6, 2001 by Marchbanks

There are mighty few places these days that you can find paid apprenticeship programs. Continue reading →

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So much for that vain hope

Posted on July 26, 2001 by Marchbanks

I received a “Dear John” email from UT General Libraries about the support specialist position.  Dammit, this was a job I wanted. Continue reading →

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I’m getting frightened

Posted on July 15, 2001 by Marchbanks

My unemployment runs out at the end of this month. I still don’t have a job. I don’t even have the reasonable prospect of a job. Continue reading →

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There are only 87 actual people

Posted on July 12, 2001 by Marchbanks

It became so common that in the family we called it the “Comanche syndrome.” Continue reading →

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Same song, 469½ verse

Posted on June 7, 2001 by Marchbanks

It’s impossible to get a hiring manager’s attention. Continue reading →

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Neither flesh nor fowl

Posted on May 16, 2001 by Marchbanks

I’m either over-qualified or under-qualified for everything, according to hiring managers and headhunters. Continue reading →

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Apply, apply, apply

Posted on May 3, 2001 by Marchbanks

The job’s located dead downtown, which would be transcendently wonderful after three years of working in exile at various places around town. Continue reading →

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Guaranteed to bring ya down

Posted on April 30, 2001 by Marchbanks

The universal story I’m hearing is that nobody is hiring for anything at all, and run-of-the-mill support geeks are a dime a dozen. Continue reading →

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