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Shauk · 06-12-2007, 08:07 PM

yeah so, I drove out there, and then drove all the way back.

interesting story.

I wound up picking up one of my buddies from here in idaho who wanted to go to seattle with me

so we went, hung around downtown at about 5th and marion at about 9pm in front of the bank of america tower being total tourists. (i need to learn to friggin parallel park)

anyways, My ex wound up calling me as I was crossing thru Spokane and it was arranged for me and my friend to crash in her living room in Renton as long as we picked her up from work so she didn't have to take the bus or whatever.

cool, turns out she wanted to hit up that job fair too.

fun times, so I crash on the living room couch and my buddy gets the floor and we're both allergic to cats so yech, I wind up waking up at 630 am and saying "meh, screw it" and just start getting ready.

shower and cleaned up and all that and then we all head off to the fair.

Seattle appears to have a huge boner for drivers, I have 3 1/2 years of driving experience so they loved that, some security company just stopped me at their table and tried to offer me the job without me even filling out an application 1st, I guess 6'6" dudes fit the bill or something. all in all I got about 12 job apps lined up/filled out at the fair, which wasn't as many as I was hoping for for a 5 hour job fair, but it still made me feel like people were very competitive about thier hiring. I didn't see anything that started for less than 11$ an hour except the Domino's booth (hahaha, thats where my 3 1/2 years of driving experience is) I was kinda wise to the recruitment lingo of the driving types so when Domino's tried to sweet talk me with their "15$ an hour as a driver" pitch, I looked him right in the eye and was just thinking "don't even try to bullshit me" turns out, WA min wage + tips like I thought.

Still better than here though eh?

anyways, I have some phone calls to make before I head back out there, but a lot of people seemed fairly taken aback/impressed when I told them my story of how I came to be at that job fair. One guy instantly took his application back, wrote a big old giant "YES" at the top of the application and says "This means if you get the app back to us, we'll hire you, we mark this for the interviewers" needless to say I filled it out 1st. (started at 15.50/hr too)

a lot of people balked at the thought of a phone interview at 1st, but when I explained things to them, again, they seemed fairly eager to help me succeed in my crazy quest of starting over.

now, i'm back for 2 reasons. Last minute, my friend decided to come with me, pitched in half the costs so I can probably make the trip twice on the same budget, and, one of the companies (a security company) that wanted me to work for them right then and there went so far as to let me know about the local office out where I live, gave me a phone number and told me who to talk to, so I can get hired here, and do a much more clean method of breaking into seattle by just doing a job transfer.

now, I don't count my chickens before they hatch, but i gotta say, I'm impressed with the eggs so far.

I think this is gonna happen, it wasn't so hard, I just had to reach out and try. I'm glad I did.

I'll know where all the chips fall by the end of the month. I'm still paid up here until then. I'm going to be scrambling for work locally for now, not quite as "gung ho" as plan A was, but if I get a call from someone and have a successful phone interview and a start date, i'm outta here.

06-12-2007, 08:07 PM	#30 (permalink)
Shauk Confused Adult Location: Spokane, WA	yeah so, I drove out there, and then drove all the way back. interesting story. I wound up picking up one of my buddies from here in idaho who wanted to go to seattle with me so we went, hung around downtown at about 5th and marion at about 9pm in front of the bank of america tower being total tourists. (i need to learn to friggin parallel park) anyways, My ex wound up calling me as I was crossing thru Spokane and it was arranged for me and my friend to crash in her living room in Renton as long as we picked her up from work so she didn't have to take the bus or whatever. cool, turns out she wanted to hit up that job fair too. fun times, so I crash on the living room couch and my buddy gets the floor and we're both allergic to cats so yech, I wind up waking up at 630 am and saying "meh, screw it" and just start getting ready. shower and cleaned up and all that and then we all head off to the fair. Seattle appears to have a huge boner for drivers, I have 3 1/2 years of driving experience so they loved that, some security company just stopped me at their table and tried to offer me the job without me even filling out an application 1st, I guess 6'6" dudes fit the bill or something. all in all I got about 12 job apps lined up/filled out at the fair, which wasn't as many as I was hoping for for a 5 hour job fair, but it still made me feel like people were very competitive about thier hiring. I didn't see anything that started for less than 11$ an hour except the Domino's booth (hahaha, thats where my 3 1/2 years of driving experience is) I was kinda wise to the recruitment lingo of the driving types so when Domino's tried to sweet talk me with their "15$ an hour as a driver" pitch, I looked him right in the eye and was just thinking "don't even try to bullshit me" turns out, WA min wage + tips like I thought. Still better than here though eh? anyways, I have some phone calls to make before I head back out there, but a lot of people seemed fairly taken aback/impressed when I told them my story of how I came to be at that job fair. One guy instantly took his application back, wrote a big old giant "YES" at the top of the application and says "This means if you get the app back to us, we'll hire you, we mark this for the interviewers" needless to say I filled it out 1st. (started at 15.50/hr too) a lot of people balked at the thought of a phone interview at 1st, but when I explained things to them, again, they seemed fairly eager to help me succeed in my crazy quest of starting over. now, i'm back for 2 reasons. Last minute, my friend decided to come with me, pitched in half the costs so I can probably make the trip twice on the same budget, and, one of the companies (a security company) that wanted me to work for them right then and there went so far as to let me know about the local office out where I live, gave me a phone number and told me who to talk to, so I can get hired here, and do a much more clean method of breaking into seattle by just doing a job transfer. now, I don't count my chickens before they hatch, but i gotta say, I'm impressed with the eggs so far. I think this is gonna happen, it wasn't so hard, I just had to reach out and try. I'm glad I did. I'll know where all the chips fall by the end of the month. I'm still paid up here until then. I'm going to be scrambling for work locally for now, not quite as "gung ho" as plan A was, but if I get a call from someone and have a successful phone interview and a start date, i'm outta here.