Chances are you are reading this because of the link on the Berkeley Daily (remind me to thank them for that.)
Turns out, after being laid-off from my job at KPFA (and planning to work for the census) I have been offered ongoing temporary work for the radio station. You might call it exploitation, but I call it lucky.
So I never followed through on my plan to work the Census and then blog it daily. So this blog is moot. Moot! Please check out these other projects of mine:
Crow's Nest Radio is my new site where I share my creative radio work. I like it.
You can follow me on twitter if that sort of thing appeals to you.
What else? Visit Book Zoo and buy a few reasonably prices books.
Thursday, April 15, 2010
Saturday, February 20, 2010
Signing Up
I was laid off from my job at a listener-sponsored radio station in December 2009. My Dad suggested I seek work in the 2010 census, adding that it paid decent (he thought $17/hr) and was not permanent. I told him I'd give it a shot, but I didn't rush over to the internet to apply.
Today I stumbled upon a guy tabling at the downtown Berkeley farmer's market, getting folks to sign up to work the census. I didn't need convincing. He had a little sign with BIG LETTERS emphasizing that the pay was just over $22/hr which is more than I made in the job I lost.
He was happy to hear I was from Oakland (I think we are employed to walk door to door in our own neighborhoods - and I guess he had plenty of applicants from Berkeley already). I put my name and info on his sign up sheet. He told me to expect a call soon for an interview. Then he gave me a pamphlet and a sample test.
He looked me in the eye with a serious smile and told me the test was hard, but I didn't loose confidence at all. I consider myself almost a total failure in the adult world, and the process of "job hunting" makes my stomach hurt, but if there's one thing I learned in school it was how to take a test. He suggested I make sure to practice and to use a clock to time myself to improve my chances of doing well.
Fun times.
Today I stumbled upon a guy tabling at the downtown Berkeley farmer's market, getting folks to sign up to work the census. I didn't need convincing. He had a little sign with BIG LETTERS emphasizing that the pay was just over $22/hr which is more than I made in the job I lost.
He was happy to hear I was from Oakland (I think we are employed to walk door to door in our own neighborhoods - and I guess he had plenty of applicants from Berkeley already). I put my name and info on his sign up sheet. He told me to expect a call soon for an interview. Then he gave me a pamphlet and a sample test.
He looked me in the eye with a serious smile and told me the test was hard, but I didn't loose confidence at all. I consider myself almost a total failure in the adult world, and the process of "job hunting" makes my stomach hurt, but if there's one thing I learned in school it was how to take a test. He suggested I make sure to practice and to use a clock to time myself to improve my chances of doing well.
PRACTICE TEST FOR FIELD EMPLOYEE POSITIONS
for instance:
Alphabetize these folders for filing.
1. (1) FOS
(2) AOS
(3) OOS
(4) FOA
(5) DOM
(6) OOA
and then there's:
25. Ms. Jones can't remember the year of her birth but she knows that she was born in the month of September. If it is now May 2010, and Ms. Jones tells you she is 78 years old, in what year was she born?
Fun times.
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