January 29, 2004

Things are Looking Up?

Date: Monday, February 3

Phone interview: google.com

Grand hope: no logical questions...at least for the first round.

Posted by marcia at 11:08 AM

January 24, 2004

Best Philosophical Quote that applies to job hunting

My studies in Speculative philosophy, metaphysics, and science are all summed up in the image of a mouse called man running in and out of every hole in the Cosmos hunting for the Absolute Cheese.

---Benjamin De Casseres

At the moment, it would seem that the "Absolute Cheese" that De Casseres refers to might be Google, Yahoo and eBay, if you are a prospective job hunter.

Posted by marcia at 3:31 PM

January 22, 2004

\Un`em*ployed"\, a. 1. Not employed in manual or other labor; having no regular work.

For those of you not in the know, yes, I still am. Stay tuned to this blog for more exciting tales of the unemployed.

Posted by marcia at 10:19 PM

Job Hunting in Silicon Valley

I happened to stumble across this on http://www.monster.com:

PHYSICAL DEMANDS
The physical demands of this position are representative of those experienced in a normal office environment. The employee is frequently required to stand, walk, and sit. The employee is occasionally required to stoop, kneel, crouch, or crawl. The employee must frequently lift and/or move 10 pounds. Specific vision abilities required by this job include close vision, distance vision, color vision, depth perception, and ability to adjust focus. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.

WORK ENVIRONMENT
The work environment is characteristic of a normal office environment. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.

Just wondering how much crawling this job entails...

Posted by marcia at 10:10 PM