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Whoo. Long afternoon.
I spent it going down to Gamestop for the interview, and wandering hither and yon dropping off more job applications and/or résumés. Hit various Wal-marts, Dillons, Mailboxes Etc., and others that were in that part of town. I also stopped off at Quikdine, the place where I'd been hoping to get a driving job a couple of months ago, to see if anything new had opened up.
The Gamestop (nee Babbage's, Software Etc., FunCoLand, etc.) interview seemed to go well. The understanding was that this would be part-time seasonal only, until about mid-January. Which was fine by me—if all goes well, I should have a real job by then anyway. The pay rate isn't great ($5.50/hr), but it also comes with a 20% discount on most store merchandise, as well as a free take-home-and-try-it-out policy on any game in the store, so that employees can keep caught up with the latest gaming trends. Might be fun to work there over the holidays. If I get the Quikdine job, too, I could be working pretty much full-time-equivalent, which would be good on the money front.
It turns out that the Chicago position my brother was trying to get me has been filled through local talent again, but some email that my brother forwarded me from a friend of his indicated that someone liked my résumé enough that they took it to the UChicago computing services personnel office to see if anything could be done for me. Cool bit of news; hope something comes of it.
Hopefully I can get something soon. The Sims Unleashed is in stores now, and I desperately want to play it.
I spent it going down to Gamestop for the interview, and wandering hither and yon dropping off more job applications and/or résumés. Hit various Wal-marts, Dillons, Mailboxes Etc., and others that were in that part of town. I also stopped off at Quikdine, the place where I'd been hoping to get a driving job a couple of months ago, to see if anything new had opened up.
The Gamestop (nee Babbage's, Software Etc., FunCoLand, etc.) interview seemed to go well. The understanding was that this would be part-time seasonal only, until about mid-January. Which was fine by me—if all goes well, I should have a real job by then anyway. The pay rate isn't great ($5.50/hr), but it also comes with a 20% discount on most store merchandise, as well as a free take-home-and-try-it-out policy on any game in the store, so that employees can keep caught up with the latest gaming trends. Might be fun to work there over the holidays. If I get the Quikdine job, too, I could be working pretty much full-time-equivalent, which would be good on the money front.
It turns out that the Chicago position my brother was trying to get me has been filled through local talent again, but some email that my brother forwarded me from a friend of his indicated that someone liked my résumé enough that they took it to the UChicago computing services personnel office to see if anything could be done for me. Cool bit of news; hope something comes of it.
Hopefully I can get something soon. The Sims Unleashed is in stores now, and I desperately want to play it.
