Closing in on the drain..

Job hunting is frustrating. Maybe not as frustrating as actually working with someone you hate, but I digress.

From what I've found, the best way to look for a job is to keep a close eye on Craigslist. Specifically the Milwaukee postings (The Anchorage postings aren't going to help a lot). Sifting through the listings and applying for every job that sounds even remotely appropriate. This means I got to a lot of interviews for chefs (which I'm not) and try to bluff my way through. It generally doesn't work, and it's surprising how many places think they need a chef rather than a decent cook.

The real frustration sets in when you stumble upon jobs that you actually want. I want a job, let's be clear. However, the place that's like a hipster diner two blocks away that has the best burger in town, I want to work there. The restaurant run by the top chef in town that just happens to be looking for a cook, not a chef, but a cook, I want to work there.

Not being able to find a job and spinning down the whirlpool to the drain that is the fast-food industry sucks bad enough. But applying for awesome jobs and sitting around vainly hoping that they call before you resign yourself to a horrible fate just makes it so much more hopeless.

Gotta go, gotta go check my e-mail and Craigslist. Something may have happened in the last 15 minutes.