Category: employment
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Reefer Madness
Confessions of a Serial Interviewer by Steven Ra Ga My intention wasn’t to waste someone time but I also felt if you didn’t take the time to read my resume or application you weren’t doing a good job. 2018 – A while back I was looking for work and considered taking the Canabis Course to…
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Sign shop
Confessions of a Serial Interviewer by Steven Ra Ga After I left the non stable film industry I tried looking for work elsewhere. What I found was once you go into the film industry for work it’s very hard to come out. The real world isn’t as accepting and your skills don’t really transfer, unless…
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Podcaster
Confessions of a Serial Interviewer by Steven Ra Ga This one time I applied to a podcaster ad, I figured I would be okay as I had been experimenting with podcasts for some time. The gig was to comment on a sports game, hockey or nfl. I am not a sports person, like at all,…
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Camp Councillor
Confessions of a Serial Interviewer by Steven Ra Ga I love my parents. Without them I would never had had the experience of summer camps. Without them I would have never gone in the first place. I spent every year as a kid either in Thunder Bay with my grandparents or away at summer camp.…
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Door Wrapper
Confessions of a Serial Interviewer by Steven Ra Ga When I was younger some where between 18 and 25 I found myself looking for steady work. During that time period a friend suggested I try employment agencies, as they help with job placement. I recall the first one I went to told me I would…
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Make a copy
Confessions of a Serial Interviewer By Steven Ra Ga 2008-2010 – Rocks the master Photocopier company. For a time period when you went to make a photocopy you would say “I need to make and Rocks” it was a massive company that dominated the landscape for years. Until they lost the patient and competitors started…
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$10 Million Bartender
Confessions of a Serial Interviewer by Steven Ra Ga Working in the service industry is rough. I got my start working as a dishwasher, then soon after I found my self in college. It wasn’t long before I started spending almost all my time in pub at college. I would consume everything. I was lonely…
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3D Animation
Confessions of a Serial Interviewer by Steven Ra Ga 2013-2014- Post Film School – Finding a job in Vancouver was hard, everyone wanted you to work on a commission, with no benefits, or perks and a low percentage. The one interview I went to was for a gig selling digital animation solutions, the company got…
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Photocopier Jobs
Confessions of a Serial Interviewer by Steven Ra Ga 2010 Early – After I left X-Rox I started looking for other photocopier jobs and landed an interview with one of the competitor companies. When I went in I can recall sitting in a white room with two men. If I didn’t know any better I…
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Furniture Sales
Confessions of a Serial Interviewer by Steven Ra Ga Vancouver June 2015 – In this time period I went one a few furniture sales interviews. One in particular stood out to me. It was in Kitsalano, a rather posh area of town. The store owner was East Indian but grew up in Canada so no…
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