Tag: labour

• Graveyard Shift

  

  Confessions of a Serial Interviewer by Steven Ra Ga Years ago I got hired as an overnight shelf stocker at BIG BOX MART and it was my job to go to work at 9pm and work until 6am stocking the shelves with products. It wasn’t the easiest job in the world, usually around 4am you…

  Steven Ra Ga

  June 22, 2022

  employment

  confession, gossip, humor, humour, interview, job, labour, mental health, self help

• Grind out a Tuffy

  

  Confessions of a Serial Interviewer Painters are Drunks, well high functioning alcoholics for the most parts. Effective and efficient painters go to other jobs sites in between drying times, the ones I found didn’t. Pubs and slot machines where was the typically cowpattie for these bar flies. I had been a painter a few times.…

  Steven Ra Ga

  June 11, 2022

  employment

  confessions, gossip, humour, labour, painting, trades

• Kombucha Interview

  

  Confessions of a Serial Interviewer by Steven Ra Ga Be carful what you write on your resume. While applying to jobs I saw an ad for a Kombucha Brewer. Not thinking I would get the job I applied. My dad had been making kombucha for a couple of months and showed me how to do…

  Steven Ra Ga

  June 8, 2022

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• Toilets Rant

  

  Confessions of a Serial Interviewer by Steve Ra Ga It’s 4am today and I am going to write, I was just awoken do to some explosive bowl movements, luckily I made it to the washroom before the show began. Afterwards I began thinking about what I had eaten the evening before I slept. I had…

  Steven Ra Ga

  June 7, 2022

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• Luxury Women’s Retail

  

  Confessions of a Serial Interviewer by Steven Ra Ga For a spell in 2019 I got work at a local big brand retail store. Fashion is one of my passions and figured this would be a great fit for me. It kinda was. During the interview I was applying for one department when the person…

  Steven Ra Ga

  June 6, 2022

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• Brick Layer

  

  Confessions of a Serial Interviewer by Steven Ra Ga In the early 2000s I had been looking for work. I found an ad that mentioned says so I went on the interview and got hired on the spot. The trouble was that the job was located in the NE of the city I lived in…

  Steven Ra Ga

  June 5, 2022

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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…

  Steven Ra Ga

  May 30, 2022

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  confession, employee, film, gossip, humour, interview, job, labor, labour, mental health, self help

• 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…

  Steven Ra Ga

  May 26, 2022

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• On Deck Boat Painting

  

  Confessions of a Serial Interviewer by Steven Ra Ga During my time in Vancouver I found myself working odd jobs to pay the bills. I was a student who just graduated and the film industry wasn’t consistent. It takes a lot of time to build up your hours then you gotta take and exam and…

  Steven Ra Ga

  May 20, 2022

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  boat, confession, gay, interior design, job, labor, labour, lgbtq+2, mental health, painting, self help, Vancouver

• The Pandemic

  

  Confessions of a Serial Interviewer by Steven Ra Ga Holy gees. Leading up to the pandemic I was enrolled in the RECA real estate license program, which was entirely online learning. They had just canceled the in class courses. I was studying to become a realtor but ultimately became a property manager, which was a…

  Steven Ra Ga

  May 16, 2022

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