Hallooooo everyone :)

[pink]

I'm kinda bored tonight. I'm putting in apps online. I need to come up with a mission statement for an assignment and it has to be very...narrow. It cannot be broad in scope. I am stuck.


Come talk to me while I come up with ideas for this mission statement.



PLEASE, come chat with me.

 

[warrior queen]

It's 8am here... and I am still fghting the mouse/rat in my laundry. I think he's hiding in the washing machine.
Later, I have a hair appt. I'm bored with my look and may do something completely radical.... unless someone talks me out of it.

What's the subject for the mission statement?
And how'd the interview go?

 

[glynndah]

I'm kinda bored tonight. I'm putting in apps online. I need to come up with a mission statement for an assignment and it has to be very...narrow. It cannot be broad in scope. I am stuck.


Come talk to me while I come up with ideas for this mission statement.



PLEASE, come chat with me.

What's your basic premise?

{Unless, of course, you really want to be procrastinating here, in which case, how about a picture of a cat wearing boots?}

 

[pink]

It's 8am here... and I am still fghting the mouse/rat in my laundry. I think he's hiding in the washing machine.
Later, I have a hair appt. I'm bored with my look and may do something completely radical.... unless someone talks me out of it.

What's the subject for the mission statement?
And how'd the interview go?

The interview was a waste of time. The position I went for, wasn't even open at that particular store. sigh

Here is my mission statement, it just came to me. Tell me what you think.


To learn the skills and applications I need in the next 15 months, so that I can open my own Graphic Arts business.

 

[pink]

What's your basic premise?

{Unless, of course, you really want to be procrastinating here, in which case, how about a picture of a cat wearing boots?}

Hey witchy, no, I'm not procrastinating. I need 2 assignments done by Friday.

I love that cat pic though.

 

[warrior queen]

The interview was a waste of time. The position I went for, wasn't even open at that particular store. sigh

Here is my mission statement, it just came to me. Tell me what you think.


To learn the skills and applications I need, in the next 15 months, so that I can open my own Graphic Arts business.

Simple. Maybe too simple? Wtf do I know anyway!

Sorry about the job.... sucks when they do that. Happened to a friend a while ago. She went to an interview in her home town, only to be told the position was actually in another town an hours drive away!

Any tips on catching this rodent? So far, he's let off 3 traps without getting caught, eaten two different types of bait without dieing, and generally tormenting me!

 

[pink]

To learn the skills and applications I need, in the next 15 months, so that I can get my degree and open my own Graphic Arts business.

 

[Colonel Hogan]

The interview was a waste of time. The position I went for, wasn't even open at that particular store. sigh

Here is my mission statement, it just came to me. Tell me what you think.


To learn the skills and applications I need, in the next 15 months, so that I can open my own Graphic Arts business.

Perhaps I misunderstand the assignment, but my understanding of a typical mission statement is that it simply states "your mission" of how you are going to serve and satisfy the needs of your target market.

For example, if you are going to work primarily as an ad hoc resource for and through advertising agencies, that is a much different mission than if you are going to compete with them directly for corporate clients in need of graphic arts services.

A mission statement covering only the steps that will address your professional development over the next 15 months sounds more like an intermediate goal than a mission statement.

But like I said, I may be misunderstanding the assignment.

 

[pink]

Perhaps I misunderstand the assignment, but my understanding of a typical mission statement is that it simply states "your mission" of how you are going to serve and satisfy the needs of your target market.

For example, if you are going to work primarily as an ad hoc resource for and through advertising agencies, that is a much different mission than if you are going to compete with them directly for corporate clients in need of graphic arts services.

A mission statement covering only the steps that will address your professional development over the next 15 months sounds more like an intermediate goal than a mission statement.

But like I said, I may be misunderstanding the assignment.

I tried to copy off the exact assignment but it wouldn't let me.


It is a professional mission statement that addresses my goals for school and after school. They basically want me to stay focused on what I want, look down the road a bit.

 

[pink]

Simple. Maybe too simple? Wtf do I know anyway!

Sorry about the job.... sucks when they do that. Happened to a friend a while ago. She went to an interview in her home town, only to be told the position was actually in another town an hours drive away!

Any tips on catching this rodent? So far, he's let off 3 traps without getting caught, eaten two different types of bait without dieing, and generally tormenting me!

Holy crap, you're kidding me? You're trying everything I would.

 

[Killswitch]

They basically want me to stay focused on what I want, look down the road a bit.

Same thing I was saying to you in the job interview thread.

 

[pink]

Same thing I was saying to you in the job interview thread.

Hi, KS.

 

[Killswitch]

Hi Pink. Have you applied at Walmart or Costco? Home Depot, Lowes, Menards?

 

[Balladeer08]

Simple. Maybe too simple? Wtf do I know anyway!

Sorry about the job.... sucks when they do that. Happened to a friend a while ago. She went to an interview in her home town, only to be told the position was actually in another town an hours drive away!

Any tips on catching this rodent? So far, he's let off 3 traps without getting caught, eaten two different types of bait without dieing, and generally tormenting me!

Flour, mixed with cement powder. Set a bowl of water next to it.

Yon rodent will die of constipation.

 

[peterlychen]

We had at least one rodent in our attic. The exterminator caught it using peanut butter and gummy bears.
Do you already have a training location or would something like lynda.com be of use?

 

[pink]

Hi Pink. Have you applied at Walmart or Costco? Home Depot, Lowes, Menards?

Hi there. We only have a Wal-Mart and Lowes and yes, I've put in apps in both places. I've also hit Speedway and both McDonalds. We have a pretty small town, not a lot of place to apply. I'm trying my best.

 

[JAMESBJOHNSON]

To live long enough to see OSU not suck.

 

[pink]

To live long enough to see OSU not suck.

Hey you.

 

[warrior queen]

Holy crap, you're kidding me? You're trying everything I would.

So far, he's been dragging the bait sachets to the back of the washer, eating from them daily.
It's been 3 days, and I noticed this morning he did it again - meaning he's having a feed but it's not killing him!
I have 3 traps out as well... and he somehiw manages to eat the bait off them and not set them off!
I've fed him peanut butter, butter-menthol candies and choc-hazelnut spread

Best fed rodent on the planet.
Smartest, too!

 

[Balladeer08]

To live long enough to see OSU not suck.

It's nice to aspire to immortality.

I've come within one letter.

 

[Killswitch]

Hi there. We only have a Wal-Mart and Lowes and yes, I've put in apps in both places. I've also hit Speedway and both McDonalds. We have a pretty small town, not a lot of place to apply. I'm trying my best.

Do you stop back in after a few days or a week and speak to the manager after applying? Do you ask to speak to a manager when you apply?

You're going to have to go the extra mile to get work.

Simply applying and waiting for a call is not the way to do this.

Be aggressive without being annoying. Show passion, and tell them how you can make their life easier.

 

[gotsnowgotslush]

I saw this video clip (PBS ?) of a trash barrel used to trap a rodent. The fun part was the gang plank, attached to this Rube Goldberg looking
arrangement. The structure would guide the rodent to the gang plank. (Sort of, akin to the structures they construct, to attempt to keep squirrels
out of bird seed.) The gang plank is placed with a delicate balance, meant to dump the rodent down into the barrel. Perhaps, a metal barrel
would be best ? My squirrels love pineapple!

 

[Byron In Exile]

I know how to kill them.

It is totally unpleasant.

 

[HoHoBomb]

Hi there. We only have a Wal-Mart and Lowes and yes, I've put in apps in both places. I've also hit Speedway and both McDonalds. We have a pretty small town, not a lot of place to apply. I'm trying my best.

have you tried car dealerships?

 

[Sinny]

Do you stop back in after a few days or a week and speak to the manager after applying? Do you ask to speak to a manager when you apply?

You're going to have to go the extra mile to get work.

Simply applying and waiting for a call is not the way to do this.

Be aggressive without being annoying. Show passion, and tell them how you can make their life easier.

I was going to say some version of that, plus send a thank you card after meeting the hiring manager. Old school. It works. That is why I hired my last intern. Pink, the market has been so competitive, applicants have to work to be remembered by hiring managers. Just phone them up with your usual cheerful self and kindly tell them you really are interested in working there. Then do it again a week later. Rinse, repeat.

I don't suppose you have any Starbucks or Costcos there? Both pay well, Costco is a dream job for a part timer. You might have to work nights to start, but that company has a pattern of upward mobility for its employees, they hire from within, the starting pay is impressive. Winco is another company with great pay and benefits, even for part timers, but pretty sure that company only is in the West.

have you tried car dealerships?

This. Plus hair salons, customer service gigs, office work. Are you checking monster.com or careerbuilder.com?

Also, hi! Hope all is well in your world.