“Just walk in and ask for a job, that’s how I got mine back in the day,” said boomers everywhere.
When I entered the workforce in the early 2000s, I struggled to get a job. To get unemployment payments I had to attend a weekly session at a local job agency to prove I was actively trying to work.
I remember the advice from there clearly - “Just think of a place you want to work, go there with your resume, ask them what positions they have and offer to work for free. Then they’ll hire you if they like you.”
Not a Boomer, but did get an internship that eventually became a full time job this way, during the post-2008 recession.
I got laid off and wasn’t getting any solid leads from traditional application processes or the town “career center” so I made a list of businesses in walking distance of eachother that might need my services, printed a few dozen copies of my resume, and beat the streets. I just walked in and asked for a manager but settled for whoever would talk to me, gave my brief elevator pitch, left a resume and contact info. A few called me and one actually worked out.
It is very humbling but it can work.
It can still work if it’s a small business, fast food or certain blue collar work. I’ve done it a few times in my life the last time was 2 years ago, I walked in and asked for a job as an EMT 2 months ago but I did need a certification for that. Recently I got hired for a new position but not the one I really wanted so as soon a I got hired I walked in to the hiring manager for the position I really wanted and asked for that job, to be continued.
Re-waching that show as an adult, the animation is terrible and doesn’t live up to my memories at all… But I’ve a new appreciation for the scenes with krang n shredder arguing like an old married couple. That shit is gold
Yeah, one of my childhood favorites was Thundercats. I tried watching once as an adult and the nostalgia died immediately. I’m ashamed of childhood me’s lack of standards.
Me and my wife loved the X-Men show in the 90s. We loaded it up (the original, not the new one) and got about 10 mins in before turning it off.
OG Xmen animated series is not like Thundercats in this regard. The first season is a bit rough, but it gets much better. It’s still a kids animated show, but it’s also very good.
I was only a teenager when I got an opportunity to get some Thundercats nostalgia… cartoon network or somebody was re-airing it. I was horrified. I’ve not tried again since.
Xmen on the other hand, I’ve rewatched twice in the past few years, and I’d do it again.
Except the final season. Wth happened there? Felt like they were told to finish up with a shoestring and MS Paint.
The nineties were wild, man. You had to be there.
Edit: Technically the very end of the eighties. That episode first aired on October 27, 1989 but I watched the show in the nineties.
Casey Jones had a firm handshake. That’s all you needed back then. /s
It’s a nice suit! You can’t just discount a candidate because they wear a hockey mask 24/7.
This is the way
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(I am gonna get so downvoted, tho it fits quite well here with the original Mando)
