Having had only limited success freelancing, and having not one but two bosses go flakey on me, I decided that it was time to find something a little more solid with which to pay the rent. I did find a job, but I also found some other things…

• For the three weeks I’m sending out my resume to all and sundry, no one will give me the time of day. As soon as I land a job and am off the market, *everyone* wants me to come in for an interview.
• Women tend to ask more personal questions during an interview than men.
• I have not figured out how to lie well on a moments notice, so I just answer those personal questions truthfully. Somehow, this surprises people.
• Men, on the other hand, are far more likely to make the assumption that because I look younger than I am, they can run me ragged like a college intern and I won’t get grouchy.
• Most places that ask one to fax a resume before they will even talk to you are black holes. You send them stuff and nothing ever comes back.
• Temp services suck.
• They more someone tries to “sell” me on a position, the more suspicious I become of them and it.
• Group interviews suck.
• I am no longer afraid of walking out of an interview if it turns out that it’s just not what I’m looking for.
• Any job listing that uses the words “wild and crazy” or “must love money” is complete BS.
• Summer is a sucky time to job hunt, ’cause employers are looking for easy to exploit college kids home on break.
• When in an interview, they’re not just interviewing me, I’m interviewing *them*.