~ The Employer Who Insults Graphic Designers Before They Even Submit a Resume’ or an Application, Refuses to Provide On the Job Training for Specific Equipment – And The Cheap Skates Want the Graphic Designer to Fill Several Non-Graphics Related Roles, Too

 

There aren’t too many graphic design positions available where I live, so I can’t afford to be too choosy. This time, I was because these people sound as though they’d be a nightmare to work for, and they aren’t offering enough pay to put up with the nightmare to make it worthwhile.

I saw the most obnoxious graphic designer job wanted ad I have ever seen in my life.

The employer, who I will refer to as “Acme Inc.” (which is not their actual name), was seeking a full time graphic designer with at least an Associate’s Degree, for ten dollars an hour.

This employer ended their job wanted ad (which was on a job hunting site) by saying they had a laid back, casual work environment, a claim which was completely contradicted by the preceding obnoxious, condescending tone of the ad.

Like a lot of employers, Acme Inc. is pretty unfair and unrealistic: they want one employee, one applicant, to fulfill the job roles of several different people. This particular company wants a graphic designer who will wear several different hats – not just a “graphic design” hat.

~ The Christian Employer Who Asked on Their Online Job Form If I’m a Drinker, Smoker, if I’m Saved – and Other Things

My quest for finding employment continues!

My job hunting has not been going very well, though I have been on a few job interviews, some for graphic design related jobs, some not.

I’ve been applying for part time, minimum wage jobs (sales clerk type jobs) in addition to looking for full time graphics positions (and there aren’t very many of those where I live, and I cannot relocate). My thinking is that if I land a part time, minimum wage job, I can job hunt for full time jobs in my spare time.

Over the internet, I applied for a full time graphics position at a Christian-based University about two months ago.

The online job application for this Christian University was such that I was not permitted to skip over any of the questions on the form.

I tried to leave some of the questions empty or blank, but when I would click on the “go on to next page” link to proceed filling out the job application and complete it, the University’s web page would produce a dialog box with red exclamation points informing me that all the fields and questions on the page must be filled in to proceed.