Current music:

Mamas and the Papas "Monday, Monday"

"Monday, Monday. Can't trust that day."
Why yes, Mama Cass, I agree; but more importantly, you really can't trust my guerrilla-style deadjournal updates once every fortnight. Will I write about Obama? Rachel Zoe? Rank my least favorite University of Iowa homosexuals? The scenarios are endless! And usually fueled by rage. <3

I work in five hours, but I still have a thimble of sass to deposit before I climb under the comforter and dream of awkward contraptions for Bjork to wear. I just wanted to mention how glad I was to see Lemont really suck it last week, as Obama won the election, and, in my mind, enjoyed a well-deserved victory tapdance on the faces of Sarah Palin's kids. Truly a highlight of my year. On Nov. 4 at 11 pm, I stood on my back porch and flung several frosty smirks at the busy village of speds below. Then I tilted my chin up, allowed God time to sing "The Circle of Life" at me, and eventually retreated to, hmmm, bed. Suburban supremacy, thy name is Louis.

Yeah, then Prop 8 happened, and it turned out Mufasa gets killed in a stampede. Uggghhhh. The horrifying measure ignited the gay community, however, so I'm glad to see some unflinching activism against the dastardly Mormon church. Makes me miss California in a big way. I'd love to join the rally in person. Here in Lemont, the closest thing we have to gay activism is the addition of purple altar-server robes at St. Patrick's church. Indeed, a salacious revolution.

Funny enough, next week I'm invited to speak at a meeting of LHS' Gay-Straight Alliance. Apparently there are more than two openly gay people at Lemont High nowadays, a feat deemed impossible by social scientists years ago. I don't know what I want to say to these kids, other than the times have clearly changed. I mostly want to ask how safe and secure they feel at school, and if they're old enough to be outraged over Project Runway's potential move to Lifetime. The pressing curiosity of a journalist never subsides, lambs.

OK. Bedtime. Almost wakey time. Love you guys, and thanks for witnessing my thug antics.

Love,
Louis

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Unadvertised Job Openings Only
(Anonymous)
2008-12-02 11:16 pm UTC (link)

I hope no one tells anyone about this outside this forum--but the best way to find jobs is to investigate jobs on employer websites. This is where most of the jobs are and I found this far more effective than other means.

I started using a research jobs site (http://www.hound.com) called Hound (http://www.hound.com) that I do not think anyone knows about because it is run by a small company that does not advertise. I

All Hound.com (http://www.hound.com) does is show you unadvertised job openings that are not publicly advertised (http://www.hound.com) and are located on employer websites.

Very few people realize that most employers post their job on their own sites and not on job boards like Monster, CareerBuilder, etc. because these sites charge employers up to $500 to post a single job. In my experience (I am getting more interviews that I ever have), your chances of getting interviews and hired are much better when you are applying to jobs that are not advertised that no one knows about.

I have gotten a ton of interviews through the Hound site (http://www.hound.com) . If you are looking for a job I would highly recommend using Hound (http://www.hound.com) . What most people do not realize is that most jobs are found on employer websites and not job boards. Hound (http://www.hound.com) puts all of the jobs it finds from employer websiste (every Fortune 500, Inc. 500 and other company it can locate) on its site.

I hope no one tells anyone about this outside this forum--but the best way to find jobs is to investigate jobs on employer websites. This is where most of the jobs are and I found this far more effective than other means.

I started using a research jobs site (http://www.hound.com) called Hound (http://www.hound.com) that I do not think anyone knows about because it is run by a small company that does not advertise. I

All Hound.com (http://www.hound.com) does is show you unadvertised job openings that are not publicly advertised (http://www.hound.com) and are located on employer websites.

Very few people realize that most employers post their job on their own sites and not on job boards like Monster, CareerBuilder, etc. because these sites charge employers up to $500 to post a single job. In my experience (I am getting more interviews that I ever have), your chances of getting interviews and hired are much better when you are applying to jobs that are not advertised that no one knows about.

I have gotten a ton of interviews through the Hound site (http://www.hound.com) (http://www.Hound.com) . If you are looking for a job I would highly recommend using Hound (http://www.hound.com) . What most people do not realize is that most jobs are found on employer websites and not job boards. Hound (http://www.hound.com) puts all of the jobs it finds from employer websiste (every Fortune 500, Inc. 500 and other company it can locate) on its site.

When you start seeing sites advertise themselves a lot that should be a warning sign of sorts because that means that lots of people will start going and applying to the jobs. I really trust Hound (http://www.hound.com) because it does not advertise.

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