Small Rant no. 1 Looking for Work

I've been looking for work for a while. Problem is, I'm a creative trying to find a job that isn't totally soul crushing, a high bar it seems. So I've been looking for more creative work, something in a magazine or maybe a play theatre, something adjacent to the film industry I want to break into, since it's slim pickings for someone who can't be a student intern anymore, and who is many miles away from Los Angeles. The local newspaper never replied to my email asking if they're hiring, and the local theatre wasn't hiring, and has since ghosted me asking about volunteer work (I really wouldn't mind volunteering somewhere nice, and learning new things in a field near what I want to get into). So when I stumbled across an interior design company on thirty minutes from my town, I considered it. I could get into interior design, I've seen the occasional HGTV show, it's creative. Interior design is really just art meets functionality, maybe that could be nice to do. So I applied, not thinking they'd be interested in someone without a design background. Well, they were, they called the next day. After a little phone tag I had a phone interview, a bit impromptu and last minute, but a phone interview none the less. 

My excitement quickly faded. The office was in fact not located in the next city over just 30 minutes away (a doable drive for me) but an HOUR away in a city that wasn't even remotely spelled the same. Strike one. 

If it's a job I actually like, maybe I wouldn't mind the longer drive. 

The man then asked me about my experience in solar energy. I have never worked in solar before. He had the wrong resume pulled up. Strike two. 

He pulled up the correct resume and proceeded to offer up unsolicited, and clearly uneducated career advice to me. 

"You want to write for TV? Why don't you move to LA?"

Wow how insightful, why didn't I think of that, random man?

I was half-tempted to hang up the phone on the spot, but I didn't want to appear rude. 

Strike three. 

If you want potential candidates to take you seriously, maybe double check the job posting is accurate, have the right resume in front of you, and don't offer your stupid opinions on other people's choices, they're autonomous humans more educated in their limits and interests than you. Do better job market, do better.