#useful interview tips

[omegalerc]

Please tell me you've seen this my God he looks so ejsheushek

https://x.com/sweetyoua/status/1870892887975813429?t=CJ2OQk1SsGukvNUvC71Oiw&s=19

OFCCCCCCC I HAVE!! one of the most incriminating lifechanging charles gifs ever.. now i encourage everybody to click the link and fully take in this masterpiece, but let’s focus on and appreciate these two specific frames.

[sunshinesalmon]

i have been offered job not clickbait????

[bewilderedbunny]

Interviewing for a job that I really want tomorrow 🥺 gotta practice not being weird and off-putting tonight!

[okayto]

Going to melt of embarrassment. Went into a student job interview thinking the student's name sounded vaguely familiar but hey, it's a small school, it happens...only for the screen to reveal that IT'S MY FORMER STUDENT WORKER??? Like a person I hired and worked with for 7 months literally last year??? And not only did I NOT recognize their not-super-unusual-but-not-terribly-common name, I also read the resume they submitted that says, and I quote, "current vice president of the [college] associated student body" and I knew one of the reasons this student didn't return as a worker was BECAUSE their duties in student government were going to take up a lot of time.

And SOMEHOW I did not put this together until I was literally in a video interview, having sent several previous emails to set it up, during which time I never realized I was corresponding with someone I knew???

Anyway, hey, if you're ever looking at a job where you used to work and you left on good terms (including, for example, a message from your supervisor at the time that says "if you're ever looking for a job again, we'd love to have you back"), it's OK to reach out directly and ask! I didn't need to make this person go through this whole process when they're a known and well-liked entity. My only determining factor for them was whether their schedule would let them fit some specific shifts we needed covered.

[douubles]

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[spencereid]

i had a job interview today and it went fine but i think im being scammed on the pay bc its weirdly low and i cant find any proof online matching what i was told ???

[usadvlottery]

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[catboy-autism]

what if i was EMOTIONAL

[treeezyparadise]

Tell me about yourself:

“so I’m [name] and I’m a [student at x/current job description]. I got into this industry because [relevant experience], [timeline of relevant education/experience]. I’m super excited about [this role] because [sum up relevant experience]. (This should be 1-2 minutes at the most!)

I have used this template for interviews as a waitress, office jobs, non profits and internships. It fucking works. Don’t ramble, and practice before the interview.

Here is an example I used as a waitress:

My name is [name] and I am a student at {nearby university}. I’ve been working in restaurants for about 10 years. Before I moved here, I worked as a server in an upscale Italian restaurant where I handled lunch and dinner shifts. Before that I was a line cook at a bakery and an assistant manager at a sushi restaurant. I think I have the right experience both with upscale dining and both front of house and back of house to be successful here and I’m excited to get to know you and the restaurant.

remember that interviews are not about giving a good and honest first impression that they'll carefully consider. interviews are about saying the special words and phrases they're looking for that give you points and when they tally those up whoever earned the most job points wins

[rigelmejo]

You will never see language learning takes as extreme as the Japanese language learning community. (Although general Language Learning communities online also tend toward toxic, because the loudest voices bubble to the top as they get involved in drama). Of course, on reddit, any forum has potential to turn toxic. The pattern is usually that some person or multiple people just get really dogmatic that their way of study is perfect, and everyone who doesn't do exactly as they do is Wrong and will fail (and if the other person succeeded they're lying or Not Truly Good at the language). You can see it quite clearly on r/learnjapanese where there's some people using different study plans, and some people using each kind of study plan attacking anyone who does things differently. Instead of sharing study plan ideas and ways they found success, you wind up with a section of people screaming you're doing something wrong and pushing a 'useless' study method no matter what you post. Its very hard to have a productive chill conversation about your study methods, and hear about other peoples study methods. I suppose it must be enjoyable for those who love drama or negativity or winning fights. It is exhausting and many people full on avoid the learner communities online.

I miss http://how-to-learn-any-language.com/forum/ a l9t of people also had extreme takes on here, but in a more "I'm sharing a personal experiment I'm doing" and not in a "everyone needs to do things exactly my way or they'll fail."

I also like https://forum.language-learners.org/ another place people share their study plans as "this is just what I'm doing" and is fairly open to hearing what others are doing.

I have also seen some good tips and conversations on chinese-forums.com where people are chill and just discuss things constructively for the most part.

[radiantresume]

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[lovetheviking]

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[kotori-mochi]

Can't afford art school?

After seeing post like this 👇

And this gem 👇

As well as countless of others from the AI generator community. Just talking about how "inaccessible art" is, I decided why not show how wrong these guys are while also helping anyone who actually wants to learn.

Here is the first one ART TEACHERS! There are plenty online and in places like youtube.

📺Here is my list:

Proko (Free, mostly teaches anatomy and how to draw people. But does have art talks and teaches the basics.)

Marc Brunet (Free but he does have other classes for a cheap price. Use to work for Blizzard and teaches you everything)

Aaron Rutten (free, tips about art, talks about art programs and the best products for digital art)

BoroCG (free, teaches a verity of art mediums from 3D modeling to digital painting. As well as some tips that can be used across styles)

Jesse J. Jones (free, talks about animating)

Jesus Conde (free, teaches digital painting and has classes in Spanish)

Mohammed Agbadi (free, he gives some advice in some videos and talks about art)

Ross Draws (free, he does have other classes for a good price. Mostly teaching character designs and simple backgrounds.)

SamDoesArts (free, gives good advice and critiques)

Drawfee Show (free, they do give some good advice and great inspiration)

The Art of Aaron Blaise ( useful tips for digital art and animation. Was an animator for Disney. Mostly nature art)

Bobby Chiu ( useful tips and interviews with artist who are in the industry or making a living as artist)

Sinix Design (has some tips on drawing people)

Winged canvas (art school for free on a verity of mediums)

Bob Ross (just a good time, learn how to paint, as well as how too relax when doing art. "there are no mistakes only happy accidents", this channel also provides tips from another artist)

Scott Christian Sava (Inspiration and provides tips and advice)

Pikat (art advice and critiques)

Drawbox (a suggested cheap online art school, made of a community of artist)

Skillshare (A cheap learning site that has art classes ranging from traditional to digital. As well as Animation and tutorials on art programs. All under one price, in the USA it's around $34 a month)

Human anatomy for artist (not a video or teacher but the site is full of awesome refs to practice and get better at anatomy)

Second part BOOKS, I have collected some books that have helped me and might help others.

📚Here is my list:

The "how to draw manga" series produced by Graphic-sha. These are for manga artist but they give great advice and information.

"Creating characters with personality" by Tom Bancroft. A great book that can help not just people who draw cartoons but also realistic ones. As it helps you with facial ques and how to make a character interesting.

"Albinus on anatomy" by Robert Beverly Hale and Terence Coyle. Great book to help someone learn basic anatomy.

"Artistic Anatomy" by Dr. Paul Richer and Robert Beverly Hale. A good book if you want to go further in-depth with anatomy.

"Directing the story" by Francis Glebas. A good book if you want to Story board or make comics.

"Animal Anatomy for Artists" by Eliot Goldfinger. A good book for if you want to draw animals or creatures.

"Constructive Anatomy: with almost 500 illustrations" by George B. Bridgman. A great book to help you block out shadows in your figures and see them in a more 3 diamantine way.

"Dynamic Anatomy: Revised and expand" by Burne Hogarth. A book that shows how to block out shapes and easily understand what you are looking out. When it comes to human subjects.

"An Atlas of animal anatomy for artist" by W. Ellenberger and H. Dittrich and H. Baum. This is another good one for people who want to draw animals or creatures.

Etherington Brothers, they make books and have a free blog with art tips.

📝As for Supplies, I recommend starting out cheap, buying Pencils and art paper at dollar tree or 5 below. If you want to go fancy Michaels is always a good place for traditional supplies. They also get in some good sales and discounts. For digital art, I recommend not starting with a screen art drawing tablet as they are usually more expensive.

For the Best art Tablet I recommend either Xp-pen, Bamboo or Huion. Some can range from about 40$ to the thousands.

💻As for art programs here is a list of Free to pay.

Clip Studio paint ( you can choose to pay once or sub and get updates. Galaxy, Windows, macOS, iPad, iPhone, Android, or Chromebook device. )

Procreate ( pay once for $9.99 usd, IPAD & IPHONE ONLY)

Blender (for 3D modules/sculpting, animation and more. Free)

PaintTool SAI (pay but has a 31 day free trail)

Krita (Free)

mypaint (free)

FireAlpaca (free)

Aseprite ($19.99 usd but has a free trail, for pixel art Windows & macOS)

Drawpile (free and for if you want to draw with others)

IbisPaint (free, phone app ONLY)

Medibang (free, IPAD, Android and PC)

NOTE: Some of these can work on almost any computer like Clip and Sai but others will require a bit stronger computer like Blender. Please check their sites for if your computer is compatible.

So do with this information as you will but as you can tell there are ways to learn how to become an artist, without breaking the bank. The only thing that might be stopping YOU from using any of these things, is YOU.

I have made time to learn to draw and many artist have too. Either in-between working two jobs or taking care of your family and a job or regular school and chores. YOU just have to take the time or use some time management, it really doesn't take long to practice for like an hour or less. YOU also don't have to do it every day, just once or three times a week is fine.

Hope this was helpful and have a great day.

"also apologies for any spelling or grammar errors, I have Dyslexia and it makes my brain go XP when it comes to speech or writing"

[edwisefoundation]

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[anistarrose]

Please don't tune out when you get to the non-partisan section of your ballot this November. First off, where state Supreme Court justices are elected, Republicans are trying their darndest to elect candidates who will destroy reproductive freedom, gut voting rights, and do everything in their power to give "contested" elections to Republicans. Contrast Wisconsin electing a justice in 2023 who helped rule two partisan gerrymanders unconstitutional, versus North Carolina electing a conservative majority in 2022, who upheld a racist voter ID law and a partisan gerrymander that liberal justices had previously struck down both of.

Second, local judicial offices will make infinitely more of an impact on your community than a divided state or federal legislature will. District and circuit courts, especially, are where criminalization of homelessness and poverty play out, and where electing a progressive judge with a commitment to criminal justice reform can make an immediate difference in people's lives.

It's a premier example of buying people time, and doing profound-short-term good, while we work to eventually change the system. You might not think there will be any such progressive justices running in your district, but you won't know unless you do your research. (More on "research" in a moment.)

The candidates you elect to your non-partisan city council will determine whether those laws criminalizing homelessness get passed, how many blank checks the police get to surveil and oppress, and whether lifesaving harm reduction programs, like needle exchanges and even fentanyl test strips, are legal in your municipality. Your non-partisan school board might need your vote to fend off Moms for Liberty candidates and their ilk, who want to ban every book with a queer person or acknowledgement of racism in it.

Of course, this begs the question — if these candidates are non-partisan, and often hyper-local, then how do I research them? There's so much less information and press about them, so how do I make an informed decision?

I'm not an expert, myself. But I do think/hope I have enough tips to consist of a useful conclusion to this post:

Plan ahead. If you vote in person, figure out what's on your ballot before you show up and get jumpscared by names you don't know. Find out what's on your ballot beforehand, and bring notes with you when you vote. Your city website should have a sample ballot, and if they drop the ball, go to Ballotpedia.

Ballotpedia in general, speaking of which. Candidates often answer Ballotpedia's interviews, and if you're lucky, you'll also get all the dirt on who's donating to their campaign.

Check endorsements. Usually candidates are very vocal about these on their websites. If local/state progressive leaders and a couple unions (not counting police unions lol) are endorsing a candidate, then that's not the end of my personal research process per se, but it usually speeds things up.

Check the back of the ballot. That's where non-partisan races usually bleed over to. This is the other reason why notes are helpful, because they can confirm you're not missing anything.

I've seen some misconceptions in the reblogs, so an addendum to my point about bringing notes on the candidates: I strongly suggest making those notes a physical list that you bring polling place with you. Many states do allow phones at the polling place, but several states explicitly don't — Nevada, Maryland, and Texas all ban phones, and that may not be an exhaustive list. There may also be states that allow individual city clerks to set policies.

You should also pause and think before you take a photo of your ballot, because even some states that don't ban phones still ban ballot photographs. But whether it's a photo, or just having your phone in general — in an environment as high-risk for voter suppression as the current one, you don't want even a little bit of ambiguity about your conduct. Physical notes are your friends.