Chicana on the Edge

If you walk into a restaurant and apply for a job, say - oh - as a server, and the manager sits you down right then and interviews you and really likes you and offers you the job on the spot SAY YES AND TAKE THE JOB RIGHT THAT MINUTE. In the restaurant business things...

Seriously, of all the women who read my blog and offer comments, am I the oldest one of us all? Really?I hope not, but not for the stupid "oh no, I'm old" reason women usually have. I relish the community I find here, and all of your comments are always important to...

This happened on January 3, but it took until now for me to work up the nerve to publish it. I hate all that new age bull&#%* I used to dwell in, but for some unknown reason the following question grabbed a hold of me this past holiday season: what belief or fear...

My Bar Louie job is going fine. I worked the lunch shift on Monday and Wednesday (a 7-hour shift) and walked out with $60 each time, so I'm satisfied. I don't like that it takes so many hours to earn that $60 (almost twice as long as it took at Nick and Tony's), but...

I don't feel as much like an expert on this topic, but first I'd say give them plenty of notice. Two weeks is, of course, standard and sufficient, but if there's some event or project they really feel like they need you for, you might consider staying for that IF it...

[This is for those who want to change jobs. For anyone else, the following post might be long and boring.]At various times in my life I got sick of whatever I was doing to earn a living and decided to totally change it. At the end of my time in gradual (yes) school, I...

Bar Louie at Dearborn Station in Chicago is where I work now. Last night I worked my first dinner shift. I am straining, straining here to be positive and look on the bright side, etc. but I have discovered that I am NOT a late night person. If you check out their...

On Monday: How to Get a Job With No Experience (one woman's story).In the comments section of the previous post, I made the following flippant remark, "Need help getting a job when you have NO EXPERIENCE? Ask me how!" Chris called my bluff by responding, "How?"...

I have a B.A. in English literature from U.C. Berkeley and a masters in English lit. from Cornell University. I’ve been (in this order) an English instructor, an ESL instructor, a bookstore salesclerk, an office manager, a non-profit organization development...

I have a new job! And it's about time because I haven't worked a day since December 21st. Okay, how many of you reading this have enough money saved up right now that if you suddenly had to stop earning money for the next three weeks, you'd still be in good financial...