yeah me too, Im on a 3 week break between 2 credit school quarters, and they made it sound like thats the only time theyd pay me for because 3 hours of class a week makes me not appealing to places to hire me!? i dont know whats up with that.

 

i have paid income taxes for the last 12 years.

 

there are jobs up here in truckee. they just dont pay much. but we are VERY seasonal up here. squaw is hiring people for the summer, as well as many locations on the lake. a customer of mine just hooked up a cheap room. rent is negotiable fur shure right now. everyone is affected, even landlords.

i wish the best of luck to all of you. you never know whan any one of us employed folk might be joining you....

josh

 

I've thought about it but my wife has a great gig out here and I don't want to screw her up.

If things keep going south it's possible I'll see if her and the baby can move in with my folks and I'll go try and get some seasonal work somewhere. Go up to Bear Valley and cut trees or try to find something anywhere else. Southern CA has TONS of design jobs right now.

I am ramping up BIG time right now with a friend of mine last night. We spent 6 hours last night going over my resumé and looking at places to put a portfolio up until we can build my website. Doing linkedIn and all that kind of stuff.

If anyone has any leads on design work, I'm all over it. I'll take bottom of the totem pole right now but I'm qualified for everything short of art director.

 

oh believe me dude, my pride isn't keeping me from working at starbucks. I'd do it in a heart beat. The problem is I have to make a certain amount of money to make it worth having a job. I have a brand new baby so why should I go work 40 hours a week somewhere for $9.00 an hour when I'm gonna be paying way more than that for daycare. Just be working so someone else can raise my baby.

So I'm in a ****ty situation. I'm looking in to doing an EMT course somewhere and trying to get in to a paramedic program at westmed or something like that. Then I can work as a paramedic for a while and then bridge over to nursing. But I'm not giving up on designing either. I love doing it and I've spent 14 years of my life investing in it. I'm going to give it an honest go.

If I can get a portfolio up (working on it this very second actually) get my new resume out and make some new connections... basically push it as hard as I can then I'll feel good about it.

I honestly could get by doing freelance if I could just land a couple jobs a month. I don't need to make a fortune right now.

 

Exactly. To tell you the truth if that dude said that **** to my face I probably would have put his teeth out. Ignorant.

I have been paying taxes probably damn near as long as that dude has been alive and I haven't asked for ****. I moved out of the house when I was 17. No car. No help. Worked my way through school working at a book store and gas station 60 hours a week and doing school about 25 hours a week. No car ment I was riding my bike over 200 miles a week. And I pulled a 4.0.

So **** that dude. Stupid little ****. If I didn't have to worry about paying for day care I'd be digging ditches right now. Hell I will if people want to pay me to do it part time.

 

Hey I know some ID (under armor) and graphic design (free lance and works at banks engineering )people

But like you said its so cal.


BTW how much to design a business card? Do you do websites?

 

I can knock out pretty sick cards pretty quick so it's kind of a sliding scale. Depends on the company/person and budget... if I'm handling printing... etc.

I usually like to make $100-1000 out of a business card depending on if I handle the printers or they do.... more time... you know. But usually $250 or so is a solid average if I just send the file to the client or to their printer of choice. A business card can be as simple as just slapping a logo and type on to a double sided multiple varnish round cut, die cut, folded.... etc. So it varies.

Websites. I can design them but it is NOT my specialty and I don't build them. So it's a partnership situation. So I don't market myself for web work.

I did a HUGE amount of the design work on www.annieglass.com and www.beachstreet.com among others.

I am a print specialist. If you want a business card or a billboard, I'm your guy.

As a general rule I shoot for about $50 an hour for freelance... which usually ends up being $35 because I'm a perfectionist. Don't like to make less than $25.

 

On a side note... I already got one bite because of my buddy that was helping me last night. I'm sending them a res and some pdf's tonight.

 

Good luck Ray, I'll keep an ear out for anything I might hear about too, though it would most likely be freelance work.

 

yay, ppl without jobs makin babies!

good luck on your job hunt, my best friend had to mothball his graphic design shop and take part time work with a firm. lukcily he only went on a few interviews and didn't have to resume *****. it isn't full time or guaranteed long term, but there is work out there.

 

aahh well good luck

 

Also a comment you should keep to yourself. You don't know me and you have no idea what my wife and I's situation is.

My baby is 4 months old... 9 plus for is 13... 13 months. I've been unemployed since March of last year... that's 16 months. My wife got pregnant 3 month in to my unemployment and we had been trying for over 2 years... while we were both employed making combined about 100k a year. So you sir can **** off... not that I need to explain myself to you. Man... wtf is wrong with you people.

I made this post to give a heads up to the unemployed folks on the site as I knew there were a few... not get any kind of sympathy what so ever. Or comments like this.

Man... you act like I have 14 kids and I'm on welfare driving a $60k SUV and living in government regulated housing... not even looking for work.

I've sent out over 200 resumés. I've dug a few ditches to make money when I can and even detailed a few cars to make some money to buy groceries.



and for any of you other douches... I bought my car when I was working in SF making nearly $80k a year. I paid it off. The first year I had it I put a good chunk of money in to it. Then I took a $30k pay cut to move back to Santa Cruz and make my relationship work... my car has had very little money put in to it since I got married and ZERO since I had a baby and have been unemployed. SO **** off.

 

Hey Ray, wanna design a tattoo for me? All the people I tried before can't draw jack ****. And yes, I'll pay

 

you should not have to explain yourself at all. everyone goes through tough times and sounds like you are doing everything you can for yourself and your family.
best of luck and wishes on the job hunt man. with your background and experience i am sure something will come about.