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 I am currently taking part in ZineWriMo month. This means I am attempting to daily focus on writing and creating new zines.  One week down and one zine made! Well, one rough draft of a zine. 

Friendship During Job Hunting

While I am waiting to get a new printing of Bebe Pies Issue 1, I thought I would share a glimpse of one of the articles in the zine. I write about looking for work and share some tips that help me to not spend my days wallowing in despair. Here I share my trusty tip number 2 for dealing with job hunting: 

Tip 2: Have a friend who is not afraid to tell you the truth.

Perhaps you will run into a job ad that asks for you to create a project specifically for the application, or you will attempt to make one of those new creative resumes that the interwebs are all over (resume that looks like an Amazon Ad? Pfft. I can do that!), or you have the brilliant idea to ditch the job search and return to school for your 4th graduate degree. During these times of creative brainstorm, you need a friend you can run some of your ideas past. You need someone who can balance being supportive while telling the truth. Job searching can mean spending a lot of time on your own in front of the computer. It can be difficult to discern the great ideas from the mediocre ones from the poor ones. It is beneficial to have the support of someone who can tell you when that new resume does not highlight your best qualities or saves you from signing up for another pottery course cause you may have found your new calling. How can you tell if you have a friend who fits the bill? If you share an idea or a rough draft of a project and they respond with either “It's good” or “It's fine” then they are not the friend to go to for advice. “It's good” and “it's fine” are two things you say when you do not have the guts to say what you really think. Now, if on the reverse you have a friend who is quick to criticize everything you do – they are not of much help either. What you need is the person who loves you enough, to be honest, and knows what your strengths are (in case you forget them for a moment or two).