un: abnormalitylover, video

[abnormalizes]

[It's Evangeline! She's not wearing the flower she usually wears in her hair.]

Job searching seems to be a pretty popular topic here, so here's a related question: how do you write a resume and describe your skills and work experience without sounding violently unhinged?

Like I was thinking of applying to be a garbage collector, because I'm used to cleaning up dead bodies and have a high tolerance for bad smells from that. And at home 'experience with handling corpses' would be a perfectly reasonable thing to put on a job application, but I get the impression that it might be kind of a red flag here?

-Also, if you don't have any advice on that, then tell me which of these supernatural accessories says 'promising employee candidate' to you.

[She holds up a red flower with roots in one hand and a... headband of golden eyes? in the other. The look of the eyes might be familiar to people who read her last post.]

I could wear them both, and I usually would at home, but for a job interview I'm a little less concerned about power and a little more concerned about fashion.

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un: gaine; video

[sangreine]

[ Saya shifts into her silver hybrid form just for you, Evangeline. ]

Human standards for these things can get confusing. But if I had to guess, you can just say that you have a high tolerance for odors. I lucked into my highest paying job because of my unique experience, so that's also an approach you could take.

That aside, I like the red.

[abnormalizes]

[She appreciates it, hello gorgeous.]

I don't know if it's a human-standard thing or a peaceful-world thing. I mean, I'm human still, last time I checked.

I like the red one too! It's got nostalgic value for me.

[sangreine]

Your taste and experience is a bit atypical, even so. [ It's a compliment! Human standards are questionable at best, and an ever-moving target. ]

I can understand not wanting to make things difficult for yourself by flaunting it, of course. There's a reason I don't go everywhere looking like this.

[abnormalizes]

If you went everywhere looking like that, you might be more worried about my PDA than other people's judgments.

un:happyaround

[roundandaround]

I... think it might scare people off, yeah... uhh, maybe say you're just good at cleaning?

[abnormalizes]

That's probably the way to go. Experience working in noxious environments, something like that.

[roundandaround]

I guess you could say "my world is really scary" if they really wanna know, though. Maybe just not more than that?

[abnormalizes]

The resume form I've been working with wants me to list job positions and responsibilities and I don't know how to do that while still being vague and not scary.

un: Hermes voice

[blazeoflife]

[ Oh hey, Junpei butting in because this girl, man. He wondered if her and Chidorita would get along for how weird about death they both got--

Wait, weird about death... ]

Yeaaahhhhh putting it like that ain't great. Maybe like, 'experienced dealing with...' uh, shit, I know there's like a better word for just corpses...

[ Give him a minute or two-- ]

Cadavers? I think that's the term?

[ But to toss out some ideas for her-- ]

Do you think you could work at the hospital or a funeral parlor...? I'm sure that'd be good places too with that kinda 'tolerance.

Also I like the red flower, it looks cute on you. The eyes give me kinda weird vibes.

[abnormalizes]

Mmm, I don't know if those would work out. At least not if I had to interact with patients or customers - I'd probably upset someone being too callous about dying.

[At least she recognizes that's likely to make grieving people unhappy with her.]

The flower's my favorite EGO gift too. The eyes are gifts from a stronger Abnormality, so at home it'd be more impressive, but that doesn't really matter here I guess.

[blazeoflife]

Yeah you'd definitely need to stick to the backrooms, and not customer service, no offence.

[ At least they could both be honest about that? ]

...A EGO gift?

[ Ooh, more Lore dumps? Junpei sounded interested. ]

Whazzat?

[abnormalizes]

Right, so when you work with Abnormalities, if you do a really good job and the Abnormality's very happy with you, sometimes they'll give you a gift? Which has a little bit of their power in it. EGO suits and weapons are made with extracted energy, but for gifts there isn't any way to get them other than the Abnormality taking a liking to you.

The glasses are an EGO gift too, I don't actually have bad eyesight.

video; un: kouthegreat001

[trafficsafety]

I like the flower!

I got no idea about the other stuff! [Said confidently...but hey, he's honest.]

We're in the same boat!

[abnormalizes]

[bless you, Kou.]

The flower seems popular! That's what I was leaning towards.

How's your job search going?

[trafficsafety]

I think the headband could come off as imitating. [Intimidating. He means intimidating.] But you'd look pretty with the flower!

Mm, not so good. I've got no idea how to get a job. I'm thinking I might just start asking straight up!

[abnormalizes]

Thank you, that's sweet to say.

Asking's not a bad idea. Some people have put themselves out looking for a job on this network, and it seems to work okay.

un: historia

[meliorated]

( What she says should be more alarming then it is, but -- death has become normal in her own world. Still, she doesn't imagine that they're from the same place, either. )

That flower is lovely. Is it native to this world?

... As for the job, death... doesn't seem to be normal here. Still, I'm sure that there's someone out there that may have the perfect job for you, even if it means finding a skill you didn't even know you had before.

[abnormalizes]

It's not a natural flower you'd find growing in the ground anywhere anywhere - it's a gift from a monster I worked with back in my world. But it has sentimental value and I'm very fond of it.

I'd like to hope there's a good fit here. I can do guild quests, but I'd like to have the consistency of a permanent position. My old job sucked, but at least it paid well and consistently.

[meliorated]

A monster? ( She can't help but stop at that. She knows better than to judge a situation by such words, but it's still surprising to hear. ) I see. Even if you call them a monster -- it sounds like you were close to them.

There's still so much of this world we don't know about -- and people who seem to arrive here often. Even if there's nothing out there now that may be consistent, I'm sure that there may be a job in the future for you.

un: wolf

[badsunrising]

Why are you used to cleaning up dead bodies?

[abnormalizes]

[Oh she really hopes this is a hot wolf and not just a human who's Edgy.]

My previous workplace was more than a little callous about employee death.

[badsunrising]

[ BOTH? ]

Can you elaborate on that?

un: shinkirou

[kingside]

The flower, absolutely, but the other item might be appropriate for certain job interviews depending on what the job is.

With the right vocabulary, you should be able to tailor that experience to the job as well. Perhaps stating that you're accustomed to hazardous waste removal would do the trick.

Is garbage collector the only job you're considering?

[abnormalizes]

Hazardous waste removal in noxious environments, something like that.

I'm open to a lot of things. Funeral parlor was suggested but I definitely couldn't be in a forward-facing position there, I'd be too callous about dead people. Do you have any ideas?

[kingside]

[Well, this sure is a conversation.]

Perhaps a mortician specifically. I understand that preparing the corpse for the funeral involves tasks like wiring the jaw shut, among other things.