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Hi Goons, I mostly lurk, but I am posting to see if any Los Angeles county Goons have any advise. I moved to East LA (Pasadena) in the summer of 2017. I had to leave a job I really liked in Denver, but am glad I did as thinks went downhill really fast after I left. I have a lot of experience and varied skills mostly as an Operations and/or Office Manager, with a lot of Social Media/Marketing skills. Since relocating I did what I had done in the past, when moving to a new city; reaching out to temp agencies, getting an idea of what is commutable and what is not , etc. So far I have not have a great deal of success. First job had multiple locations; when I started I was told I would be at a one location, but as my training ended, they said I would be placed at another location REALLY far from me. The next thing I took was with a large company that had NO training, even though that was one of their huge selling points in the interview process. I bailed at the end of the probation period as it was also a super toxic office. Since then I have done a lot of temp/contract work but I feel like I am not gaining any traction. I can get interviews and interest in my resume/skills but all of the jobs seem to be in Santa Monica and I really hate that much of a commute. I just can't believe that there are NO jobs in east LA. I am currently teaching myself how to edit in iMovie and how to use Garageband to edit some VO stuff from a class I took to get a starter demo together. Any advice or assistance from the goon community is very appreciated. 
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Nov 15, 2018 23:56
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Go to all the shows. Comedy, open mic, music, arts festivals, everything. Meet people. Be aggressively friendly and charming and funny. I know it takes 4 hours to drive the 10 miles to whatever neighborhood the shows are in, do it anyway. You're in Los Angeles. Knowing all the menus in imovie is fine, but your primary goal is meeting people, and not just people who can get you a job, meet your peers. Say yes to lovely temp work, do whatever gets you out and meeting people in the biz.
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Nov 16, 2018 16:49
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I am not looking to make VO my full time job, I am looking more for a Marketing/Ops Manager job...I understand the networking piece I am just not finding jobs that I can reasonably commute to and the jobs I can find at a reasonable commute don't want to pay more than $12/hour.
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Nov 17, 2018 00:32
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Wait a minute I just drove through loving Frankfort Indiana today and every factory had a sign up saying starting pay $17 an hour. You can literally buy a safe comfortable house in Frankfort for $60k. You are telling me people are working for $12 an hour in LA? Califonia?
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Nov 17, 2018 00:54
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Are you moving and/or quitting jobs before you have another ones lined up? Just making sure I'm reading this right.
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Nov 17, 2018 00:57
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Elephanthead posted:Wait a minute I just drove through loving Frankfort Indiana today and every factory had a sign up saying starting pay $17 an hour. You can literally buy a safe comfortable house in Frankfort for $60k. You are telling me people are working for $12 an hour in LA? Califonia? Yes. I mean there are good pay jobs here but they are all much closer to the coast than where I live with hellish commutes. I am trying to find as many networking events as I can to get my name out there.
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Nov 17, 2018 02:23
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Motronic posted:Are you moving and/or quitting jobs before you have another ones lined up? I moved because my partner got a dream job in a city we both wanted to relocate to and they make WAY more than I do. I tired to work with my former company in Denver to handle as much as possible as I could remotely as multiple employees had done so before me, but the management team was shady and forced me to draft a resignation letter. I have quit ONE job since moving to LA because I was promised "excellent" training and got zero and was dealing with a very toxic group of people. It was not an easy decision. We can afford to live on one income, but I HATE not working.
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Nov 17, 2018 02:27
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We just started paying entry level dishwashers/busboys $20/hr at the restaurant my friend runs in Denver. Still having trouble getting people.
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Nov 17, 2018 05:31
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Pryor on Fire posted:We just started paying entry level dishwashers/busboys $20/hr at the restaurant my friend runs in Denver. Still having trouble getting people. I can see that tho. Rent in Denver is getting to be on par with LA prices. We actually ended up saving money our first year here on rent and we are still saving on Car/Renter's, Medical insurance(with lower premiums and co-pays) gas is about the same(we don't have 85 but 87 is about the same), sales tax is about 1% higher here but yeah, I can see why it's rough finding hires, bummer.  If you need a newsletter person I have experience with that.
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Nov 17, 2018 05:45
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Elephanthead posted:Wait a minute I just drove through loving Frankfort Indiana today and every factory had a sign up saying starting pay $17 an hour. You can literally buy a safe comfortable house in Frankfort for $60k. You are telling me people are working for $12 an hour in LA? Califonia? Yeah, but then you'd have to live in Frankfort Indiana.
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Nov 18, 2018 05:55
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How is the iMovie stuff supposed to help you? You live in the city where all the video editors live. You could, uh, move? Commute like everyone else? Outside of specific resume or job interview stuff, you can do those two things.
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Nov 18, 2018 20:36
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Blinkman987 posted:How is the iMovie stuff supposed to help you? You live in the city where all the video editors live. I am just learning iMovie is just for me, not for anything job related. Also, I can't "just move" I'm married and my partner makes much more than I do. That was basically the choice I was given when leaving Denver; my job was like "You can stay here and keep your job or move and resign", cool, yeah, that's a solid plan.... I am happy to commute, within reason, but 2 hours each way, every day is not a tenable situation for me since I am currently in the middle of a bunch of medical stuff on top of the job search. It's not like I haven't thought these things thru...I am just trying to work within what will work best for me, my life and my own personal circumstances... 
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Nov 18, 2018 21:27
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Uh dude, east LA is NOT Pasadena do background extra work. Sign up for Central Casting
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Nov 20, 2018 17:12
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Alan Smithee posted:Uh dude, east LA is NOT Pasadena That is part of my plan, but it's good to hear it as a suggestion. Thank you.  (edit) also, if Pasadena is not East LA, what is it? Asking in all honesty, since I am not sure what is considered. BoyWee fucked around with this message at 06:15 on Nov 21, 2018 |
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Nov 21, 2018 00:06
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BoyWee posted:That is part of my plan, but it's good to hear it as a suggestion. Thank you. Pasadena? Do you have a car? There's plenty of apps where that comes in handy
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Nov 21, 2018 07:23
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Downtown LA has a lot of jobs, and you have the option of taking the metro. Look out into the Valleys, San Fernando and San Gabriel. It sucks because your probably going to have to spend an hour in traffic on your commute, even if the job is 5 miles away.
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Nov 21, 2018 18:42
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Alan Smithee posted:Pasadena? I do have a car, but I really want to limit my commute for a LOT of reasons. I am on block off the Gold line. Job Apps or like traffic apps?
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Nov 22, 2018 06:10
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Manwich posted:Downtown LA has a lot of jobs, and you have the option of taking the metro. I am looking a lot more an DLTA now that I know the metro better. I have done temp jobs in Glendale and Burbank, ideally that is where I would like to be. I am also looking in the Valleys as well.
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Nov 22, 2018 06:12
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everyone WANTS to limit their commute but you live in LA your options are evidently have a worse commute or go on doing what you're doing right now
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Dec 4, 2018 12:40
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Like drive for uber/lyft also take the bus as much as possible. It loving owns when you can do it. You don't even have to pay for it if you don't want to lol
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Dec 4, 2018 13:19
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If you're not willing to commute how do you expect to find a career? It's possible the job that fits you best is a commute. This is Los Angeles - and echo that you live in Pasadena, so LOL of course you're going to have a drive. You may have to just suck it up for awhile and eventually find something else, just find something you can deal with and keep your eyes open for other closer opportunities.
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Dec 9, 2018 07:47
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Infinitely mad you have a very good and useful goldline just sitting there that takes you where you want to go.
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Dec 18, 2018 00:55
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Heya fellow Pasadena goon. There's a bunch of weekly/monthly startup & networking events in Pasadena you can find on Meetup. You might be able to make some connections for work there.
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OP I think you should define “long commute.” I’ve never even been to LA, but everyone I’ve ever met who lived there has talked a great deal about the immense commutes. It’s a driving city, which is in reality planned like a cluster of suburbs, and commuting is a part of life in any city.
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