How to Adult: The first piece to employment

Everyone needs a job.

They may not always be ideal and sometimes can be incredibly frustrating but they’re an essential part of our everyday lives.

Having a job will let you build up your experience and help you earn money so you can afford to enjoy your hobbies alongside being able to afford the necessities.

However, before you even consider looking for a job, you’ll need to cre- ate a resumé that’ll best express who you are and what you can do.

That resumé will be the main factor (besides interviews) that employers use to determine if you’re the right fit for the opening that you applied for.

Creating a resumé may seem like a difficult thing to do initially but it just boils down to being able to describe yourself in a way that seems appealing and is easy to understand.

First off, you’re going to need to provide general information about yourself like how to get in contact with you. If they don’t have that information then it’ll be difficult if not impossible for them to reach out to you.

Needless to say but if they can’t contact you then they can’t move you forward as a potential employee.

With that you can also include a brief summary about yourself that sells you as a good candidate.

I don’t recommend lying (in any part of your resumé) or writing what feels like a short essay, just make it short and reasonable.

Following this, you’ll want to include information about your skillset, your education and any prior work experience.

It’s best to list off what you’re capable of doing before anything else (but after your contact information) since having a good set of skills is essential for a getting hired.

Don’t get nervous if it takes a while to compile your skills since some tasks that may seem basic to you could end up being the vital skills that your future work is looking for.

For your education and previous jobs, it’s best to list them in reverse chronological order so the place you’re applying for can read through those sections without issue with the most recent first.

Be sure to include all of your work experience even if you didn’t enjoy the job or find it noteworthy. It could be that the job you would’ve left out would provide them with a better idea of what you can do.

Lastly, you’re going to have to consider who you want to put down as references for when you begin the application process.

They’re not necessary immediately but having some people that the business can contact to inquire about you is going to be more helpful than if you had none.

These can be anyone from folks at your prior workplaces to people you interact with normally. Basically, the references you will want to be looking for are people that can vouch for your abilities. Especially if you remember them being glad to have worked with you.

Once you’re satisfied with your resumé and reference choices then you can move onto what might be the longest and most nerve-wracking step on the longterm path to work, job hunting.

Texas has introduced new House and Senate bills aimed at limiting access to abortion pills. From placing responsibility on Internet Service Providers (ISPs) and credit card companies the new bills aim to set felony charges on those seeking to obtain access to the pills.

Mifepristone, a drug thrust into the news as Roe was overturned in summer 2022, is used to terminate early pregnancy up to 70 days or 10 weeks, along with a second pill that is not under attack.

With total abortion bans happening throughout the country, many are trying to gain access to this drug online. Under this bill, these online outlets will be blocked and allow others to seek civil lawsuits against anyone seeking information on or trying to obtain abortion pills.

House Bill 2690 would require ISPs to ban websites that give access to and information on abortion pills. Though ISPs can bar access to nationally restricted websites, how do national companies do so for a single state, or would ISPs even do anything?

Though we see how the Texas legislature is trying to use this House Bill, it’s unrealistic, and most likely would not work. This bill will not only infringe on the First Amendment right to free speech by trying to silence telehealth abortion providers, but also target abortion funds and their donors and anyone who travels out of state for care.

If passed, HB 2690 would make it illegal to “provide information on how to obtain an abortion-inducing drug.” This includes stopping people from making or maintaining websites or creating and distributing applications on the topic.

The next bill introduced, SB 1440, makes it a felony for credit card companies to process the purchases and transactions for abortion pills. SB 1440 also makes credit card companies who process these transactions liable to public lawsuits.

Texas’ power grab to continue to silence women and their choice of abortion has been at the top of Texas Republicans’ lists. Texas was the first state to implement a near-total abortion ban with a law known as SB 8, which took effect in September 2021. Now, it is being shown that all outlets for the procedure are all but set to be stomped out and made unavailable. This topic has for many decades challenged the rights of couples and especially the rights of women and their bodies, and Texas has no remorse in its quest to silence those who deem abortion as a lawful procedure.