#Advice for Seekers

[turiyatitta]

Drugs, Mystical Experience, and the Value of Service

A Conversation with Linda & Michael Molina First and foremost, I would like to extend my heartfelt gratitude to Linda and Michael Molina for inviting me to share my insights and experiences on their esteemed platform. Our engaging conversation traversed through the realms of spirituality, the use of entheogens, and the profound journey toward self-realization. Here are some of the key points I…

[qldqueerboy]

There seems a need to redefine what hope and guidance means to you as you contemplate embarking on resolving a persistent and troubling situation today. Too often you have listened and acted on the promises and advice from others only to find that they all lacked the maturity and practicality to be truly effective. What needs to come to your realization today is that true hope and guidance is an inside job. It is by applying consistent effort no matter how tedious it is that results will eventually come to this problematic situation.

[xiabablog]

Might be helpful!!! ✅

[ask-a-bot]

I have a seeker in my shed- i dont know how he got there but ive let him turn it into a home- anyway, i think he age regresses(is that even possible for a cybertronian??) and i think he has a boyfriend he sneaks over- im not sure how to explain he doesn't have to sneak someone in- and that he also doesn't have to hide all the time, hes like just an adult for cybertronian standards- help?

I don't know about age regression. That's a question for Rung, probably.

Yeah... I haven't heard of it being a thing, but... traumatic events do weird things to all life forms, cybernetic ones included. The war's taken its toll on all involved, me included.

I'm grateful that Hot Rod at least was kept out of it. Thank you, old friend.

Glad to. I'd do it again.

Seekers can be difficult. They have their own culture and funny ways. I would advise talking to one of the seekers that regularly writes in. Perhaps they would be so kind as to reblog with a response when they see this message. That might be helpful.

[your-heart-is-a-treasure]

LISTEN and SILENT are spelled with the same letters. Think about it.

[finderseeker]

Tumblr should make a feature that’s in between posting privately and regularly posting: posting and only mutuals can see it. Maybe not for reblogs, but like for your own posts.

[writerz0001]

Writer

I am a writer and a career adviser, If anyone is looking for job, I am available to assist the person through their job search process.

[chasing-chimeras]

And if I said Apostate Theo x Noble. Grey warden(former templar) Liam.......

idk who you are but i would propose on both knees (and also inform you that a few months ago i typed up an eighteen page outline for almost this exact concept)

[literaila]

hi, i want to start writing stories, and i admire your work, and i have a few questions if you don't mind, have you always been good at writing, do you write something everyday and how did you feel confident enough to start posting your work?

have i always been good at writing? no. absolutely not. i have always written things (evidence: the 1k novel i wrote in third grade about a dolphin adopted by a lobster which lacked quotation marks) if that’s what you’re asking.

writing, like all things, only truly improves with practice (and reading, absorbing information is no joke). sometimes i read things i wrote in the last year and have to sit and question myself for a good hour on exactly what i was thinking. my first work on tumblr was god awful, but i can admire it from afar because it got me where i am.

i personally think i lack the natural affinity for writing because i struggled in school and couldn’t really read until i was 10, but you’ll find your niche and it’ll work out.

do i write something everyday? ummm unfortunately no. i certainly think about writing every day, but typically i write 2-3 times a week during a good writing period. though! i wish i was disciplined enough to write something everyday because if would probably make writing a lot easier and less strenuous for me

(take that with a grain of salt though because i have a terrible attention span and can’t sit still for periods longer than 10 minutes. recently i’ve been writing when we’re slow at work, if that means anything to you)

how did i feel confident enough to start posting my work? simply put, i didn’t. i still don’t most days. writing is an entirely debilitating experience in my opinion and it sucks! i hate it! it makes me feel like walking on a thousand legos!

but if you’re feeling nervous about posting something, i encourage you to just do it. don’t worry about what others will think. when i posted my first story (on here, don’t ask about the eras before) i didn’t really like it, but my readers did. and that made it worth it to keep posting more. if you’ve got an idea that you’re passionate about, go for it! no one’s going to write it like you will.

honestly, i try not to take my writing too seriously (and i do a terrible job, obviously) because it’s supposed to be an escape from all of the terrible things about the world. so i’ll keep pretending it is an escape (wink wink). so, write whatever story you want, and post it on every platform across the earth. someone, like me, will love it.

[spookyfbi]

Thank you so much tumblr for telling me to ask what the role is offering when asked what my salary expectations are and to not give my current salary you would not believe how much more these roles are offering than what I would have asked for

[breelandwalker]

Hey bree! Hope your day is going well. If you don't want to answer thats fine but I'm currently looking for a book on supernatural creatures, like folk lore creatures but from all across the world and not just specific locations. Do you know of any book, or where I should look for a book that has a large guide on learning about and interacting with creatures? daemons, the fair folk, spirits, local myths, ect? I found a book that describes where all these myths come from, from the Asian dragons representing the elements, talking about the origins of Medusa, and even the orgins of pagan gods, and it covers pretty much every creature and what they represent, but has no short guides on working with them and also tries to spread the misinformation that Lilith is a Goddess so I don't really trust what they say. Any help or direction would be appreciated! Thank you.

I don't think there's going to be a short-list or cliff-notes solution to this particular problem, unfortunately. This might be more of a multiple-books situation. If you try to find a single book that has ALL of this, you're inevitably going to end up with something that is either shallow and inaccurate or made for children, and it's not likely to include instructions for working with them in a magical sense.

I would suggest seeking out subject-focused titles written by folklorists or historians as a means of discovering more information. You'll likely find things that are regionally-focused or which deal with an overarching type of creature and the associated world myths about the various permutations thereof. As for working with these creatures, texts on the topic are a bit thin on the ground and most of the ones I could find are either older folklore compendiums (i.e. The Book of Werewolves) or are positively dripping with woo-woo 90s New Age nonsense.

The only topics that seem to have a decent amount of extant literature are working with the Good Neighbors (aka fae, fair folk, fairies, etc) and working with ghosts and spirits. How accurate or reliable these books are seems to vary widely, and I can't really say which ones I would recommend, since I don't include either of these things in my practice.

Using the metric of Lilith Is Not A Goddess as a measuring device for the texts you do find seems like a good start. Definitely fact-check against other sources and read critically. And remember that working with supernatural creatures may be something you have to figure out partially on your own, unless your interests fall into a popular category. You can ask other witches about it, but keep that bullshit filter on and don't trust anyone who tries to sell you a spirit.

Hope this helps!

[serenagaia]

[mourning-again-in-america]

god i love cutting gordian knots for people

[far-too-many-things]

As someone involved in the interview process exactly this. I want to hear "I will do the job and show up and not be a dick" don't be afraid to lie a little.

Also please make your resumes using bullet points and color. I don't want to/can't read a block of text and color will make me remember your resume.

remember that interviews are not about giving a good and honest first impression that they'll carefully consider. interviews are about saying the special words and phrases they're looking for that give you points and when they tally those up whoever earned the most job points wins

[soyouwanttolandthejob]

What to ask at the end of an interviewer, when they ask what questions YOU have?

Professional recruiter here who does anywhere from 15-25 phone screenings for entry-level jobs in a typical week! As someone who talks to a lot of nervous new job seekers, and as someone who was myself a nervous new job seeker not too many years ago, I thought maybe someone, somewhere out here on Tumblr could use this info to help ace an upcoming interview!

First things first, how many questions should you ask?

There really is no magic number, but 2-3 is about what I get on average, and that is generally a very safe non-eyebrow raising number.

Truly, you aren't required to have any questions, but I will say that as an interviewer, when someone doesn't have even one single question, there is a part of me that goes....."ok, so like do you care about this job at all, or....? It can come across like you're not super interested in the job (which you might not be, but your interviewer shouldn't be able to guess that, not if you want the job).

You can ask more questions than 2-3, but if you do, you'll generally want to be mindful that they should be shorter, more yes/no type questions, rather than something that requires a long, in-depth answer. Asking 5+ really in-depth questions means the call is probably running way overtime, which isn't awful, but in a scenario where you're trying to leave a good impression, it's also not ideal.

What not to ask?

Don't ask something that's already clearly spelling out in the job description. There's a hack you can use to get around this that I'll explain in a minute, but basically, the impression you risk giving here is that you didn't read the job description at all (because the idea is that if you had, then you would already know the answer to your question) and this, in turn, it can make an interviewer see you as ill-prepared, scattered, and just not super put-together, which again, just comes down to the overall impression of yourself that you're leaving.

What do you do instead?

If you see something in the job listing or on the company website that is confusing, doesn't make sense, or that you want further info on, ask this instead:

"So I was reading through the job description and I saw XYZ, which I thought sounded really interesting! I was wondering if you could give me an example of what that would look like specifically?"

BAM, this immediately undercuts any potential assumptions that you didn't 'do your homework', while also getting you the info you need.

Is it ok to ask about benefits/salary?

Personally, I never mind if someone asks about the salary, just because it is such an important deciding factor for anybody, but I do know through the grapevine that not every company or even every individual interviewer feels the same, so I would treat this one with a little care and caution, and be aware that some places and people do see it as more taboo.

If you do choose to ask about this, I would recommend making it your last question, and I would also recommend balancing the scales with a few other non-benefit related questions. This helps you come across as a well-rounded person who is thoughtfully considering all the factors, rather than being single-mindedly focused on just money and perks.

Think like, 2-3 company/work related questions and then 1 benefit/pay related question. Again, this isn't an exact formula, but the key is balance, and the goal is to sound like you're interested in everything the job has to offer, not just the salary/perks.

What are safe/"good" questions to ask?

I do think it's important to ask questions about the things that are genuinely important make-it-or-break-it factors for you, as there's no point in wasting your time in continuing in an interview process if you find out that the job isn't going to offer something you need. For example, if you live rurally, don't have a car, and can only work a remote job, make sure to ask about that if it's unclear from the job ad! If it turns out the job can't be made remote, then better to know that now then after you've wasted weeks of your time interviewing.

That said, if you don't have any of these types of questions, and have no idea what to ask, here's some inspiration. Any of these questions are going to be pretty tame and safe, while also netting you some good info that you can use to genuinely determine if you want the job or not.

What does the onboarding process look like? (if you're new to the work force, that's the term most people will use to describe the getting-started/training period)

What sorts of growth opportunities are available within the company? (again, if you're new, growth opportunities are the business-speak way to refer to potential future promotions and advancements)

What size is the team I'd be joining?

If I were to be hired, what's one thing I could do/learn/practice in the time before my start date to get a head-start on training/preparing for this role? (this is maybe my top recommendation - it makes anyone who asks it sound like a huge go-getter and over-achiever, and makes you look GREAT to an interviewer)

How is success measured in this role? OR, What would a successful hire do that might set them apart in their first 6 months in this job?

(Bit of an umbrella category, but) Any follow-up questions about the job responsibilities themselves as listed in the job description. These will vary depending on the job, but things like: About how many phone calls a week does a typical person in this role average? What software platforms does your company use for XXX TASK? How many patients are typically on one person's case-load at a time? Stuff like that.

Why is this role open? (ie, did the previous person who did it quit? Don't ask it like that, haha, but like, that's what this question is trying to get at. Is this a role people get mad and quit from? Or is this a role people get happily promoted up from?)

How long have YOU been working here? What's been your experience working for this company? (I never thought to ask this when I was job hunting, but I actually get asked this all the time now and I never mind answering, and I also genuinely think its a good way to get a bit of an insider view on life at the company in question. Its also generally a good sign if you hear they've been at the company a while - this means this is a place people like to work at, and aren't in a hurry to quit/aren't getting fired from)

That's most of what I can think of off the top of my head, but let me know if there's any aspect of this topic that I didn't cover that you want to hear about, and I can add more!