Category: Careers - Beware!

Swiftwater Rescue Instructors Are Challenged By New Generations

August 2, 2023July 9, 2023 by Long Shot Illustrator

This featured image presents a cartoon to communicate the new challenges swiftwater rescue instructors face in convincing Gen Z and Gen Alpha students that SwiftWater Rescue is not a class on clearing their commode with a plunger. A Gen Alpha boy with pink hair, a pistachio green shirt matching the pistachio green commode, with neon-turquoise rubber boots, is standing next to a toilet which has overflowed onto the floor.

Plunging A Toilet Is Not Swiftwater Rescue

Today’s Swiftwater Rescue Instructors Face New Challenges

August 2, 2023July 9, 2023 by Long Shot Illustrator

This featured image presents two cartoon frames to communicate the new challenges swiftwater rescue instructors face in describing swiftwater rescue to Gen Z and Gen Alpha students. The first frame, titled "Swift Water" shows a dam springing a leak. The second frame, titled "Swiftwater Rescue" shows the same dam with two band-aids patching the leak. Next to the two frames is a box of Band-Aid Water Block Flex bandages.

Challenges In The Swiftwater Rescue Instructor Career

Precarious Life Of The Technical Rope Rescue Instructor

August 2, 2023July 8, 2023 by Long Shot Illustrator

This featured image shows two cartoon frames about the precarious life of a "technical" rope rescue instructor. Each frame illustrates an instructor in a dangerous situation that will likely end in death. On says, "O.K. guys, I'm going to demonstrate how NOT to execute the single rope pick-off." The other says, "And guys, this is how NOT to utilize the running bowline knot." Two subtitles state, "Life Out On The Limb" and "Let me demonstrate how one man's vocation is another man's death knell."

Dangers Of The Rope Rescue Instructor Career

Collecting Social Security Benefits From Disabled Government Issued Phone

August 1, 2023June 30, 2023 by Long Shot Illustrator

This featured image presents the picture of a Social Security Disability Benefits form with applicant name, "Joanis B. Resting", a mobile phone whose screen shows it is locked, and the headline, "Unemployed masses drawing Social Security benefits claiming government issued mobile phones are disabled, making it impossible to submit resumes to employers offering jobs."

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