Employment Office Tips and Tricks

[BERT_X]

This thread is a collection of many helpful tips and tricks for the Employment Office Jobs.

Please feel free to post any questions, your own hints and other discussion about jobs.

Or join in on our "off-topic" chat. Everyone is welcome.

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Directory of topics in this thread

Scroll down to the post number of the topic you want to view or simply *click* on the link to jump there.

Post numbers:

.2 = >> Greeting to Chat Group, Introduction of Current Main Characters <<

.3 = >> General Information on all Employment Office Jobs <<

.4 = >> How to Keep a Job Window Open Longer <<

.5 = >> Tips for the KinzPost Sorter Job <<

.6 = >> Tips for Medium Jobs: Piano Player and Ms Birdy's Assistant <<

.7 = >> Tips for Medium Jobs: Grocery Clerk and Gem Mining <<

.8 = >> Tips for all Easy Jobs << (coming soon)

.9 = >> Tips for Medium Jobs: Flooring Assistant and Baby Sitter <<

10 = >> History of Previous Threads, Part I << (coming soon)

11 = >> Previous Funny Short Posts, Part I << (coming soon)

12 = >> Previous Funny Short Posts, Part II << (coming soon)

13 = >> Previous Funny Long Posts <<

14 = >> Previous Funny Short Posts, part III << (coming soon)

15 = >> Remembering Regular Members Who Are Gone, part 1 <<

16 = >> Remembering Regular Members Who Are Gone, part 2 << (coming soon)

17 = >> topic #17 << (coming soon)

18 = >> About Jobs, From a Kid's Point of View << (coming soon)

22 = >> 0bserver's Housez, Favorite Rooms <<

23 = >> BERT_X's Housez, First 20 Rooms<<

24 = >> Virtual Picture of This Thread's Chat Group <<

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[Whimzykinz]

Welcome to The Employment Office Tips and Tricks center of helpful tips to survive and succeed the Employment Office of Webkinz World. This thread is designed to be informative, entertaining and provide support for those members looking for specific tips on the variety of jobs available in Webkinz World Employment office. The core members involved in presenting you this concisely organized wealth of information are: Bert_X, Not2old4this, Pom.

In the directory, in post number one, you will also find guidance to posts written by other members that have shared their talents in joining the daily chat in this thread. You will find a variety of helpful information to digest, use and apply for better success in Webkinz World. The biographies that appear next are of the four members that form the original core group with exception of Webkinzgram, the original creator.... with whom is no longer participating in Webkinz Insider. We sincerely miss her presence.

Bert_X has been participating in Webkinz Insider for over a year. "BERT_X is in his 60s, retired, single, and lives in Wisconsin. He got involved with Webkinz to help his niece 'Spypuppy' who is also a member of our group. Bert_X is super charged with energy and thrives on learning new techniques to conquer games in Webkinz world, as well as, very interested in how to successfully complete the various jobs in the Employment Office.

Bert_X is one of the most helpful members in Webkinz Insider and finds joy in offering his version of entertainment which may come in ways of silly pictures, graphics, stories or simply in the delivery of one line that will guarantee to land you on the floor laughing. Watch out with your morning coffee, don't take any sips until after you read his posts, this will insure that your computer screen will remain nice and clean.

You can always count on Bert_X for any help. He has his own charm but a good friend he will always be. He stood by me when a thread I created started going in the wrong direction, as did my dear friend Pom. He is full of a wealth of information about Webkinz World and beyond. We appreciate his continued enthusiasm for providing helpful tips about Webkinz World and more. We also thank him for the continued energy offered to help others if even how to simply migrate the forum of Webkinz Insider. Thank you Bert_X.

Pom has a heart of gold, an eagle eye for detail and is one of the dearest people you will ever meet in a forum setting. Pom is a "Stay-at-home-Mom" with two lovely daughters, a non-Webkinz-obsessed hubby that resides in sunny California.

Pom started her interests in Webkinz World in the Employment Office experimenting with various jobs. She soon became driven to earn more kinzcash to fund her daughter's "wants" in Webkinz World. As she continued her quest in the Employment Office she later found more interests for making recipes which led her to Webkinz Insider. She was thrilled to also be able to access tips on how to help her daughter earn that precious Crown of Wonder and learn more about the lovely Rare items she kept seeing pop up in other people's posts.

After finding the wealth of information at her fingertips through WI, she then found her interests expanding. Last summer when the nature of the Employment Office changed she found herself searching for the same solutions that we all did, which drew us all together originally alongside Webkinzgram's mission to find a pattern in the Employment Office. History was made then and our group has been together since.

Pom has other interests which include decorating in Webkinz World. She has a wonderful creative side that loves to look at a room and determine how to craft a unique look. She enjoys this new aspect available in this thread. She also has her own house thread available for viewing. Pom is one of the most sincere and generous people and always is available for help. If she doesn't have the answer she always accepts the challenge to find it for you. Her commitment to Webkinz Insider and the topic of the Employment Office is sincere and admirable. She participated in early job tracking and we have all enjoyed sharing our days with her for the past year. Always a delight.

Not2old4this is one of the dearest people to know with wit, savvy, intelligence, comedic timing, perception and a heart so filled with love that it's an honor to know her and share the same space with her.

She started in Webkinz last summer and quickly found an interest to decorate, enjoy the WW activities and the jobs in the Employment Office. Last August, 2007, she also found herself frustrated by the change in the Employment Office. After finding Webkinz Insider and the unique information provided she soon became drawn to include Webkinz Insider as a regular part of her day. When Webkinzgram initiated her post to ask for help in finding a pattern to the Employment Office Jobs, N2o, was intrigued and immediately found herself committed from the start to help support the data collecting required to determine a job pattern. From there she became a regular and posted the early morning jobs and jobs taken from various times of the day, as well.

We all coordinated our days around real life as we continued to enter the data needed so that Bert_X could enter the data into a form of analysis on a daily basis. If I ever had to work in the real world again, I would want to have N20 as a colleague. She is a "can do" person. She to0k a rather tedious experience and turned it into a joy for us all to come together and map the new activity of the Employment Office.

This thread was formally known as the Employment Office Daily Job Schedules and Predictions. You will soon find a historical outline of this previous thread and explanation of its origin coming soon in post #10.

Employment Office tips and Tricks is seated in its new home in Webkinz Insider with a new look and dynamic presentation of excellent tips, as well as, offers a specific forum setting location to answer and discuss your questions on each of the jobs in the Employment Office.

Feel free to post your questions and join in any discussions. You are amongst friends here and we welcome all members to join us daily.

[Pom]

General Information on the Employment Office Jobs, Pay and Prerequisites.

There are currently 12 jobs available in the Employment Office:
2 Hard Jobs - with a Green job posting - KinzPost Sorter, NEW Kinzville Mover
6 Medium Jobs - with a Blue job posting - Babysitter, Flooring Assistant, Gem Mining, Grocery Clerk, Ms. Birdy's Assistant and Piano Player.
and 5 Easy Jobs - with a Yellow job posting - Dr. Quack's Assistant, Fence Painting, Hamburger Cook, News Delivery and Shoe Store Clerk.

Pay for the jobs varies not only by difficulty level but also by level. Three passes rises you a level until you reach Level 3. Once you have had a success at the higher level it takes two failures for Miss Tabby von Meow to drop you down a level because "it looks like that job was a little tricky" ... but if you fail on your first attempt on a higher level she'll drop you after just one failure. The pay scale is as follows:
The Hard Job Level pays 100 for a success on Level 1, 200 on Level 2 and 350 on Level 3.
The Medium ones pay 75 on Level 1, 150 on Level 2 and 250 on Level 3.
The Easy jobs pay 50 on Level 1, 100 on Level 2 and 175 on Level 3.
A pass always pays more than a failure (no pay) so if you can't pass a job at least 80% of the time it might be best to focus on one that you have more success at.

The Medium and Hard jobs have Prerequisites you must complete before you will be able to choose them.
The Prerequisite for Kinzville Mover is to have completed Level 2 of Strength classes at the Kinzville Academy. That requires 15 days of successful classes, 5 at Level 1 and 10 at Level 2. [This requirement makes sense on a logical level because lifting RL boxes would require RL strength though the class and job require no physical strength, just persistence and spatial skills.]

As of 4/15/10, there is a glitch where some people who have met this requirement still do not have access to the job. Hopefully this will be remedied soon. Well, a day later on 4/16/10 the glitch seems to be fixed on my account. I will delete the glitch info if that proves to be true for everyone else, including graduates. I'm liking this one... so far.

The Prerequisite for KinzPost Sorter is to have completed 50 Math questions at Quizzy's.
(Sharpen up your addition, subtraction and division skills and this job might still be too tricky for you. It's currently out of my league.)

The Prerequisite for Babysitter is to have completed 50 Kid's World questions at Quizzy's.
(Though personally kids on this world are much easier to babysit!)

The Prerequisite for Flooring Assistant is to have completed 50 Social Studies questions at Quizzy's.
(No that doesn't connect to me either. I would guess you need to have good social skills to work for wealthy Kinz who want bizarre custom-built floors but social studies? I don't get it.)

The Prerequisite for Grocery Clerk is to have completed 50 Math questions at Quizzy's.
(Shouldn't it be food-related questions? Bagging groceries requires spatial skills? Whatever you say, Miss Tabby.)

The Prerequisite for Ms. Birdy's Assistant is 100 Language questions at Quizzy's.
(Like Babysitter, this one actually makes sense.)

The Prerequisite for Piano Player is 50 Arts questions at Quizzy's.
(It requires memory skills more than artistic ability but Arts is a logical connection.)

The Prerequisite for Gem Mining is not questions at Quizzy's, instead you must have collected at least 20 different kinds of gems while Gem Mining in the Curio Shop.
(Hello, Arte!)

To search for when your favorite jobs will be available you can use the
wonderful Job Center. It is part of the Webkinz Information Center here.
Justin created the Job Center to predict the upcoming jobs using the data gathered
at our old Job Tracking and Predictions thread... and his own stroke of genius as well.

>> click HERE to jump to the Job Center <<

Unfortunately, the Job Center doesn't seem to be working for me at this point. I don't know if it has to do with the addition of the new job or something else.

Tips on each of the jobs will soon follow in posts #5-9 of this thread.

[not2old4this]

Written and created by Whimzykinz
Originally posted October 10, 2007

Below is a little "trick", created by Whimzykinz on how to maximize your opportunity to complete your job......when you are ready to complete your job on your own time.


***Hold Your Job For A Moment Until You Are Ready To Do It***

Learn how to "Freeze The Job Hour". You can hold over T. Von Meows jobs by "FREEZING" them. When you need more time to do your job but can’t do it in the window of time that it is offered, take back some control. Here is how!

1. When the hour is getting ready to turn, leave your Employment Office window frame open.
2. Continue to stay logged on in this manner until you are ready to do your job. Do this before the turn of the new hour, which will help to avoid affecting your pet meters.
3. Then perform your job as you usually do when you are ready.

Hopefully this will insure you more kinzcash because you will be better prepared and more organized to do your favorite job.

The below URL directs you to the Job Center which will provide you with a list of all the jobs to expect each hour of the day.

Job Center by Justin
http://www.webkinzinsider.com/jobcenter.html

[BERT_X]

Here are copies of two excellent guides for doing the KinzPost Sorter job by 'likmfurry' and 'yournotme'.

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From 'likmfurry', (post #26 in 'Employment Office Tips and Tricks')

Ok, I am going to give some tips on completing KinzPost Sorter at Level 3. I have been doing it for the past few months at this level, and have learned some useful strategies which I want to share here. But first there are some things you need to keep in mind:

#1. There are a few times when you simply cannot complete the job - you just can't.

#2. Don't be afraid to use the "Pause" button... this will save you more times than you think.

#3. You are playing for 350 KC! So this isn't going to come without a bit of thinking!

Now onto the strategies:

Here is an example of a screen I got the other day. You will notice that I have two very high piles. Normally this would be a bit nerve-wracking, but here is what to do....

1. IMMEDIATELY START FILLING YOUR HIGHEST PILES WITH WHATEVER COMES OUT ON THE BELT, UNLESS IT'S A "3" or a "2", (just stick those in your holding tank). The only exception to this is if your first set of boxes all have BIG values... in which case you will just take them and start spanning them across your piles.

This has a dual purpose:
i) You will get way more 2's and 3's than anything else and you can afford to throw them away if it comes down to that.

ii) The tallest piles are more forgiving to calculate, so start to fill up those first. Because, what will USUALLY happen is that when you get near the top of them you will see you have almost made your sum - then you do a quick estimate - and it should be easy to see, whether or not you're OVER or UNDER and what kind of a number you need to finish that stack.

Keep this amount in mind - for example if I reached the top and I am over by a sum of 3, then I have 8 opportunites (the height of the tallest possible stack in this case) to see another box head my way that has a value of 3 less than one of my existing boxes in the pile, and I can switch it. It's a lot easier than painting myself in a corner waiting for a specific box with a specific value.

Plus, if you don't complete the sum of the large piles, they will act as extra boxes to pull from to help complete the shorter, more difficult piles (that have less combinations to complete the sum) and then, just focus again on the remaining tall stacks. The danger of doing this, however, is that you risk getting a bunch of 2's and 3's on the belt near the end and your big pile needs way more than that.

2. Now the next thing you concentrate on is placing appropriate values under stacks that they will work with (quick "guess"-timation). In the example above you see that the first stack only has three box spaces and needs to add up to 46... so I wouldn't put anything lower than a 15 in that pile AT FIRST (since 3 x 15 = 45) ... I may need to change those boxes later depending on what comes out on the belt, for example if I don't get much around the 15-mark but I start getting 21's or something. And then you see in the example I have a stack of seven box spaces that needs to total 66... so I need 9's and up to put in there (or sums of 9 like an 18 so that I can pull my 3's out of my holding stack for later).

As the piles fill up, here is where you start clicking the "Pause" button and do your "Sorting". Since every game is very different, the circumstances you are working against will vary. But I find more often than not, I will get the tallest stacks done first and usually the next tallest after that.

As said before it is important to NOT CHANGE PILES YOU HAVE COMPLETED UNLESS ABSOLUTELY NECESSARY! Once you're down to one or two piles it's easier on your brain to keep up in mind what you need to finish them.. and that is the best method... knock the piles off one at a time so you can concentrate on one or two remaining piles.

Also one more thing to keep in mind although it will rarely come to this: When your holding tank stack is full, even though throwing away boxes knocks seconds off your timer... sometimes you must do it to get the values you need to finish your final stacks! There are times for example, when you have one or two stacks left that need specific box values (like 2s or 3s, which you get a lot of). Sitting there waiting for the box to slowly come out and fall off the belt uses up way more time than just seeing what the value is and if you can't use it, grabbing it off the belt, throwing it away and letting the next one come out immediately! As I said, it rarely comes to this but sometimes as a last resort you must accelerate the box flow or end up sitting there as your clock ticks away and panic sets in.

So here's another example and the finished solution:

The first piles that need attention here are the 4-stack piles totalling 74 and 63. So right away I have made a mental note that ANY BIG BOXES need to go in there FIRST because there are only so many boxes which will total those higher numbers.

The second thing I noticed is that there's also a stack of 4 boxes which must total 36... so what does this mean? I need 4 x 9 or at least 4 boxes between 7 - 11 to make this pile work.

And lastly I see that there are two remaining piles of the same height with rather diverse totals at the top. So guess what - I will be switching boxes between these two stacks... if the value is too high, it goes in the stack with greater total... if it's too low, it goes in the stack with the lower total.

As you will see by the solution below, based on the stacks I completed with, what ended up happening is I got a bunch of high numbers which went automatically into stack #4 totalling 73, and when that pile got close to the total I either put them next into stack #1 totalling 74 or stack #5 totalling 63 because those all needed bigger numbers to complete. My mid-numbers went into stack #3 as you see everything in there was between 5 - 7 at first... then I grabbed my 3's from the holding tank to finish my total.

Ultimately everything else went into the remaining piles or in the holding tank - and as I got to the top of each stack I PRESSED PAUSE and sorted the closest piles to finish... taking values I need from other piles and using them to knock off a couple stacks so all I had to concentrate on were the remaining ones.

As I said before, there are times when this job is impossible - for example, once I had a stack of 2 boxes high but it had to add up to 48 - and I only got one box with a value over 23 until time ran out... so there was no way to win that time.

And one more thing... don't let mean old Mrs. Von Meow aggravate you! When you lose three times and she kicks you down to a lower level, you will see that Level 2 is very easy and you will be back to level 3 in no time! Keep at it... and "Happy Sorting"!


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From 'yournotme' (post #2771 in 'Employment Office Daily Job Schedules and Predictions')
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I wanted to give anyone who is interested some little tips on how I've been able to do really well at Kinzpost Sorter.



First of all, it helps to know you don't need to drop the box at the top - just get them over to the column. When the game starts, I try to make a quick a guess at how many boxes I need (the maximum number is eight. Now just bring the boxes over and start dropping them in the rows you choose. I try not to got to far over the desired amount, but sometimes it can't be helped. I fill every column to the top trying to stay near my target amount. I'll put the smaller numbers in the larger columns knowing eventually the larger ones will come.

Now take the couple of extra boxes and fill the right side (I prefer to leave one space open) and let the conveyor belt run so 3 boxes remain and hit pause. Surprisingly 95% of the time these are all the boxes you need. This should leave you approximately 90 seconds to enter the math phase.

Make sure when you're at this phase that if you want to switch out numbers you put them on top of the boxes you want to switch with. I'm no math guru that's for sure, but I quickly switch boxes where necessary trying to hit my total. Once a column is done I try never to undo it. I look at each column and determine what I need. If I'm 4 over, I look to find a match in another column or something as close as possible (switching a two and a six or a seven and a three).

Now say I need 14 and another column has an 18 -- I switch it knowing it's easy for me to make up the 4 by switching lower boxes. There are times when the last colum won't work. I know what I need -- say 5 more. I look at each of my numbers and turn the belt on waiting for a number that can work to come out.
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[Whimzykinz]

This post is dedicated to offering tips on performing the Employment Jobs of Piano Player and Ms. Birdy. Below you will find tips for Piano Player provided by Wistcottage. Tips for Ms. Birdy written by Whimzykinz.

Here are the tips for performing the Employment Office Job of Piano Player provided by our dear friend Wistcottage. Her tips were originally posted in this thread, July 2, 2008, in post #430.

I. Piano Player Tips

Wistcottage suggested tips:

"I noticed that piano has no tips yet- it is my favorite job- though it takes more time than hamburger or floor- (There are 10 patterns to play)so I thought I'd post my favorite tips. They helped Sunny when she tried this job.

I turn my sound volume up all the way before starting. When I first started this job, I thought there was a time limit to finish it -There isn't! so that helped me a lot.

The best hint is Take your Time when playing the patterns. The next pattern will not begin till you play the note of the last pattern.

I Sing along when the computer plays, singing the note names as they play- that helps a lot- then, when it is my turn, I just sing them back to myself as I play them.

Levels 1 and 2 are quite easy- but level 3 introduces the sharps and flats and they are harder to remember.

On level 3, when I first started this job, I used my memory for the first 4 patterns- but when I got to the 5th pattern, I wrote down the notes on a paper as they played.

Then I just used my paper to play the notes in order.

The patterns are predictable, so after awhile, you know most of the patterns and can just play them, but at first writing the notes down helps a lot.

Hope these help!"

III. Addititial Tips for typing for Ms. Birdy

1. Real life typing experience is a prerequisite. Use typing software to practice the correct key strokes to learn how to become a better typist. Practice in your spare time and try to remember the proper finger to key stroke patterns.

2. If you are already a novice in typing and can type at least 40 words per minute you will have a good chance on reaching level three with practice. If your average typing speed is about 60 words per minute you have a better chance of reaching and mainting level three. This speed allows for some mistakes but still finishing the job and remaining on level 3.

3. Most importantly, as you are typing, do not look at the letters that are being typed. Keep your eyes focused on each new word, which would keep you viewing the left side of the screen. The only time you should look at the center word as it's being typed is if you've made an error. During your two second delay for your error, align your finger's back on the keyboard particularly the next letter that is due to be typed and continue on.

4. As a rule it is best to type without sound. The cadence of the virtual typewriter can short circuit your rhythm.

5. If you are typing in a dark room be sure to have a small light on the key board in the off chance you loose your place.

[Pom]

This awesome guide to Grocery Clerk with helpful pictures that help you match the different foods to their outlines is copied from the thread (link below) written by a no longer active member of WI named loveyouxalwaysx. It was posted 11-09-2007.
http://www.webkinzinsider.com/forum/...-t114845.html?
YOUR COMPLETE GUIDE TO:
GROCERY CLERK

Many people struggle with the Grocery Clerk job in the employment office. So, with successfully completing this job over 50 times on level three, I've decide to make a simple, easy-to-use guide to Grocery Clerk.

First:
Many people struggle with certain "shadows" on the belts that scroll across the screen. Most of these problems include the watermelon "shadow" and the mushroom "shadow". Here is a picture taken from the job, showing each of the "shadows". Note: This is in level three, so if you are doing a lower level, you will have less belts.
The watermelon shadow is in a YELLOW box.
The mushroom shadow is in a RED box.



Next: Here's a little tip. If you are doing a level with more than one belt, work on the belt closest to the bottom first. Here is an example why.
Notice: Almost all the food that rolls across the very bottom (where you can pick from) fits into the bottom belt in order.



There really isn't too much else to say except:
*Move fast
*Stay focused. Work on it belt by belt if there is more than one.
*If you get really stuck, just do the foods you know first, and come back to the others.
*Stay calm. If you are really focused, then you will have plenty of time to finish this job.

Just keep trying!

Good luck!
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Pom's notes:
My times on this one keep getting better with practice. The higher levels actually seem easier on this job so keep trying.
I've been able to stay at Level 3 for quite a while now and have over 200 successes on each account now but it took some practice. I failed at this at least one of every three tries at first but once I got the hang of it (and got past the lower levels) it got easier and easier.
Sometimes this job is more cooperative than others so my times on it vary more than on my times on Flooring. If the job won't give me the foods I need or I get a lot of beeps (from the foods not clicking into their homes) then I might pass with 20 seconds or less. On a good day I can get 50-57 seconds left on the clock, which is not as good as the times I've heard some people can get but that's okay with me.

I thank my niece for the inspiration to keep trying on this job because her mom told me C can do that one and I thought if my niece could then it wasn't so hard that I couldn't learn it too.

Tips for Gem Mining

Originally Posted by BERT_X

This might be a little bit of help to you -- I collected these little tips today/night while reading old jobs threads.

GEM MINING: job appeared in Webkinz World for the first time on 5/31/07.

"if you put a slag into the gem box you get -2 seconds taken away from your time per slag."

"I made a chart for myself to use when I am doing this job ... basic chart, 4 circles across and 5 circles up, then just mark an X on the ones where the gems are and work your way to them."

"I had a little bit of trouble getting the crane to work. It seemed to take forever to drop. Also, I didn't realize that rocks had to be placed on top of other rocks. In other words, you can't just toss a slag off to the side. You may have to pick up and move the same rock more than once to get to the gems."

Then I did the job on one of my Asian accounts about an hour ago. Sorry that I was only on level one -- but here is a pic at the start and the end. I think that there was 10 seconds to memorize (or write down) the gem locations on level one.

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Pom's notes:
I have to admit I am not very good at this job though I used to be better before I became a "job snob" and got hooked on Flooring and Grocery Clerk.

Bert's complaint about the claw not working very well seems to be a common complaint on this job.
I have found two conflicting posts about the grid for Level 2: one person says it is 5 by 6 but another says it is 6 by 6. I suspect 2 is 5 by 6 and 3 is 6 by 6 but I have no proof of that yet. No information confirmed about Level 3 yet but I'm working on getting it.

Another WI member theblueeyz has reached Level 3 on Gem Mining and posted this info that I thought should be included in the guide. I am hoping he will be able to provide more info and hopefully a screen shot of Level 3 when he has time.

Originally Posted by theblueeyz

I'm on level 3 on Gem Mining. Normally it isn't too bad, except the times when it decides to spread out all the gems on the very bottom row of the stack of rocks. It's absolutely impossible to complete the job when it does that - the mining arm simply moves too slowly. I've done the math - given the amount of time it takes the arm to move, it is impossible to complete.
I don't think they should have written the job to allow that case to occur.

For more information on any of the jobs, Elubin's site has tips on most (if not all) of the jobs. Here is the link to his job tips page:
http://www.elubin.com/webkins/game_hint_emp.asp?id=39

[not2old4this]

Here I am again, then Bert

[BERT_X]

Job: Flooring Assistant

Rating: medium (level 1 = 75kc, level 2 = 150kc, level 3 = 250kc)

Task: move tiles into correct places on a blank grid, duplicating pattern shown

Skills required: visual - see the individual tiles needed
.............................agility - move the tiles quickly into place

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There are two problems to doing the Flooring Assistant job well.

First, you need to develop the ability to see the invididual tiles in each pattern. Your mind just naturally wants to see groups of colors and linked patterns, not the separate tiles. But, with lots of practice, you can learn to see them.

Here is a typical pattern of the floor tiles. I have added black lines to make the individual squares easier to see. When you see a pattern, try to think of what each of the 16 pieces looks like. It might take a dozen times at this job or even a hundred, but you can eventually train your mind to see these easily.

Please, don't give up if this seems very hard in the beginning -- most people will feel that way. Continue to practice, practice and practice doing the job -- over time it will become easier and easier to see the pieces.



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Second, you need to move the tiles, needed to recreate the pattern, as quickly as possible into the blank grid. Below is that same pattern without the lines. You need to pick up each piece needed and set it into the blank grid.

Always build your flooring in rows going from left to right and top to bottom. I have placed numbers on the first 6 squares, showing the order in which you should do them. This is the same direction in which you read, so your mind has been conditioned for that direction to feel natural. It is the fastest way to do the job. Do not place any tiles in other locations before their turn. That interrupts the natural rhythm and would probably slow you down in duplicating the whole pattern.



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When you move the tiles, don't just "slide" the piece slowly to it's intended location. Immediately after picking up a piece, give it a quick "push" to the place it needs to go. After some practice, your mind and muscles will learn a rhythm to doing the rows in the pattern.

Do it like this, piece #1 = a long push, piece #2 = a medium push, piece #3 = a shorter push and then piece #4 = the shortest push.

If you gain a few tenths of a second in placing each piece, it will add up to several seconds in each pattern and many seconds for the whole job.

Why is that important? Because, no matter how good you become at this job, you will sometimes make mistakes and either put the wrong piece in somewhere or drop a piece into the wrong location. When it tells you the flooring you laid is wrong, it can take precious time to find the mistake. Having a lot of time remaining on the clock will allow you to correct those errors and still finish the job without any pressure.

So, go only as fast as you can comfortably place the floor tiles, but still not make too many mistakes.

The next picture below shows the sequence of eye and hand movements needed for placing each tile. It would be the same starting at the beginning, but here the flooring is about 3/4th done already.

step 1) Drop a flooring tile into place, then while you are returning the mouse cursor towards the supply tiles you can glance up at the pattern to see what piece is needed next. Because you do not have to watch your cursor going back to the right, this is a free time to pick up that information.

Spoiler: show

Is your pet having trouble passing that class?

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You'd better make sure you don't give THIS place a pass

step 2) Look at the piece needed in the pattern. In this example, you need another solid blue tile.

step 3) Grab that piece from the supply tiles by clicking and holding. You should not have to search around for the necessary piece because the supply tiles are arranged in a simple to remember way. Upper left is the solid white, then solid blue and the upper right piece has it's blue corner to the upper right. The piece with upper left blue is in the left of bottom row, lower right blue is next and -- this is interesting -- the piece farthest to right in the bottom row is never used! The programmers must have decided the patterns were confusing enough with just the other 5 pieces.

step 4) Move the piece with a quick push until it reaches it's correct spot in the blank grid and drop.



Repeat... repeat... repeat... repeat... your eyes will be going in small clock-wise circles (1-2-3-4) and your hand just back and forth. After practicing this, it will soon seem so easy that you will not hardly have to think about those motions.

As your skill in this job increases, so will your speed and the margin of time remaining on the clock when you finish. A good player can finish with 40 or 50 or even more seconds to spare. Few other Employment Office jobs can be done with that much extra time. So, for an experienced player, your chance of completing this job is virtually 100%. A cool 250kc earned every time!!
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Job: Babysitter
Rating: Medium (level 1 = 75kc, level 2 = 150kc, level 3 = 250kc)
Task: Give each pet the item that it wants to make them happy again
Skills required: visual - see the pet's need
.............................agility - move the item quickly to them


Babysitter was a brand new job added to the Employment Office in the summer of 2007. It is rated "medium", but many people find it closer to "hard" in difficulty. It does take very quick reactions to keep up with the pace required to finish the job.

Parts of the following guide for doing the Babysitter job were previously posted by 'vppeach' in the thread, "How to successfully earn babysitting KC everytime!"

I have edited some parts and also added my own tips and ideas.

In the Babysitting job, you can get 2 strikes and pass, so you can completely ignore the two webkinz on the far right (the Frog and the Horse). If you allow their meters to drop to zero, take good care of the others, you will still get paid. Covering up the last two pets with a post-it note can help you to focus on the others without as much distraction.



For some reason, it does not work as well to ignore the pets on each end instead -- don’t choose that pair (White Terrier and Frog) to ignore or it will be harder to do.

So, start by feeding the White Terrier on the far left, then take care of the Chihuahua, then the Panda and then the Pink Poodle. Then, go back to the first pet, the White Terrier, and start the cycle over again.

It is better not to go backwards if you miss a pet. Just keep going quickly in order, left to right, and you can take care of that missed pet on the next time around.

Some people have trouble seeing if a pet is thirsty or hungry, which look almost the same. It may help to notice that their tongue goes DOWN for thirsty and goes UP for hungry.

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[Whimzykinz]

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