Situation Wanted

What’s in store for John Garamendi now that he has lost his bid for the Democratic gubernatorial nomination and his term as insurance commissioner will be up soon?

A spokeswoman for Garamendi says there is no word yet on what the onetime rancher and banker plans to do. In any event, Garamendi has had plenty of job training.

During the campaign, Garamendi, eager to project an image as a friend of workers, performed a variety of odd jobs in each county in the state.

Would any of his employers-for-a-day consider taking him back? Here’s what some said:

* Brad LeDuc said he’d be eager to hire Garamendi for the $6-an-hour job pumping gas at the Mariposa Chevron station he owns with his brothers. Garamendi spent a day there back in February fueling cars and packing wheel bearings.

“He’s a heck of a lot of better than most of the people here,” LeDuc said.

* Likewise, Garamendi would have no problem landing the $5.25-an-hour job at Manor Market in Bishop, where he manned the cash register and stocked merchandise, and where he was found to be “very personable.”

* At the Dana Point Hilton, Garamendi would be welcome to return as a $6.50-an-hour front-desk clerk.

“He picked up things pretty quickly,” said Julienne Etzel, director of front office operations, said of his stint there.

* Fred Hodges, chief executive of Chico Community Hospital, said: “Mr. Garamendi would bring great expertise to our insurance billing department.”

Not Looking to Strike Out

Rawlings Sporting Goods, probably best known for supplying major league baseball players with equipment, hopes to overcome some past errors and become a hit through an initial public stock offering.

The St. Louis company is being divested by ailing Figgie International.

Because of a liquidity crunch at Figgie, Rawlings had to limit production and even cancel orders, according to documents filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission.

Among the details contained in the SEC papers is the fact that Rawlings developed the original deep-pocket baseball glove back in 1920 in consultation with Bill Doak, “a spitball-throwing southpaw with the St. Louis Cardinals.”

Friendly Reminder

CBS can’t seem to get away from reminders of Fox’s recent raid of eight of its stations.

A Women in Film awards lunch Friday in Beverly Hills featured a program guide with ads congratulating recipients, including one from CBS. On the opposite page was a similar ad from New World Communications, which owns the eight stations fleeing CBS for Fox.

Briefly . . .

A former Elvis Presley Cadillac is on the market for $100,000. . . . A San Francisco company sells an “eye pillow” to cover the eyes while relaxing. . . . A Pacific Palisades self-help firm advertises “flying lessons for the spirit.”