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33-Hit-Combo
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Oh wait, it's inductive reasoning. Wtf is this. *googles*
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So.
After being fired from Gamestop after 7 years I was out of work for 2 months and then got a job at a warehouse.
This week, I lost my job at the warehouse I was working at.
I went in on Sunday and was stretching in the caf when my trainer told me I had to go talk to a supervisor. I didn't hit my goal for two weeks in a row. My goal was 80% completion and I hit 76% and 77%. So I had to sign a bunch of stuff and was "suspended" and escorted out by security.
I never expected it to be permanent, but I've had 5 interviews at other places in the last 2 months and they all end the same way "You're awesome, you're a great interview, we love your attitude and energy.......we're hiring someone else".
I'm at a loss right now and firing out resumes all day but I can't get a bite from anything or when I do, I get passed over no matter how well the interview goes.
My wife and I are starting to look into moving into her parents house and having my daughter "live" with my Brother In law so she can stay in the same school system she's in now. Absolutely soul crushing depressing.
After being fired from Gamestop after 7 years I was out of work for 2 months and then got a job at a warehouse.
This week, I lost my job at the warehouse I was working at.
I went in on Sunday and was stretching in the caf when my trainer told me I had to go talk to a supervisor. I didn't hit my goal for two weeks in a row. My goal was 80% completion and I hit 76% and 77%. So I had to sign a bunch of stuff and was "suspended" and escorted out by security.
I never expected it to be permanent, but I've had 5 interviews at other places in the last 2 months and they all end the same way "You're awesome, you're a great interview, we love your attitude and energy.......we're hiring someone else".
I'm at a loss right now and firing out resumes all day but I can't get a bite from anything or when I do, I get passed over no matter how well the interview goes.
My wife and I are starting to look into moving into her parents house and having my daughter "live" with my Brother In law so she can stay in the same school system she's in now. Absolutely soul crushing depressing.
33-Hit-Combo
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Fucking fuck fuck fuck.
I nearly had a heart attack. I received an email from this company that I really wanted to work for, and had an interview with several weeks ago. It was generically addressed to a candidates referees, requesting confirmation of relationship. I thought they screwed up and accidently emailed it to me, the candidate too.
Anyway, it said the person was to begin employment and I got properly fired up. Then I realised in the subject title, the name was not mine but a friend. The fuck used me as a reference. I've been treated very poorly when compared to others who also applied there (zero official correspondence, repeatedly lied to about interview dates, no word of rejection), and he put me down of all people!
RARGHHHHH!
EDIT: Spoke to said friend informed me they had just stopped interviewing at the branch I applied for (he applied elsewhere), so I may actually still be in the run... And he also apologised for not informing me earlier about the reference!
I nearly had a heart attack. I received an email from this company that I really wanted to work for, and had an interview with several weeks ago. It was generically addressed to a candidates referees, requesting confirmation of relationship. I thought they screwed up and accidently emailed it to me, the candidate too.
Anyway, it said the person was to begin employment and I got properly fired up. Then I realised in the subject title, the name was not mine but a friend. The fuck used me as a reference. I've been treated very poorly when compared to others who also applied there (zero official correspondence, repeatedly lied to about interview dates, no word of rejection), and he put me down of all people!
RARGHHHHH!
EDIT: Spoke to said friend informed me they had just stopped interviewing at the branch I applied for (he applied elsewhere), so I may actually still be in the run... And he also apologised for not informing me earlier about the reference!
MorisUkunRasik
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The place that laid me off hired me back as a temp 11 months after laying me off.
The job will probably only last 3-4 months and it pays less, but the work is much easier and less stressful.
Hoping I can stick around for 6 months so I can get unemployment benefits for another 12 months. It would help a lot especially since I'm almost half way done with school, a degree would probably help me tons with my job search.
The job will probably only last 3-4 months and it pays less, but the work is much easier and less stressful.
Hoping I can stick around for 6 months so I can get unemployment benefits for another 12 months. It would help a lot especially since I'm almost half way done with school, a degree would probably help me tons with my job search.
Jo Shishido's Cheeks
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UK-Gaf, what are some good websites for job searching?
Preferably ones that allow you to apply directly to the employer rather than the whole 'uploading Cv to system and applying through website' type deal like Monster and stuff.
My relationship has reached breaking point, if I don't get a job and some money soon my ass is about to be single :'(
Preferably ones that allow you to apply directly to the employer rather than the whole 'uploading Cv to system and applying through website' type deal like Monster and stuff.
My relationship has reached breaking point, if I don't get a job and some money soon my ass is about to be single :'(
33-Hit-Combo
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Another rejection, from the place I wanted most too 
Any tips for an automotive engineering UK graduate?
Any tips for an automotive engineering UK graduate?I've had three interviews in a row for the same retail job (different stores, since I live in a central location between all of them), all of which went great. Been 6 days since my first interview and the last one was Friday. Hoping at least one of them bites, but I really have no idea how long I'm supposed to wait before hearing back and don't know whether they will contact me by phone or e-mail about it. Ugh. Fucking hate the after-interview part.
One of the stores has like, 4 of my friends working there, which makes me much more eager to get it.
One of the stores has like, 4 of my friends working there, which makes me much more eager to get it.
Being unemployed sucks. Trying to find work and getting rejected sucks harder.
I currently work as a Nursing Home Adminstrator, my pay is excellent. Wasn't the easiest path to take (The license alone is harder than hell to get) but it was worth it. I also maintain my CNA (Certified Nurse Aide) license as well, I had that since college. No matter how bad the economy tanks, someone's ass needs wiping and there's plenty of jobs in nursing.
My fiancee is a RN and between the two of us we do alright. I want to go for my Masters in Public Health with a focus in Healthcare Admin but the economy is kind of shaky. My nursing home is doing well, for now, but I don't want unnecessary debt either. It may have to wait a little longer, and in the meanwhile I'll take the GRE and have it under the wing.
I would recommend to anyone if you're in college now, I would consider a degree in the healthcare industry of some form. RN, PT, OT, PharmD, MD, PA-C, Adminstration, Biostatistics, Epidemology, etc. Or at least a techincal license like a LPN, EMT, or a CNA.
They are not easy jobs, and they are very stressful, but they pay well and are very secure. Even as a CNA, I did make about $10 an hour with shift-differential, annual bonus pay, and full-benefits. And that was in a hospital, a nursing home makes more. Hell, if I picked up any shifts extra, my pay went up big time. $10 base pay, time and a half, shift differential (12%), and then premium pay which was another $10 an hour. One day and I made about $27 an hour. That kind of work kept me moving along and paid the damn bills.
If you can see yourself taking care of someone on a very personal level, I would recommend going after your CNA license. It doesn't take long to finish and once done, the job market is pretty damn open honestly.
I currently work as a Nursing Home Adminstrator, my pay is excellent. Wasn't the easiest path to take (The license alone is harder than hell to get) but it was worth it. I also maintain my CNA (Certified Nurse Aide) license as well, I had that since college. No matter how bad the economy tanks, someone's ass needs wiping and there's plenty of jobs in nursing.
My fiancee is a RN and between the two of us we do alright. I want to go for my Masters in Public Health with a focus in Healthcare Admin but the economy is kind of shaky. My nursing home is doing well, for now, but I don't want unnecessary debt either. It may have to wait a little longer, and in the meanwhile I'll take the GRE and have it under the wing.
I would recommend to anyone if you're in college now, I would consider a degree in the healthcare industry of some form. RN, PT, OT, PharmD, MD, PA-C, Adminstration, Biostatistics, Epidemology, etc. Or at least a techincal license like a LPN, EMT, or a CNA.
They are not easy jobs, and they are very stressful, but they pay well and are very secure. Even as a CNA, I did make about $10 an hour with shift-differential, annual bonus pay, and full-benefits. And that was in a hospital, a nursing home makes more. Hell, if I picked up any shifts extra, my pay went up big time. $10 base pay, time and a half, shift differential (12%), and then premium pay which was another $10 an hour. One day and I made about $27 an hour. That kind of work kept me moving along and paid the damn bills.
If you can see yourself taking care of someone on a very personal level, I would recommend going after your CNA license. It doesn't take long to finish and once done, the job market is pretty damn open honestly.
black_vegeta
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Aconn1283 said:
Howdy!
M-PG71C said:
Sorry to break it to you, but new CNAs are put on "part-time" hours now. No time and a half for any overtime (well she was part-time, so they just called it "added time") My wife was doing that last year, and they were constantly changing her shifts and cutting her hours (less than 20 hours a week) so they could disqualify her for benefits.
Between that and finding out that corporate only paid $75 per paycheck for benefits, while employees like herself had to pay $300-400 per paycheck for benefits (basically her entire paycheck), I'm of the opinion that Nursing homes are some of the worst places in the world. This is also taking into account how they treated their residents and employees.
If you can get into a hospital, then its not bad at all. But nursing homes/retirement centers are not much better than meat packing factories of yesteryear. Constantly ripping off employees with "license fees" out of her paycheck for licenses that my wife already had. Cutting hours AND cutting emenities for their residents (who aren't poor, just being swindled of all of their cash).
After being laid off at the start of June and hunting for jobs since then, I finally landed an awesome one. I applied on 8/10, first interviewed there the week after, was unsure about things (interview went great, but so have others), and then finally heard back on 9/6 with the offer. I'm starting on Monday, 9/26.
I graduated last May with a bse in computer science engineering, and my last job was $42k no benefits (took it because I needed the money and I liked the place) doing whatever programming they needed (mostly small asp.net pages, so it got boring after a few months. Their main project is in Powerbuilder, and fuck learning that). It was about a 35 minute commute, mostly on highway, and it was a great place to work but small and little room for growth. This new position is 15 minutes away in-town (no stupid highway on/off-ramps or rush hour bullshit!), $53k and full benefits, and plenty of opportunity to learn and grow. Plus when I interviewed one of the people asked me about my high school, turns out he is friends with my friend's dad (who is the physics/chem teacher there, awesome guy) and goes to the comic shop I ran tournaments for years at and grew up at, so we got along great. And another interviewer there was a format mtg player, so we got along great. I cant wait to start.
Good luck all. I applied to more than a hundred places (so many fucking interviews, so much gas money down the drain), and put myself on every site I could (dice, monster, etc). Frankly, another month or two and I'd be out of money and fucked. What I've taken from it is that recruiters are fucking useless (not one led to anything useful) and to not lose hope.
I'm going to celebrate like crazy this weekend. Prerelease weekend, so plenty of cards and drinking and friends, and now I can finally look at replacing my car.
I graduated last May with a bse in computer science engineering, and my last job was $42k no benefits (took it because I needed the money and I liked the place) doing whatever programming they needed (mostly small asp.net pages, so it got boring after a few months. Their main project is in Powerbuilder, and fuck learning that). It was about a 35 minute commute, mostly on highway, and it was a great place to work but small and little room for growth. This new position is 15 minutes away in-town (no stupid highway on/off-ramps or rush hour bullshit!), $53k and full benefits, and plenty of opportunity to learn and grow. Plus when I interviewed one of the people asked me about my high school, turns out he is friends with my friend's dad (who is the physics/chem teacher there, awesome guy) and goes to the comic shop I ran tournaments for years at and grew up at, so we got along great. And another interviewer there was a format mtg player, so we got along great. I cant wait to start.
Good luck all. I applied to more than a hundred places (so many fucking interviews, so much gas money down the drain), and put myself on every site I could (dice, monster, etc). Frankly, another month or two and I'd be out of money and fucked. What I've taken from it is that recruiters are fucking useless (not one led to anything useful) and to not lose hope.
I'm going to celebrate like crazy this weekend. Prerelease weekend, so plenty of cards and drinking and friends, and now I can finally look at replacing my car.
33-Hit-Combo
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Got an interview lined up for next week, working as a transmission engineer on contract. Hope this goes well, it's with a big manufacturer!
An-Det, glad to hear about your story. I'd say the opposite of recruiters though, after putting my CV up on a site, I've had dozens of calls, with several forwarding my CV on to interested parties. My latest interview is through a recruitment agency. I think it must really depend on what sort of agency they are.
An-Det, glad to hear about your story. I'd say the opposite of recruiters though, after putting my CV up on a site, I've had dozens of calls, with several forwarding my CV on to interested parties. My latest interview is through a recruitment agency. I think it must really depend on what sort of agency they are.
Roude Leiw
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companies in the us dont reimburse the cost for your gas if they invite you?An-Det said:
33-Hit-Combo said:
I've had plenty of calls from recruiters, and all of them have been very nice until after the in-person interview, after which I never hear from them again, or if I did it was a short, cold email. I've never heard anything bad, and some of them have been quite nice, but yeah it really depends on the agency.
Roude Leiw said:
None that I've dealt with. I had to turn down in-person interviews from two places that wouldn't reimburse or do it as a video conference because of their distance. I would have had to relocate for those though.
Roude Leiw
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well that sucks. so far every company i applied for paid for my gas (even for a 5 km drive once) or plane ticket and hotel if it was further away.Zoe said:
Rocksteady33
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Zoe said:
Not true. I was reimbursed on both interview trips I did (hotel, gas, food).
33-Hit-Combo
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An-Det said:
Really? I was under the impression that they would continue to help look for jobs. I guess the ones I've been in contact with aren't exactly recruiters, they're contractors, so it really does benefit them to get you a job.
Recruiters make money by helping an employer fill a position.
Their pay is usually a percentage of your salary.
You as a potential candidate is an asset that Recruiters are trying to sell.
IF you're a valuable candidate the effer will hound you non-stop with interviews and opportunities. Even after you get the job they will still try to keep in contact with you because at this point you are valuable.
If you're a useless candidate they will drop you instantly.
How useful a recruiter is depends on how useful they view you are. Cause your success is his/her success. If they feel you're a loser, they'll bail out.
One thing you gotta watch out for recruiters is that they try to coax you into positions you might not like best. Remember their job is to maximize their profits with multiple candidates which might not necessarily means everyone is place in their desired positions.
Their pay is usually a percentage of your salary.
You as a potential candidate is an asset that Recruiters are trying to sell.
IF you're a valuable candidate the effer will hound you non-stop with interviews and opportunities. Even after you get the job they will still try to keep in contact with you because at this point you are valuable.
If you're a useless candidate they will drop you instantly.
How useful a recruiter is depends on how useful they view you are. Cause your success is his/her success. If they feel you're a loser, they'll bail out.
One thing you gotta watch out for recruiters is that they try to coax you into positions you might not like best. Remember their job is to maximize their profits with multiple candidates which might not necessarily means everyone is place in their desired positions.
Just came off two paid PA gigs in Canadian Television (bottom of the barrel kind of gigs, where you're basically just general help on set/location). The pay was generally shit, $150 a day or so (sadly just about as much as I've ever made though, if I translated it to a per-hour basis, so I guess I was happy). Both positions were strictly handed to me based on my existing network of contacts/friends from school and internships. I guess I made enough of an impression with my rampant attempt at networking.
I fucking hate that this industry is so short-term, though. All my hard work and networking resulted in gigs that lasted anywhere from 1-6 weeks, tops.
I should be happy that a third thing landed on my plate for next week, paying $125 a day, again, based on my networking.
These positions are so bottom of the barrel, and so short-lived. I have no idea what's to come after that, if anything. It's scary, but I guess I've laid a lot of track and have to hope it's going to continue to land me short term work that gets increasingly more specific in responsibilities (along with pay increases) and moves me onto higher positions.
The true shit of it all though in this industry, is that you need to be readily available to take whatever appears, often with very little notice. It's impossible for me to take the two retail jobs that were basically gift-wrapped for me, because I couldn't make commitments for a schedule two weeks in advance with them, only to keep changing it as the TV gigs pertaining to my actual career keep coming up.
So, I'm here twiddling my thumbs, feeling guilty about enjoying myself on all these days off between gigs, unable to commit to anything with a more predictable and guaranteed schedule (and guaranteed pay) if I want to be serious about making it in TV. All so much wasted time. I mean, I'm writing, and working on my own projects too, but it's tough to stay focused on one's own...art, if there's no guarantee it will ever result in anything paid.
I suppose it's all experience and worthwhile to keep one's tools sharp, so to speak.
Chin up everyone. Network like crazy, make sure everyone you know knows you're looking for work, and good things may start to happen.
And if you don't know a lot of people, make the plunge and start there. Literally 100% of all job positions I've seen filled were based on prior connections, networking, friends/family or promotions. Gotta have an 'in' to begin with.
I fucking hate that this industry is so short-term, though. All my hard work and networking resulted in gigs that lasted anywhere from 1-6 weeks, tops.
I should be happy that a third thing landed on my plate for next week, paying $125 a day, again, based on my networking.
These positions are so bottom of the barrel, and so short-lived. I have no idea what's to come after that, if anything. It's scary, but I guess I've laid a lot of track and have to hope it's going to continue to land me short term work that gets increasingly more specific in responsibilities (along with pay increases) and moves me onto higher positions.
The true shit of it all though in this industry, is that you need to be readily available to take whatever appears, often with very little notice. It's impossible for me to take the two retail jobs that were basically gift-wrapped for me, because I couldn't make commitments for a schedule two weeks in advance with them, only to keep changing it as the TV gigs pertaining to my actual career keep coming up.
So, I'm here twiddling my thumbs, feeling guilty about enjoying myself on all these days off between gigs, unable to commit to anything with a more predictable and guaranteed schedule (and guaranteed pay) if I want to be serious about making it in TV. All so much wasted time. I mean, I'm writing, and working on my own projects too, but it's tough to stay focused on one's own...art, if there's no guarantee it will ever result in anything paid.
I suppose it's all experience and worthwhile to keep one's tools sharp, so to speak.
Chin up everyone. Network like crazy, make sure everyone you know knows you're looking for work, and good things may start to happen.
And if you don't know a lot of people, make the plunge and start there. Literally 100% of all job positions I've seen filled were based on prior connections, networking, friends/family or promotions. Gotta have an 'in' to begin with.
33-Hit-Combo
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SolKane said:Ever come away from an interview for a job, feeling but sort of knowing you're not going to get it? Worst feeling in the world
Better than thinking you are going to get it and having your hopes dashed! Don't worry about it, these chances are good for experience I suppose.
Jo Shishido's Cheeks
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Shit!!
Just been retooling my CV and noticed that during the past 5 years I only really have a concrete 1 1/2 years of actual work experience!
To be fair I did a degree during the time, committed to getting a (failed) feature film off the ground and also did a spot of travelling so the gaps can be explained but really, what employer will be happy that I've had 3 1/2 years 'off' in the past 5?
Just been retooling my CV and noticed that during the past 5 years I only really have a concrete 1 1/2 years of actual work experience!
To be fair I did a degree during the time, committed to getting a (failed) feature film off the ground and also did a spot of travelling so the gaps can be explained but really, what employer will be happy that I've had 3 1/2 years 'off' in the past 5?
The amount of money recruiters make off people is pretty crazy, it not just the percentage of your wages that they take if you are a temp but if you get made permenant, the fees are expensive. Just a low end accounts position can cost a company 10k in recruitment fees, we hired a new manager at work at the placement fee was 30k! Seems a bit ridiculous but obviously someone thinks it's worth itccbfan said:
I just got a job at a local café after being unemployed for about a month. It'll be my first ever job and it was super easy to get, I haven't even bothered to finish my CV yet because I thought I wouldn't need to use it, and it turns out I didn't. I don't know why everyone finds it so hard.
I bet I'll get fired after 2 days.
I've said before how I struggled to cope with the workload at first at my new job.
I now feel as though I have grown considerably in the role and a lot more comfortable with the workflow. But there's a problem
So I go into work today and find that hidden in the internal vacancies page of our intranet is... my role! I have not been told of anybody new joining our team any time soon. The opening and closing date are close together and it's only been advertised internally. The only applicant is the person currently temping in the team who to my knowledge was due to leave soon.
Sounds like I might be forced out soon.
I now feel as though I have grown considerably in the role and a lot more comfortable with the workflow. But there's a problem
So I go into work today and find that hidden in the internal vacancies page of our intranet is... my role! I have not been told of anybody new joining our team any time soon. The opening and closing date are close together and it's only been advertised internally. The only applicant is the person currently temping in the team who to my knowledge was due to leave soon.
Sounds like I might be forced out soon.
What a time for this thread to get bumped to the first page.
I just got my Bachelor of Engineering Degree (Electronics and Instrumentation) a couple of weeks back. Most of my friends have got jobs already, others are going to other countries to get their masters degree.
And here I am, with no idea what to do with my life. I didn't want this major, my dad made me take it with no input from my side, and when I finally decided it wasn't for me, it was too late to change. I got an e-mail yesterday from this engineering company asking me to show up for an IQ and Technical exam later this week. They pay well but a desk job in an engineering company isn't something I want to do. I don't have problems with aptitude/IQ tests but I think I'm going to bomb hard on the technical exam. My GPA was decent but I don't remember shit.
I just got my Bachelor of Engineering Degree (Electronics and Instrumentation) a couple of weeks back. Most of my friends have got jobs already, others are going to other countries to get their masters degree.
And here I am, with no idea what to do with my life. I didn't want this major, my dad made me take it with no input from my side, and when I finally decided it wasn't for me, it was too late to change. I got an e-mail yesterday from this engineering company asking me to show up for an IQ and Technical exam later this week. They pay well but a desk job in an engineering company isn't something I want to do. I don't have problems with aptitude/IQ tests but I think I'm going to bomb hard on the technical exam. My GPA was decent but I don't remember shit.
Jamesfrom818
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ceramic said:
That sucks, man. Best of luck to you.
As for myself, I've been getting rather despondent in regards to job opportunities. Also, I'm getting my unemployment benefits debit card soon. I should probably just use it for bills and groceries, huh? Using it to pay for hotel rooms would probably be a bad thing, huh?
Zombie James
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Welp, didn't think I'd be back in this thread so soon.
benzy said:
Librarian Page. The exam sounds easy, but there is a few weird names (like "K'won") that throw you for a loop when trying to place them in order. Or at least they do me.
In any case, they look for mostly 0 mistakes so that's where the toughness comes in.
It pays pretty much as much as a retail job, but there is benefits and it's part-time and the work is mostly relaxing since I've been volunteering at the library for years now. I would like to get the position. >_>
Waiting for a call from a recruiter to work for Lilly, a pretty big company in Indianapolis I think (though the work is in Madrid, Spain).
It's going to be an english test interview (to check if I'm actually good with the language), but I've not spoken to anybody in english for a while, and even more time since my last interview, so I'm nervous.
I hope I get this job. The salary should not be bad, the company seems right, and the only bad thing would be to work on the afternoons instead of the mornings, but I don't really care about that.
The one thing I hope is that they don't interview me in Madrid and then reject me, I would prefer to be rejected like now. The trip would take 2 days, and an appreciable amount of money they won't reimburse.
It's going to be an english test interview (to check if I'm actually good with the language), but I've not spoken to anybody in english for a while, and even more time since my last interview, so I'm nervous.
I hope I get this job. The salary should not be bad, the company seems right, and the only bad thing would be to work on the afternoons instead of the mornings, but I don't really care about that.
The one thing I hope is that they don't interview me in Madrid and then reject me, I would prefer to be rejected like now. The trip would take 2 days, and an appreciable amount of money they won't reimburse.
DyobolikaL. said:
I'm going to see an academic advisor about that tomorrow, and I hope they have anything for me. My major is Computer Information Systems, and nearly every job I've come across online requires years of experience, and I have zero idea on how to even apply what I've learned to basic jobs. Now, how is someone who's looking for entry-level work supposed to fit in that type of situation? I don't know if I want retail, as that would sort of be a dead-end job, and I figure the more I'm not doing something with what I'm going for academically, the less appealing I become.
I am very lucky, as my parents are willing to support my college endeavors so a job would almost exclusively be about experience for me, but all of the talk about unemployment for others around my age is really getting to me. I'd just want anything really, just so I can say "well, I got something."
Best of luck to the rest of you guys, as many of you probably aren't as lucky as myself. I hope things work out for all of you as I hope they do for me. I want very little from this world.
Rocksteady33
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Foffy said:
Don't you guys have career fairs or an online career services with job postings for these kinds of things? As much as any work is better than no work at all, getting a job as a bus boy for a year isn't necessarily going to give you that much of an upper hand when it comes to actually applying to real jobs right out of college. Hence why internships exist. It's competitive to get them but they are so much more valuable then working something completely unrelated to your major.
Even if it's not paid, almost any company is open to hiring interns for college credit.
brucewaynegretzky
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DyobolikaL. said:
I suggested this in another thread and was told I was a corporate whore who was destroying the modern American worker. Just saying.
Angelus Errare
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Seth C said:
Weird, I intern at an umeployment office myself and you can't be "denied" or do you mean disqualified indefinitely?
They HAVE to process your unemployment claim. They can't deny it.
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