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bengraven said:
I think my year and a half of unemployment is turning people away so I said fuck it and added "stay at home father" to my history to let them know what Iv'e been doing.
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This is not a bad idea. At the very least, an interviewer will ask you "what have you been doing?" if there are gaps in your employment history. It's good to have something presented on their so it doesn't look like you've just been posting on NeoGAF and playing video games for the last 18 months.
 
EYEL1NER said:
My secret clearance from the Air Force is still active and they already checked it out in JPAS to make sure it is good. Usually SATCOM stuff requires a TS or even a TS/SCI, but I'm good for this job. And maybe I can get hooked up with a TS at some point.
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I'm currently in the investigation process for a TSI/SCI clearance before I can start my job at Lockheed Martin. They sure take their sweet ass time, considering I'm a 22 year old with virtually no background to check anyway. Pretty maddening that they can't even vaguely brief me on my job until I have the clearance.

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WHINGE MODE: ACTIVATE

Unemployed History/International Politics graduate. Just graduated. Stuck in a working class area with next to no local graduate jobs. I'm stuck firing off emails and working for free at charity stores just to get something to put on my CV other than "hey, I have a degree!" Getting a massive £25 off jobseekers following parent-rent a week which just goes towards my overdraft. I want to work in creative writing - journalism and the like - but everything is in London, is centred around unpaid internships and I'm in a rundown town in the north west. I have no experience of doing anything other than writing essays and writing a blog, I have Aspergers (who have a full-time employment rate of 15%) and as such perform poorly in teams and do not have the "excellent communication skills" that employers all seem to list as their top requirement. As it stands it feels like I've spent seventeen years of my life going to school to be told by the world that all of that is irrelevant and your only way out is to man the tills at a charity store for free until you have enough experience to go into £6 an hour retail job.
 
Great news is that I got a job!
Im a media producer for my school. Better pay than my previous jobs.

Bad news is that I gotta wait until september to start.

The weird thing is that.. the guy said he was already intent on hiring me because of my skills. That the interview was only the formalities. lol.
 
Have an interview tomorrow. As long as the interview goes well I have a good chance or getting hired because my dad works there and has given my resume to the right people, and they have been trouble finding someone to hire. I have no problems with the job/hours and am excited to learn and work there, which was a problem with a lot of the interviewees.

Have my suit laid out and will be going over the standard interview questions and my answers tonight.
 
Huw_Dawson said:
WHINGE MODE: ACTIVATE

Unemployed History/International Politics graduate. Just graduated. Stuck in a working class area with next to no local graduate jobs. I'm stuck firing off emails and working for free at charity stores just to get something to put on my CV other than "hey, I have a degree!" Getting a massive £25 off jobseekers following parent-rent a week which just goes towards my overdraft. I want to work in creative writing - journalism and the like - but everything is in London, is centred around unpaid internships and I'm in a rundown town in the north west. I have no experience of doing anything other than writing essays and writing a blog, I have Aspergers (who have a full-time employment rate of 15%) and as such perform poorly in teams and do not have the "excellent communication skills" that employers all seem to list as their top requirement. As it stands it feels like I've spent seventeen years of my life going to school to be told by the world that all of that is irrelevant and your only way out is to man the tills at a charity store for free until you have enough experience to go into £6 an hour retail job.
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Try web/SEO copywriting. If you're a good writer, you can transition into it fairly easily. There are lots of freelance websites out there offering work. Most of them pay peanuts at first, but if you're good and get shit done quickly, you'll build up a good reputation and can start charging more.

Best perk is that you can do it all from home. Might not be a permanent job, but it will at least build up your resume/references, give you some extra money, and can lead to bigger and better things.
 
krameriffic said:
I'm currently in the investigation process for a TSI/SCI clearance before I can start my job at Lockheed Martin. They sure take their sweet ass time, considering I'm a 22 year old with virtually no background to check anyway. Pretty maddening that they can't even vaguely brief me on my job until I have the clearance.

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Lockheed Martin? Damn...nice.
Before I got out, a lot of people always told me to look for jobs with them, but they don't do much radio stuff really.

Congrats on the TS/SCI too. That thing is so fucking valuable. Good on you.
I keep forgetting to email my hiring manager and ask if there are opportunities with the company to get better clearances. I'm assuming not though, since it would cost them money and my new job will only require a Secret. No point for them to pay for something I don't need I imagine.
A TS is required for a lot of SATCOM work though, so I would love to have one.
 
I'm now unemployed, but by choice.

I quit my job and am taking the Summer off before moving to Portland. I felt like I was in a rut and one day walked in and gave my two-week notice. No plans. No job or place to live. It's really exciting. Luckily, I can go almost anywhere and have a job within the day, so I wasn't concerned with making a living.

Anyway, I'm ten days into my vacation and it's the best thing I've ever done. I've been working 60-70 hours a week for eight years and now I have the time to do all the things I want to do. Moving to Portland is going to be cool because I've never lived in a big city. I don't know anyone up there, so making friends is high on the list. But I can't wait.
 
Any advice for applying for a job in person?

I found a great posting at a small physiotherapy practice that's 3 minutes walking distance from my house. The only method of application is in-person, which hopefully gives me better chances of success over my online applications.

I'm new to the in-person thing, so any tips would be a great help.
 
EYEL1NER said:
Lockheed Martin? Damn...nice.
Before I got out, a lot of people always told me to look for jobs with them, but they don't do much radio stuff really.

Congrats on the TS/SCI too. That thing is so fucking valuable. Good on you.
I keep forgetting to email my hiring manager and ask if there are opportunities with the company to get better clearances. I'm assuming not though, since it would cost them money and my new job will only require a Secret. No point for them to pay for something I don't need I imagine.
A TS is required for a lot of SATCOM work though, so I would love to have one.
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Yeah, it's a fantastic opportunity. All I really know about the job is that the title is hardware engineer and that I'll be working next to Buckley AFB in Denver, so I assume it's associated with that. It took me about 8 months of searching to get the interview that lead to it and another 3 waiting on the clearance, but it's pretty amazing considering that within the Denver area, Lockheed was my number 1 choice of employer. I am absolutely stoked to get started (finally).
 
whitehawk said:
Give it some style, and add a picture of yourself. Plain black text is boring.

Google 'free resume templetes' and you should be good.
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Was gonna go through the templates on word, this was the template my college career center had me using.

jeremy70583 said:
Yeah it looks pretty plain and unoriginal. As for as content, I would add a skills section, where you would list skills that are pertinent to that job, as well as your soft skills.
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I really don't know what skills I have, I'm applying for a warehouse type position so stock I believe.
 
Just moved back home to my small, south-coastal town after finishing with university, and have been sending out job applications left, right and centre. Even with recommendations from industry people via internships I've done, hearing back responses from anyone seems to be a complete bust. The editorial world is fucking competitive. Even retail doesn't want to get back to me.

Somehow managed to land an interview on Thursday though, but it's 4 hours away up in Norwich. But hey, who knows, I may end up liking the city. Not too bad though, I suppose, landing an interview a few weeks out of uni, but these weeks have been hell - broke as shit and nothing to do. I feel for you guys who have been on the job hunt for ages.

Hopefully my CV is strong enough to get me somewhere, because I know my useless degree sure won't.
 
It looks like the July 3rd interview is a bust, train ticket is a big fat £47 even after my 30% off. Plus the jobcentre want me to buy the ticket first and be reimbursed. Plus I got a bunch of rejections this morning.

Fun!
 
After 1 year without a job there is a chance I'll get one as a financial advisor at a bank. It's a 4 step process. 1st interview, written test , 2nd and 3rd interview. They just told me I've passed the test and in 2 days it'll be my 2nd interview.
I really have to get this one...
 
Job interview tomorrow.

Set up by a temp agency that accidently told the boss I know Quickbooks. So now I need to get a last minute Quickbooks tutorial tonight for my interview tomorrow.

Looking forward to this, because it's different than what I'm used to.

99% sure it's not a scam. :p
 
Zeitgeister said:
I'm considering going into QA. Just, you know, because I can.

I actually want to see how horrid this work is, exactly. For science!
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How does someone find QA jobs? I understand a lot of places need people to apply speculatively because I barely see ads.

I also understand they're frequently terrible jobs, but I have time spent in university Game Design so that would help. /shrug

http://www.gamesindustry.biz/jobs is the only place I know.
 
I graduated a few weeks ago and I know people have been looking for employment a lot longer than I have but I'm running a bit low on funds so I'm considering picking crops to get some extra money while I'm going through interviews. I have a couple this week actually.

Unfortunately I have no idea where to look for this type of work. I've seen articles about a shortage of willing workers for the fields and I'd be willing to try it out.

Can someone point me in the right direction if they somehow know? I've tried Google but I think I must be doing something wrong.

I live in California.
 
bengraven said:
Job interview tomorrow.

Set up by a temp agency that accidently told the boss I know Quickbooks. So now I need to get a last minute Quickbooks tutorial tonight for my interview tomorrow.

Looking forward to this, because it's different than what I'm used to.

99% sure it's not a scam. :p
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loooool
 
krameriffic said:
Yeah, it's a fantastic opportunity. All I really know about the job is that the title is hardware engineer and that I'll be working next to Buckley AFB in Denver, so I assume it's associated with that. It took me about 8 months of searching to get the interview that lead to it and another 3 waiting on the clearance, but it's pretty amazing considering that within the Denver area, Lockheed was my number 1 choice of employer. I am absolutely stoked to get started (finally).
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I work for LM (for just over a year) amazing place and great place to excel if you show initiative and are a team player. They are very much one of those hard places to get into and once you make it past a year, your in (as long as there is work)

great, great benefits (full tuition reimbursment, health care, 401K)
ability to move around the country/world is there to.


I applied with them like 10x before a friend got me in the door...
congrats!
 
Got a Voluntary position in Seville Spain for a month teaching English for Berlitz

due to start this Sunday

Get paid 300 euro's at the end of it.

What do you guy's think ?

Its the only real opportunity that I've come across in a long time and plus Job's wise it's been pretty dead and dry in my local area.

Sent out alot of my CV's to alot of company's and filled out a load of application forms but nothing.
 
GringoLOCOo said:
Got a Voluntary position in Seville Spain for a month teaching English for Berlitz

due to start this Sunday

Get paid 300 euro's at the end of it.

What do you guy's think ?

Its the only real opportunity that I've come across in a long time and plus Job's wise it's been pretty dead and dry in my local area.

Sent out alot of my CV's to alot of company's and filled out a load of application forms but nothing.
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dude spain is facing epic unemployment
take what you can get like your life depends on it

having a job....ANY job is being lucky in spain atm
 
bengraven said:
Job interview tomorrow.

Set up by a temp agency that accidently told the boss I know Quickbooks. So now I need to get a last minute Quickbooks tutorial tonight for my interview tomorrow.

Looking forward to this, because it's different than what I'm used to.

99% sure it's not a scam. :p
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Not a scam but they'll take a percentage of your pay.
 
I should of mentioned I'm from the UK not Spain :)

but i get what you mean about taking any Job that you come across even if it is not your cup of tea.

I'm due to hopefully fly out Saturday.
 
I got some type of meeting tomorrow. A friend is suppose to bring me in to meet with his complex manager to fill out paper work or something. Not sure if there will be a "interview" or not. Scary stuff.
 
Songbird said:
How does someone find QA jobs? I understand a lot of places need people to apply speculatively because I barely see ads.

I also understand they're frequently terrible jobs, but I have time spent in university Game Design so that would help. /shrug

http://www.gamesindustry.biz/jobs is the only place I know.
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Those are jobs for professionals aka "real jobs" (degree required). QA and other low-skilled jobs are usually separated from professional jobs.

There are quite a few listings for low wage / low skilled jobs on http://www.toplanguagejobs.co.uk for my native language.

And honestly: being able to write any kind of coherent language is probably more important than any education you might have (had), if the many stories on QA are to be believed. Not sure whether it's still 'that' bad though.
 
My mom is still hunting for a job. Right now she's getting unemployment (which runs out in a few weeks) and is working for the government for $800 a month and volunteering for the Obama campaign.

Hopefully she can get a position there but if not who knows. She's thinking about going back to school (Elon law school) until she finds work. But IMO, she should go back to something that compliments her degree.
 
Zeitgeister said:
Those are jobs for professionals aka "real jobs" (degree required). QA and other low-skilled jobs are usually separated from professional jobs.

There are quite a few listings for low wage / low skilled jobs on http://www.toplanguagejobs.co.uk for my native language.

And honestly: being able to write any kind of coherent language is probably more important than any education you might have (had), if the many stories on QA are to be believed. Not sure whether it's still 'that' bad though.
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A degree for games testing? I have time spent on a related course, but oh well.
 
Songbird said:
How does someone find QA jobs? I understand a lot of places need people to apply speculatively because I barely see ads.

I also understand they're frequently terrible jobs, but I have time spent in university Game Design so that would help. /shrug

http://www.gamesindustry.biz/jobs is the only place I know.
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Try Gamasutra. It's a good place for game jobs.

QA jobs aren't universally bad. I worked for Acclaim testing games, and found it to be a perfectly enjoyable experience.

You won't be paid much and while there are avenues for promotion, you have to be realistic about your potential for advancement.

Oh, and a degree in game design might help, but companies are mostly looking for testers who can find bugs in software, reproduce them, and write up clear, concise bug reports.
 
MC Safety said:
Try Gamasutra. It's a good place for game jobs.

QA jobs aren't universally bad. I worked for Acclaim testing games, and found it to be a perfectly enjoyable experience.

You won't be paid much and while there are avenues for promotion, you have to be realistic about your potential for advancement.

Oh, and a degree in game design might help, but companies are mostly looking for testers who can find bugs in software, reproduce them, and write up clear, concise bug reports.
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Yeah, I was in a bad mood. I'm sure they're not bad, it's just people expect the jobs to be extended playtime and not the real work. The contracts put me off (I really need permanency to afford a place to live) but I reckon I'm realistic enough about the job and the industry for it. Will try Gamasutra, I just remember they're US centred and might require some filtering.
 
Fuck, I just found out I was a second choice for a job I really wanted. I interviewed last week and it turns out I missed it by just a hair. They didn't even have anything I could have improved on, the other person was just better I guess. They're going to keep me in mind for anything else that pops up, but with it being the mining industry its pretty unpredictable.

The part that really sucks is that I had an offer for another job on the table that I passed up cause I wanted this one more. I guess I'll have to contact them and see if the position is still open.
 
mackattk said:
Spell check dude, decisions is spelled wrong. That is an immediate disqualifications for a lot of jobs.
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Will do, just wanted to throw a draft up here.

ribbonlace said:
I think the biggest issue is the fact you have no history of staying with a company for any good amount of time. If you do get any interviews be prepared to defend your decision to leave them, and explain why it won't continue in the future.
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That's cause of school, one was temp position though. The place now I just don't like how they treat the members, plus I'm not really challenged here.
 
elrechazao said:
never ever put a pic of yourself on a resume
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This.
Unless you're going to be an actor, never do this. This is just idiocy. I've never done it
I've seen people who do that and they are very much less likely. I've been to resume building seminars and they always say, "Never put a photo of yourself on a resume"
 
Became unemployed on this day. In Germany, there's a 3-year on-the-job training ("Ausbildung") with a final test splitted into several parts. I'm just glad I passed the test now, and very well at that. But I hope to find a real job with good payment as a Programmer soon. I think that should be easier with the good final mark I've gotten.
 
So happy right now, just received an offer after graduating in 2011. Its less than the median salary for my degree (computer science) but its more than enough to live on so I'm not complaining.
 
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