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My workplace changed me to a seasonal employee after this semester of college started and I could only work a few days a week.

So at the moment I have no income but come summer I will be back in that store
 
dskillzhtown said:
Alot of people don't consider temp agencies, but the past 3 jobs I got, I started as a temp. It is a good way to get into a company and show what you can do. Your work as a temp speaks louder than any resume ever could.
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Exactly. I even told my brother-in-law, who is actually has a degree, but is stuck in retail management, to try and get in with a temp firm - if he can get a 6 month gig, kiss retail goodbye.
 
I live in the Portland Oregon Metro Area, do any of you fellow gaffers in that area know of any good job leads, my last job ended in December, and it has been a bitch finding another one. The temp agencies here where I live have been useless so far.
 
Not unemployed yet, but its coming next month. Gotta find something with good healthcare that pays 45k a year before the end of April... Sucks being the breadwinner.
 
Yes, it's why I'm on this site so much lol. I just lack the motivation to do the search and find a decent part-time job. I've tried in the past and gotten interviews but never got the job. I have a bachelor's degree in business and can't even get a bank teller position because of my huge work gap (mooch off parents). You can get a bank teller job with just a high school diploma and I can't get one with a 4 year degree.
 
My wife previously got several good jobs through temp agencies, and I would consider them if the need ever comes because of her experiences.

Good luck to everybody looking for work.
 
I'm graduating in May and luckily got a solid job right out of school thanks to our career fair, but I'll be moving to Wisconsin (from Minnesota, go to school in Iowa) where I don't know a single person. Anyone ever been in the situation before? The idea of going out on my own exciting and starting all over is cool but the idea is pretty scary I guess.
 
I'll be unemployed as of Saturday, although it is by choice. I hate my job more intensely than I could ever put into words, so I finally put in my notice a couple weeks ago. My wife has a new gig lined up that she starts on Monday and I'll be hitting the staffing places hard. I've had excellent luck with them in the past and I'm glad to see that they are being well received in this thread.
 
Dr. Feel Good said:
I'm graduating in May and luckily got a solid job right out of school thanks to our career fair, but I'll be moving to Wisconsin (from Minnesota, go to school in Iowa) where I don't know a single person. Anyone ever been in the situation before? The idea of going out on my own exciting and starting all over is cool but the idea is pretty scary I guess.
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I moved from Maryland to California (pretty much all of my family is in Maryland, no one I knew lived in California) 5 days after I graduated. You'll be fine.
 
Sethtimus Prime said:
Some companies now won't even look at a resume if the person doesn't currently have a job already.
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This is true. It's a sad commentary but some HR people need a filtering process to whittle down the number of applicants and this is one of them.
 
ha1f said:
I moved from Maryland to California (pretty much all of my family is in Maryland, no one I knew lived in California) 5 days after I graduated. You'll be fine.
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Did you mostly just end up meeting people through your work? I can't exactly see how else I would meet people, I'm not one to just go sit at a bar solo and strike up a conversation with someone.
 
zesty said:
I'll be unemployed as of Saturday, although it is by choice. I hate my job more intensely than I could ever put into words, so I finally put in my notice a couple weeks ago. My wife has a new gig lined up that she starts on Monday and I'll be hitting the staffing places hard. I've had excellent luck with them in the past and I'm glad to see that they are being well received in this thread.
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How are you going to explain leaving the job you quit when the question comes up?



saelz8 said:
Job search is a fuckin bitch!
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Lion Heart said:
I can't stand it. I wish I could mooch forever off my parents, just so I don't have to go handing out resumes. No motivation.
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You just have to keep trying. It wears on you mentally, you do everything you can correctly and still no positive responses. You just have ot fight through it because it isn't like a job is going to come find you. You have to keep looking. I did end up taking a day or two break at times, but it is important not to completely give up. Of course I had bills staring at me in the face to keep me motivated.
 
Waiting for a callback from an interview I had on Monday.

I'm assuming I didn't get it, just so I don't get complacent.

The frustrating part of the job search isn't applying. It's weeding through all the jobs I'm not qualified for. I spend the majority of my time filtering and sifting. It's tiring.
 
I've worked at Target and Best Buy through highschool/college. Did research work at my college and also had an internship at a local engineering firm. I go to grad school next fall (gotta pick the school..) but I will be getting a 22000-26000 dollar stipend for doing research.

Still terrified about finding a job to do for the rest of my life, every position I've been in has been temporary in one way or another.
 
I do recruiting for an online university and I fucking hate it. I do it mainly because of the money, but lately I have been out of it completely; just not giving a fuck. I may be unemployed in about 30 days or so. My soon to be wife is making good money but I don't want to just contribute unemployment checks. Good luck to all.
 
I went back to work at Sports Authority for the 3rd time, lol.

03/2007-01/2008: For some reason, my hours were reduced to zero after the holidays. Nobody could tell me when I could come back to work, lol.

11/2010-01/2011: Work was only for the holidays. I thought I could find a better job (and pay) at my school campus. Turns out I was wrong.

03/2011-Present: Not only did I get a raise, but my supervisor was so happy I came back because she knows I'm a hard worker. The manager of the store was a bit pissed that this was my third time coming back. =\
 
saelz8 said:
Job search is a fuckin bitch!
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My favorite part of job hunting is that after you fill out a bunch of forms, and go through 2 different interviews they send you an email saying that they decided to go in a different direction.

There is no accountability in this society, ugh.

D3RANG3D: Good luck, Portland is a bitch. We have probably the second worst job market in the country.
 
Would you accept a job 140km (90miles) away from your home? It's in the middle of the woods too, and when it's freezing, I hear it's a bitch to reach.
 
Marleyman said:
I do recruiting for an online university and I fucking hate it. I do it mainly because of the money, but lately I have been out of it completely; just not giving a fuck. I may be unemployed in about 30 days or so. My soon to be wife is making good money but I don't want to just contribute unemployment checks. Good luck to all.
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Level with me, that online university stuff is a major scam right?
 
Been looking for something new for about six months, and have only managed to get a handful of dead-end interviews out of it. I've gotten to the point where my belief is that there is literally no way out of retail without a degree. Even for the most rudimentary, entry-level positions, everyone tells me that I don't have the experience needed (except for one temp agency that told me I was too qualified for the jobs available and to look elsewhere) which of course leads to that most infuriating of all catch-22s: how do I get the goddamn experience if no one will give me a chance?! I can type, file, use all the standard office programs, etc... I've done inventory, merchandising, supervised people, managed a cash office and payroll at a store for three years, dealt with tens of thousands of dollars on a daily basis, and yet there apparently isn't a single call center, customer service, administrative, or banking job I'm good enough for, no matter how simple.

After nearly 15 years in retail, I'm going to kill myself if this is what I have to go back into again.
 
I'm 23 and I've never had a real job. It's down to a mixture of complacency and misfortune. I've worked here and there for short periods (can barely remember their name), nothing really to put on my CV. My campus has been having career fairs but I always find a reason to avoid it, possibly out of anxiety or being left disappointed again? I remember several years ago going through a period of job hunting where I was rejected 92 times on the spot. I felt utterly useless and went into depression. I really need help in finding a job, for my self-esteem more than anything.

But when every job needs you to have 'experience, and yet you can't get any experience because you don't have enough 'experience' to qualify for a position, it sucks. I aim to do volunteering as soon as this semester is done. Have no interest in my degree anymore and I'm just riding it till I graduate. If an opportunity came now, I would take it and drop everything.
 
Anslon said:
Level with me, that online university stuff is a major scam right?
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The degree isn't a scam at all; the way that we aggressively push it on people that don't have a chance is where I begin to have morality issues. I can't stand the feeling of pushing something as huge as a college loan on someone that I know isn't going to finish it. Some live with themselves; for me, it kills me coming in every day.
 
I've been unemployed since last July (where previously I had worked 8 months as a community organizer for a progressive political action organization), and have had my unemployment benefits renewed twice, at $156 a week (for several months I also got an additional $25 from Obama's stimulus package). For the past month now I've been living at home and saving these weekly stipends, but for the bulk of the time I've been on my own and able to squeeze by and pay rent, buy weed and stuff by also donating plasma a couple times a week.

On one hand, living off unemployment has been terrible for my social life (when I was living on my own I was pretty much Raskolnikovian, hardly leaving the house or seeing anyone except for friends a couple times a week), but on the other, I've been able to devote all my time to reading, thinking, studying music, and generally increasing my knowledge and bettering myself.

I also draw some pleasure, inline with my political views, at being a thorn in the Tea Partier's side by not paying taxes and or monetarily contributing to American Imperialism and wars and our current status of being a racist police state. So it's both a nice way to be more-or-less lazy and to protest capitalism and everything I hate about this country (though I do not overestimate this "contribution" to be at all politically significant).

As long as Obama's in office, who knows how long I'll be able to continue getting these checks! To paraphrase Ol' Dirty Bastard, "Who wouldn't want free money?"
 
Woot, after 7 months being unemployed (after graduating, 8 months unemployed, then a job for a year before being let go due to budget) I have accepted a new position!

Was a pain in the ass looking for a good job for 7 months, but alas it is finally over.

I start my new job a week from Monday. :)
 
The Lamp said:
In college, unemployed, but I'm a student.

This thread is very depressing.
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Your only technically unemployed if your actively looking for a job.

(I'm making no statement here about whether you are actively looking or not, just trying to clear up that all students without jobs don't qualify as unemployed)
 
Meus Renaissance said:
I'm 23 and I've never had a real job. It's down to a mixture of complacency and misfortune. I've worked here and there for short periods (can barely remember their name), nothing really to put on my CV.
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I'm in the same position as you. I've worked for my parents off and on since I got out of highschool. I don't have any real experience doing anything. That, combined with being stuck in the area with the highest unemployment in the entire state (23.4%) and don't have enough money to get away.
 
Hang in there, guys. I was unemployed for almost 2 years, until about a year ago. I'm now about to start my 3rd job in the past year, making steady progress as I am now the "Director of Information Technology" and making better money than ever before in my life.
 
Currently an unemployed college junior. Applied for about two dozen shitty jobs like hollister, dominos pizza, petco, etc. Was called about an interview at home depot a couple weeks ago but couldnt go because it was during my spring break and I was out of town. Lady said she'd call me back to schedule another one but never did. Went into the store on monday to request an interview, she said she'd call and hasn't yet. I'm broke as fuck

Also sucks that I can't smoke in case one of the shitty jobs drug tests seeing as it was my favorite way of relieving stress, something i've been feeling alot of lately
 
Unemployed for two years when the economy dropped into the shitter. Joined the military. Pretty good decision.

Good luck jobless peoples.
 
B.K. said:
I'm in the same position as you. I've worked for my parents off and on since I got out of highschool. I don't have any real experience doing anything. That, combined with being stuck in the area with the highest unemployment in the entire state (23.4%) and don't have enough money to get away.
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Don't underestimate the importance of knowing people who know people. Tell your friends and relatives you're looking for a job. It could be a big help.
 
Been unemployed since July (so nearly a year soon), I graduated from University and can't find a job at all. I'll be honest I only started looking for work since September since I been on holiday when I graduated. I'm currently getting so frustrated that I don't mind working anywhere (as long as it is not cleaning, sales or catering), but I still can't find a job, I have lowered my standards so much that I am applying for warehouse, retail jobs but I still can find a job. I live in the UK by the way.
 
I've never done paid work. Came out of school last May after doing A Levels. Decided i didn't want to rush into uni, tried to find a job instead.

Still unemployed. So, nearly a year now.

I'm on dole money, bloody job centre piss me the hell off. Sarcastic, picky, horrible, incredibly annoying people. (no offence to anyone who works there...)
 
UK folks

Another thing that will take the piss is come May jobs will be even harder to find because all the college and uni students will start applying for jobs around then. I have to go Job Centre tommorow to sign my dole, but I wish I did not have to, I just want a fucking job, even if it is a lame retail job. I'd have never thought that after finishing my degree I would not even be able to find a retail job, what the fuck.
 
KAL2006 said:
UK folks

Another thing that will take the piss is come May jobs will be even harder to find because all the college and uni students will start applying for jobs around then. I have to go Job Centre tommorow to sign my dole, but I wish I did not have to, I just want a fucking job, even if it is a lame retail job. I'd have never thought that after finishing my degree I would not even be able to find a retail job, what the fuck.
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How long you been on the dole? I've been on 6 months now. Apparently they will soon expect me to go to a place and do 5 hours of job hunting a week. God knows how the expect me to fill 5 hours with it.
 
I've been laid off for nearly 5 months now(Heh, my reply on just joining the unemployed is a couple pages back). I've been casually looking for a job, but I have about another 5-6 months left of Employment Insurance support so I'm kind of biding my time and enjoying the time off while I can. I am being a bit picky with my job search. I want to get a job that I actually want, that suits me and is somewhere I can see myself being at for a long period of time. I don't simply want to get "a job" because I have to... but if things don't change by the end of my EI period that'll be different. I hope that doesn't happen.

I'm looking for Junior Business Analyst or Junior Information Architect positions. But I'm also lacking confidence. My previous job(which I worked at for 4 years) wasn't directly related to those positions, but I was exposed to and involved in a lot of business processes. While I'm sure that I can pick up any new job quickly and get involved, I'm worried about even getting my foot in the door... like my education and work experience won't be enough to get me a job. I've been doing some self-learning on the positions by reading blogs, books, etc but those aren't really things I can put down on a resume, sure I can explain that in an interview but would I even get there?

Anyway, that's my piece on my current unemployment situation.
 
I live in downtown Sendai, Japan. Most likely I will be unemployed or switched to part time after earthquake and tsunami. I guess it depends on how many customers come back.
 
Carl said:
How long you been on the dole? I've been on 6 months now. Apparently they will soon expect me to go to a place and do 5 hours of job hunting a week. God knows how the expect me to fill 5 hours with it.
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since September, I feel like a bum, just been going gym, watching downloaded TV series, watching movies and playing videogames to pass the time.
 
ringofpower00 said:
I live in downtown Sendai, Japan. Most likely I will be unemployed or switched to part time after earthquake and tsunami. I guess it depends on how many customers come back.
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Damn man, good luck :(
 
I really hate how HR people weed out those applying who don't have jobs. It's really illogical, and to hear HR people talk about it and try to reason it is ludicrous as well.

Sigh. I AM working right now, but it's a dead end job for 15/hr. With a fucking asshole acting like middle management who gets on your case for asking a question because 'you're not thinking logically' and then getting on your case for making a mistake. I know I'm better off than some others in this thread, and some of you I'm sure would love to have this job since it's ridiculously brain-dead easy. I...just thought I'd be doing something more with my life.

Had a number of interviews the past month
1. Phone. Good. Writing...bad!? Rejection letter today
2. Phone. Good. In-person...bad?! Said they'd get back to me end of the week...1 1/2 weeks ago :P
3. Phone. Good. Seemed to like me. Said would put me through to second round. Haven't heard back.
4. Phone. Left message to call back. Number they gave didn't work. FML...
5. Email?! Went in for an MS Word formatting 'test'. Umm...yeah...it's hard to prepare for those since I didn't know what to expect. Been almost a week now. I'm not holding my breath.

I've been doing everything I can and applying as much as I can everyday. I've yet to turn to temp agencies since I've had so-so experiences with them, but I might turn back to them at this point if at least some Gaffers here had something good to say about them.

I still say if you're young and looking to travel. Teach English in East Asia. Made quite a bit of dough (brought back $20,000CAD). Could've made a lot more if I'd done privates. Why not go back? It's not really a 'career' for me. Plus, I've already done two years, I figure I've had enough adventure.

edit: OK...maybe not Japan :P
 
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