The Unemployed and cant find a job thread

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  • 81
    81 Needing a ride to Forest Hills and a ounce of weed. Please inquire within. Thanks. Or not. Posts: 58,276
    vedder_soup wrote:
    still out of work hey? hope you find something soon, but it kind of makes that decision to quit to go to seattle, seem like a really bad idea now


    yeah...should have at least gone to philly. :mrgreen:
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  • polaris_x
    polaris_x Posts: 13,559
    do they have co-op programs in the states? ... when i went to university - i was enrolled in a co-op program where i would goto school for 4 months then work for 4 ... the school arranged the employment opportunities and it paid a good salary ... enuf to pay for your next term of school ...
  • YourDirtisMyfood
    YourDirtisMyfood Boston Posts: 4,668
    is the OP the person who quit the job to see the band in Seattle? I remember that thread.
  • Flagg
    Flagg Posts: 5,856
    edited March 2010
    LikeAnOcean wrote:
    I had a job all through out college and it got me another job that had nothing to do with my major.. that's how it's done.

    I couldn't find anything after college. My double major was history and anthropology. I wasn't going to find anything except a teaching job, which I didn't want to do. I ended up taking a telephone sales job that I hated. Sometimes you just have to bite it and do something you hate. But I had friends who got other jobs with other companies. Eventually, one got me a job at his place where I made new friends. Eventually one of those new friends got me hired when he moved on somewhere. And so on.

    That's how it works too! I'm in IT now. Its a great job and has nothing to do with my major.
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  • Flagg
    Flagg Posts: 5,856
    blackredyellow wrote:
    redrock wrote:
    Learn a trade.. plumber, electrician, etc. There's always demand for those and also a lot of money to be earned!

    My dad always told me that growing up... but I didn't listen, and at 35 years old, things have worked out pretty good for me so far with the college path that I took.

    But, I have friends who are in the trades, and there has got to be something comforting to know that you will always have work in your field. I also know some older guys at the building I work at (mostly union electricians), who are so fucking lazy and make more than I do.

    I like what I do, but sometimes wish I had gone that route. The successful ones make extremely good livings. My dad is a mechanic and has owned his own business for over 40 years. He was always like, "Learn a trade, they can't outsource plumbing overseas."
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  • SPEEDY MCCREADY
    SPEEDY MCCREADY Posts: 26,953
    Lots and Lots of tradesmen out of work these days.
    Take me piece by piece.....
    Till there aint nothing left worth taking away from me.....
  • Who Princess
    Who Princess out here in the fields Posts: 7,305
    blackredyellow wrote:
    redrock wrote:
    Learn a trade.. plumber, electrician, etc. There's always demand for those and also a lot of money to be earned!

    My dad always told me that growing up... but I didn't listen, and at 35 years old, things have worked out pretty good for me so far with the college path that I took.

    But, I have friends who are in the trades, and there has got to be something comforting to know that you will always have work in your field. I also know some older guys at the building I work at (mostly union electricians), who are so fucking lazy and make more than I do.
    If you consider going into a trade, the important thing is to find out EXACTLY what you need to do to qualify for that kind of work. I used to work as a vocational counselor and many, many people decide to go to trade schools so they can learn a new career only to find out that that's not what it takes! Trade schools or proprietary schools have come under fire recently because they exaggerate the success rates of their grads. People take on enormous debt to become a medical office manager, chef, auto mechanic, etc., only to find that no one will hire them. It's become even worse during this recession, with lots of people going back to school thinking they will learn new job skills. If you watch tv during the day, the commercials are all over the place. "Get a degree in just 3 years!" Only you find out that it isn't a degree that's recognized by other colleges and universities and your credits won't transfer if you change schools.
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  • Flagg
    Flagg Posts: 5,856
    SPEEDY MCCREADY wrote:
    Lots and Lots of tradesmen out of work these days.


    True. When the economy goes bad, the first thing people do is stop spending on their houses, cars, etc. At least that is what I have seen around here. Everyone stopped hiring contractors and just started doing things themselves.

    Like me and my damn back door. LOL.
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  • yellowporch
    yellowporch Posts: 510
    LikeAnOcean wrote:
    I had a job all through out college and it got me another job that had nothing to do with my major.. that's how it's done.

    +1... I am currently in college, but stayed local so I could continue with the job I've had since high school, I work in a florist shop for a grocery store, so by the time I'm finished with college and if all else fails, I could go full time and become a floral manager..

    working up the corporate ladder never hurts, start small somewhere if thats all that is available.
  • SPEEDY MCCREADY
    SPEEDY MCCREADY Posts: 26,953
    Flagg wrote:
    SPEEDY MCCREADY wrote:
    Lots and Lots of tradesmen out of work these days.


    True. When the economy goes bad, the first thing people do is stop spending on their houses, cars, etc. At least that is what I have seen around here. Everyone stopped hiring contractors and just started doing things themselves.

    Like me and my damn back door. LOL.
    But now, after your adventure with the back door...

    Would someone PAY you, to install their backdoor?? Because if they would.

    It was a great learning experience...

    Because now, you are a professional door installer!!!!
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  • Flagg
    Flagg Posts: 5,856
    edited March 2010
    SPEEDY MCCREADY wrote:
    Flagg wrote:
    SPEEDY MCCREADY wrote:
    Lots and Lots of tradesmen out of work these days.


    True. When the economy goes bad, the first thing people do is stop spending on their houses, cars, etc. At least that is what I have seen around here. Everyone stopped hiring contractors and just started doing things themselves.

    Like me and my damn back door. LOL.
    But now, after your adventure with the back door...

    Would someone PAY you, to install their backdoor?? Because if they would.

    It was a great learning experience...

    Because now, you are a professional door installer!!!!

    Only if they wanted me to take a week to do it and break a lot of shit along the way.
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  • Who Princess
    Who Princess out here in the fields Posts: 7,305
    Flagg wrote:
    SPEEDY MCCREADY wrote:
    Lots and Lots of tradesmen out of work these days.


    True. When the economy goes bad, the first thing people do is stop spending on their houses, cars, etc. At least that is what I have seen around here. Everyone stopped hiring contractors and just started doing things themselves.

    Like me and my damn back door. LOL.
    Yeah, just figure out what you can actually do yourself and what's best left to the REAL tradesman.

    We have huge trees in our yard and several need trimming. Of course, after the big snowstorm last month all the tree companies are swamped (we were about to get someone to do it before the storm). My husband is super handy so my father-in-law keeps telling my him that he can borrow his chain saw and do it himself. No way will I let him do that. Those guys work in crews for a reason and they have all the tools they need. When I was a voc counselor, I had a client who tried to trim his own trees, fell, and was now paralyzed.
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  • SPEEDY MCCREADY
    SPEEDY MCCREADY Posts: 26,953
    Flagg wrote:

    Only if they wanted me to take a week to do it and break a lot of shit along the way.
    I once installed a new gas oven and micro hood/microwave in some guys house. I had to run a gas line for the oven, from the basement, through the floor, give him a shut off switch, no problem. I hung the micro hood/microwave, and the customer walks in, and is telling me how beautiful it looks. As I am explaining to him, how to run the oven for an hour, to burn off the oil coating in the oven, the micro hood/microwave falls from the cabinet, and smashes into the oven top, destroying both appliances. The customer just looked at me, and started LAUGHING his ass off!!!

    He was real cool about it...He looked at me and said..."Can you bring me my new appliances tomorrow"????

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  • IwasBit10
    IwasBit10 Posts: 646
    To the OP:

    Have you tried contacting a staffing or temp agency? I know people who've had good success with that.

    It's good that you're volunteering; keeping yourself busy so you're not going insane, plus it looks a lot better on a resume than nothing at all.

    I was faced with the same issues under 2 years ago, trying to find my first job with little experience where experience was usually required. My advice is exhaust all your resources and keep an open mind. I applied to a position through my university's career center that had nothing to do with my major, went through the interview process, got hired, relocated, and now have close to 20 months of experience and I'm beginning to look for jobs that I want and in places that I want live. It only takes one opportunity for many more to open up.

    Good luck in your search!
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  • redrock
    redrock Posts: 18,341
    Flagg wrote:
    My double major was history and anthropology. I wasn't going to find anything except a teaching job, which I didn't want to do. .

    So what were you hoping to do with these? Had you researched which jobs these two majors could lead to? Were any of them anything you wanted to do? History and anthropology are very interesting - was it just interest in the subjects that made you major in them?

    I'm not having a go at you. Just curious.
  • Flagg
    Flagg Posts: 5,856
    edited March 2010
    redrock wrote:
    Flagg wrote:
    My double major was history and anthropology. I wasn't going to find anything except a teaching job, which I didn't want to do. .

    So what were you hoping to do with these? Had you researched which jobs these two majors could lead to? Were any of them anything you wanted to do? History and anthropology are very interesting - was it just interest in the subjects that made you major in them?

    I'm not having a go at you. Just curious.

    No, I simply took a business class once and got a D. From that point I figured I would take what classes I liked and excel at them, rather than struggle in something more practical.

    And I've always loved history and was really good at it. Anthropology was just related so I threw that in. At the time I never considered how it would affect my career decisions.

    Ended up Magna Cum Laude with a useless degree.

    But 15 years later, no one cares what my degree was in or my GPA. All about job experience now.
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  • SPEEDY MCCREADY
    SPEEDY MCCREADY Posts: 26,953
    redrock wrote:
    Flagg wrote:
    My double major was history and anthropology. I wasn't going to find anything except a teaching job, which I didn't want to do. .

    So what were you hoping to do with these? Had you researched which jobs these two majors could lead to? Were any of them anything you wanted to do? History and anthropology are very interesting - was it just interest in the subjects that made you major in them?

    I'm not having a go at you. Just curious.
    Im curious too...

    Flagg? Why do people have majors, that are not going to lead them in to a nice career?

    I dont get it....
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  • SPEEDY MCCREADY
    SPEEDY MCCREADY Posts: 26,953
    The OP has a degree in Sociology, which one would think could/would land him a career in social services, or teaching, right? But if he is not interested in teaching or social services, then why the fuck major in Sociology?

    I dont get it.

    And more than one of you here, are in the same situation, as far as what you majored in....

    I dont get it....
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  • Flagg
    Flagg Posts: 5,856
    SPEEDY MCCREADY wrote:
    redrock wrote:
    Flagg wrote:
    My double major was history and anthropology. I wasn't going to find anything except a teaching job, which I didn't want to do. .

    So what were you hoping to do with these? Had you researched which jobs these two majors could lead to? Were any of them anything you wanted to do? History and anthropology are very interesting - was it just interest in the subjects that made you major in them?

    I'm not having a go at you. Just curious.
    Im curious too...

    Flagg? Why do people have majors, that are not going to lead them in to a nice career?

    I dont get it....

    See above answer. I am sure everyone has their own reasons. Mine was I wanted As. Not Ds in something that was useful but I didn't like.

    Also remember people at 20 are all pie-in-the-sky idealistic about stuff and not really practical. That's a generalization but you know what I mean.
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  • redrock
    redrock Posts: 18,341
    SPEEDY MCCREADY wrote:
    redrock wrote:
    Flagg wrote:
    My double major was history and anthropology. I wasn't going to find anything except a teaching job, which I didn't want to do. .

    So what were you hoping to do with these? Had you researched which jobs these two majors could lead to? Were any of them anything you wanted to do? History and anthropology are very interesting - was it just interest in the subjects that made you major in them?

    I'm not having a go at you. Just curious.
    Im curious too...

    Flagg? Why do people have majors, that are not going to lead them in to a nice career?

    I dont get it....

    I was interested in Flagg's choices because with History and/or Anthropology one usually goes into research or teaching (and teaching was something he did not want to do). Or I guess museum curator.... but you need major business skills for that.

    EDIT: Flagg posted at the same time as me and answered.

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