The Unemployed and cant find a job thread

SPEEDY MCCREADY

Flagg wrote:

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.

People at 20 are all pie in the sky idealistic?? Very, very true...

Actually when we are in are 20's....We are just flat out fucking stupid!!!!! Every single one of us....hehehehe

When we hit 40...the phrase "Youth is wasted on the young"...

REALLY starts making sense!!!!! hehehehehehehe

81

YourDirtisMyfood wrote:

is the OP the person who quit the job to see the band in Seattle? I remember that thread.

yup...i don't feel too bad for somebody that quit a job to go to a concert.

SPEEDY MCCREADY

81 wrote:

YourDirtisMyfood wrote:

is the OP the person who quit the job to see the band in Seattle? I remember that thread.

yup...i don't feel too bad for somebody that quit a job to go to a concert.

You make your own bed....I agree...


But some of life lessons, are learned the hard way, at a price.

Quit your job, to go to a concert, when unemployment is at 10%, is going to be nothing but a disaster.

smarchee

he's got a big gold ring that says Jesus saves....

that song popped in my head, if thats not the correct lyric dont flame me, not my fav song

Who Princess

Flagg wrote:

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.

Interesting. My husband was an English major and now works in IT.

Flagg

whoprincess wrote:

Flagg wrote:

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.

Interesting. My husband was an English major and now works in IT.

Crazy huh? I look back at my path and there was a lot of luck along the way.

Sorry if we hijacked your thread OP. But I guess my point is just take any job you can get and make friends because you never know where that will lead, even if it takes a lot of time. Friends and networking (hate that term) became way more important down the line.

Who Princess

Flagg wrote:

whoprincess wrote:

Flagg wrote:

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.

Interesting. My husband was an English major and now works in IT.

Crazy huh? I look back at my path and there was a lot of luck along the way.

Sorry if we hijacked your thread OP. But I guess my point is just take any job you can get and make friends because you never know where that will lead, even if it takes a lot of time. Friends and networking (hate that term) became way more important down the line.

Yeah, I agree. Luck, friends, all kinds of things play a role. If there's any kind of moral to be had, I guess it's be open to all possibilities.

My husband worked in the communications division of a nonprofit agency for many years, so that did kinda fit with his major. As part of the job he was in charge of AV equipment. He's always been interested in electronics and at nonprofits (where I've worked the majority of my career as well) people can become very versatile. Cross training is encouraged so that you can fill in for other people. His interest in electronics led him to learn how to program the spiffy high tech phone system they eventually brought in. Then when things started to be computerized, he was the person everyone kept asking to fix their computers! Eventually he took an IT job at a university and he's been there 13 years.

To the OP, like I said, be open to possibilities. I was originally a teacher and loved it but got out of it for reasons too long and boring to mention. I was then inspired by working a year in a law office. Hands down, the worst job I EVER had! But it paid the bills and gave me a lot of time to think about what I wanted to do instead.

MayDay10

Post college was no joke back in 2001. I had to swallow my pride and take a job I thought was "underneath" me... Then I got a job in my major and it was awful on the bottom rung. struggled for a long time, but I was lucky I had a job as I looked on many friends who shared the same degree who couldnt find anything.

Eventually at 25 y/o I just changed careers and things found their own path... I would consider myself, now 31, successful, and secure (by my standards). It really took me until I was 27 to not live paycheck to paycheck.

I dont even want to imagine what it is like now. My advice is simple:

1. Most Important: Live within your means. DO NOT RACK UP CONSUMER DEBT.
2. Don't be afraid to take a job/career that may be out of your radar. The only friends I know who still hold jobs confined to their major are teachers.
3. If you can, go back to school. Try for a Master's that will lead to a specialized field with good job prospects in a few years. Especially if you are 22-29, you have a ton of time to redirect and control your future.

decides2dream

Flagg 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.

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.

hehe...i hear that!
i actually majored in things i excelled in AND with some practical ideas.
when i finally went for my masters - i was already teaching (tho i will say eventually deciding on teaching rather than fashion or interior design, took me awhile). in hindsight, perhaps i should've majored in something a bit more 'practical' for my masters. already had the BFA....maybe i should've gone for school administration, reading, whatever...but my head just wasn't there. i was focused on art, figured that is what i am doing with my life...so i got my MA in my most fave art, photography. graduated with a 4.0 and continued teaching.

however, eventually a few factors made me start looking elsewhere. i was looking in fields still with education, but was getting no where. where i am now, just like you, NOTHING at all to do with my education or work experience. i will say tho, my degrees and my GPA DID play a factor, even if entirely unrelated....but i think that's simply my employer. so yea....even having good ideas, clear career paths....ya just never know where you'll end up, or what you may choose...down the road.

JOEJOEJOE

flywallyfly wrote:

Need some experience? Two words for you guys : Vandelay Industries. Google it and learn from George.

Haven't you heard? They shut-down their exporting department.....all they do now is importing.

81

why would i hire you to be my latex salesman?

keeponrockin

SPEEDY MCCREADY wrote:

Flagg wrote:

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.

People at 20 are all pie in the sky idealistic?? Very, very true...

Actually when we are in are 20's....We are just flat out fucking stupid!!!!! Every single one of us....hehehehe
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I'm 19...

Yeah.. I'm pretty fucking stupid (not sarcasm).

kenny olav

I got my degree in social and political philosophy. Naturally, I've been working in finance for 10 years.

YourDirtisMyfood

http://money.cnn.com/2010/03/25/news/ec ... nderwater/

youngster

I have been out of work since November and I am a union tradesman in Boston. It's true that people hold back funds for projects which put people like me out of a job. I can't blame them, I don't spend too much money these days.

I got a call last week seeing if I wanted to go to NY to work at a nuclear power plant for 5 weeks for a shutdown they were having. I said yes seeing as you can't buy a job where I live. I drive 5 hours to NY from Boston and started my training and indoc to get into the plant on Wednesday. That afternoon I got a call from a friend of mine I used to work with saying that a guy on his job broke his ankle and will be out of work for 2 months and there is an opening. I said to see what he could do. Didn't think anything of it really cause of my poor luck in trying to get a job the past few months. Yesterday morning he calls me and says if I can be back in Boston by Monday I will have a job. So I contacted the right people to release me from the plant and I headed back 5 hrs east to home and will be starting a new job on Monday. Man, if all I had to do was drive to NY to get a job I would have done it months ago.

decides2dream

youngster wrote:

I have been out of work since November and I am a union tradesman in Boston. It's true that people hold back funds for projects which put people like me out of a job. I can't blame them, I don't spend too much money these days.

I got a call last week seeing if I wanted to go to NY to work at a nuclear power plant for 5 weeks for a shutdown they were having. I said yes seeing as you can't buy a job where I live. I drive 5 hours to NY from Boston and started my training and indoc to get into the plant on Wednesday. That afternoon I got a call from a friend of mine I used to work with saying that a guy on his job broke his ankle and will be out of work for 2 months and there is an opening. I said to see what he could do. Didn't think anything of it really cause of my poor luck in trying to get a job the past few months. Yesterday morning he calls me and says if I can be back in Boston by Monday I will have a job. So I contacted the right people to release me from the plant and I headed back 5 hrs east to home and will be starting a new job on Monday. Man, if all I had to do was drive to NY to get a job I would have done it months ago.

good for you! :kudos:


amazing how convoluted the career path can be at times.
how i got into my current job is really quite the fluke as well.


if i only knew now what i knew then, eh?

chadwick

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Lauri

ugh I am really sorry to hear that. It's such a weird position to be in, not knowing what's going to happen. As much as I am burned out from my job I was really lucky to get it after only 2 months of searching in late 2008. It just sort of fell into my lap.

SPEEDY MCCREADY

musicismylife78 wrote:

anyone else having trouble here? 5 or 6 months looking for a job. no luck. frustrating.

Any luck??

Any interviews????

Just curious......