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Job hunt going wrong. Without that job I can't get my degree.
I’m even tempted to join the army, I would probably fail the physical test, or might not be smart enough to fake the mental health screening. After the initial 6 months you have to stay until the end of your contract (the one I looked at was 5 years).
Everyday I'm growing more and more bitter of all those e-celebrities.
I can’t complain, they are all better.
I’m too stupid to properly learn anything, I did not get job experience when I should have, as a result I now have a useless English degree and only 1 year of job experience at the age of 27.
Living at home, no job, no degree, no experience, failure and failure to learn.
Future is looking great, you reap what you sow.
And on top of that both my parents are insane… the apple is not near the tree it is still tied to it.
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I would say no man's troubles have given him a better chance to shine and grow than the ones you have. So buckle up, cope with whatever randomness throws at you as best as you can, give it your utmost attention and toil. Whatever the outcome is, it is irrelevant. Or at least it should be. Or so I think.
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Northern Ireland25301 Posts
Sounds brutal man, I feel your pain albeit my circumstances are merely similar over identical.
Can’t really offer much more insightful than a trite ‘hang in there’ as I’ve had little success in overcoming those kind of hurdles.
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Bisutopia19237 Posts
Look for jobs in farming or as a park ranger. Move somewhere you can do something outdoors. The combination of nature and exercise will make you feel great and bring you an exciting adventure in life. There's plenty of time to get your degree after you take care of yourself. I wish you the best!
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gather all u got, run to the forest.
job experience is for noobs. Gosus go to the job they have 0 experience in and in 1 month carry the company.
ezpz
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For as much shit as the military gets, its not a bad way to make something of yourself. I've worked with a handful of people who've joined and have done well with themselves. There are also plenty of jobs that transition well to a career outside of the military.
What concrete steps have you taken to improve your situation? If you reap what you sow the best time to start planting is today
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Trust me when I say that you can pull yourself out of this. At 27 I went from having absolutely nothing (homeless several times, many really bad life situations happened), living in Pittsburgh Pennsylvania, now I am in Southern California living my dream. YOU CAN AND WILL DO IT. KEEP FIGHTING BRO!
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McDonalds refused me a job.
I had one interview for a contract for my degree, waiting for an answer.
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When I am desperate to start earning money immediately, especially when I am starting from a bad place, the four jobs I can always seem to land quickly are tele-marketing, kiosk salesmen, landscaper and assistant vendor at a flea market.
None of these jobs pay well or fairly and non of them are enjoyable work (imo) but they are jobs that you can show up to and land pretty easily, regardless of skill-set.
City governments hire janitors for offices that make living wages and so do all middle schools and high schools.
I can't wait for you to post your first success.
There is a script of answers for fast food jobs that you must answer, even if it is a lie.
"What do you do outside of work"
"I am really into X sport or hiking..." make it a teamsport. This is one of the stupid questions they hire people based on, this question is for all the Yum Yum corporate stores.
T-mobile is nearly always hiring sales people, horrible job, but it can get money coming in.
Right now, there are some guys spread out all across the nation for doing political polls and/or surveys. The job interview is they had you paper and ask you to read clearly and without any emotion.
KFC is the worst job I ever had, but they go through people very quickly because of how bad it is, and the people they go through are chicken cooks, like I said worst job I ever had, but I walked in with a pen filled out an application and started that day.
Charities often hire minimium wage people for the holidays and some like good-will year round.
Delivering papers doesn't earn any money but I think phone-book time of the year is coming and me and 2 buddies used to be able to make a few hundred a day running this things all over.
Grocery stores that are not safeway are often easy to get on as 'night time shelf stock-er', another terrible job but it paid a living wage and required no skills besides of drug test.
Local libraries hold job seminars and if you go to one with a few neatly printed resumes, and you can walk away with a starting date.
Insurance companies specially farmers agents, often hire people to make 'warm-calls' to client lists they inherieted from previous clients. If they are ethical, you will get a living wage and a bonus if any of those calls turn into policies.
And lastly and worstly, I don't know what part of the country you are in but if you find a construction site in traveling distance and show up, dressed in work boots, orange shirt, work pants and find out who is in charge, you can often walk right into a job. They may pay you cash, they may pay you check, they may end up not paying you 100% fairly, but it will get money coming in.
I am sorry if this is all useless shit to you. I just tried to remember all the 'that job saved me' moves I've pulled.
As before, Good luck dude.
(edit - also, depending on the legality of your state, it is time to cut the canibus soon, normally 20-25 in cash and you will spend a week or two outside while you do it. Not always the best situations but in Northern California and other bud growing states, there is always a demand, and if you become known as a skilled trimmer, you will find year round opportunities, again be safe and aware of your local laws)
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Thank you for all the leads.
I'm in EU.
I'll look for these jobs.
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Northern Ireland25301 Posts
Depends how you’re wired. Some people think working night shift in retail is their personal idea of hell, I quite like it if I’m short of money. Hours are atrocious there is that, but I can get my head down and throw stuff on shelves and have it looking nice by the time I’m leaving at 6am or w/e. Whereas call centre stuff (what I’ve heard) there’s not that tangible feeling of actually doing something.
Plus it’s relatively physical work, so if I’m in work a lot I’m generally keeping my weight down.
I don’t overly like my job and haven’t hunted that hard because I’m going back to school anyway so I’ll not have the spare time to fulfil some of the hours on offer.
That said, it’s fucking daunting and an increasingly impersonal process. Just go online, apply, not get feedback for rejections and keep going in a circle not knowing where you’re going wrong. Recruitment agencies basically just have you do that.
I’m sure whatever place you’re based has some kind of job centre service that you can ring or go in person (my preference) and they’ll look over your CV, give you some advice and pointers. I know there is one in Belfast I’ve used and even though I gave up job hunting afterwards, merely having another person to talk to face to face made it feel like I was less alone and took a lot of stress off.
Temp jobs seem useful. I have friends doing office work that I don’t have the experience to get in to do and who come to me for advice on how to actually do their jobs (Excel chops lol), but they generally said you have to suck it up and take a few temp jobs and having negotiated that it’s a lot easier to get permanent posts.
It is fucking shit at times and partly why I took the plunge on school and retraining, but happy hunting! Hope some of this helped if even a little
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