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WaveofShadow
Canada31495 Posts
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Holyflare
United Kingdom30775 Posts
On September 10 2015 03:38 Frudgey wrote: Yeah actually I wanted to ask, how exactly did you guys go about finding jobs? I mean obviously if you have connections great, but then how did you do it otherwise? Where did you look? Also I'm guessing the smart play is to start applying everywhere in my last semester no? And yeah find a job then move out. I meant that. Derp. Asked family friends to do work experience for my CV/resume or whatever to top up degree and "show that I wanted to work in this field" or whatever bs they think about and then when it came to actually applying I spammed generic job advertising sites like crazy, best strategy is to apply to jobs that are posted on that day as then the CV is fresh in their mind/they are quite likely to reply to you, I found the best success that way at least. You can also apply to recruiters and stuff like that. Definitely go to uni job fairs and make sure you have a list of questions to ask there that make you look smart. | ||
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mordek
United States12705 Posts
On September 10 2015 04:17 WaveofShadow wrote: I'm terrified about finding a job where I live. A large percentage of my class has already started working and it depresses me to read about their successes. Honestly sounds like a good thing though? You're going to be successful too Dr. Wave! | ||
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Numy
South Africa35471 Posts
On September 10 2015 04:29 mordek wrote: Honestly sounds like a good thing though? You're going to be successful too Dr. Wave! It's hard watching people you know move on with their life while you stuck in limbo. No matter how good or close a friend they are there's a tiny part of you that is just incredibly envious. It's even worse because now you feel like shit for feeling that way. | ||
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mordek
United States12705 Posts
On September 10 2015 04:33 Numy wrote: It's hard watching people you know move on with their life while you stuck in limbo. No matter how good or close a friend they are there's a tiny part of you that is just incredibly envious. It's even worse because now you feel like shit for feeling that way. That's true but I'd like Wave to think about things differently. You can always be in that mindset even if you're employed anyways  | ||
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jcarlsoniv
United States27922 Posts
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onlywonderboy
United States23745 Posts
It's just so stressful. | ||
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Requizen
United States33802 Posts
On September 10 2015 04:17 WaveofShadow wrote: I'm terrified about finding a job where I live. A large percentage of my class has already started working and it depresses me to read about their successes. Don't measure yourself by the successes of others. There's always someone who is making more than you, building a bigger business than your, who knows more people than you. Especially if you're getting started later than them. What's important to you? I would imagine your wife and the Pebble. If you can provide for them and still have enough time to be with them, you're successful. Full stop. | ||
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Gahlo
United States35174 Posts
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Crusnik
United States5378 Posts
Reason being, any truck over 8k gross I think requires the driver to have at least a med card, and my company just bought an f450. | ||
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Alaric
France45622 Posts
I never felt stressed about job interviews. As they go on, sometimes I felt a bit nervous, but generally they just went. But it's probably because I saw the whole applying process and interviews as generic templates people apply and a kind of a travesty ("I know that you know we're just ticking boxes here, I know what you expect, you know that I know that, and we're pretending through this whole thing") so I never worried about them, I applied the template's frame so I'd give interviewers what they want, and I'd move onto the next. That's less being confident and more being carefree, though, and maybe it wouldn't have worked as well in other branches with less demand. One criticism I received was that I was being too honest, including with my flaws in the domain. | ||
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WaveofShadow
Canada31495 Posts
On September 10 2015 04:54 Requizen wrote: Don't measure yourself by the successes of others. There's always someone who is making more than you, building a bigger business than your, who knows more people than you. Especially if you're getting started later than them. What's important to you? I would imagine your wife and the Pebble. If you can provide for them and still have enough time to be with them, you're successful. Full stop. I mean this being the whole point at the moment. I need to stop saying 'I mean' goddamn it Soniv It's not even necessarily about people making more money than me or being more successful. Numy had it---it's that other people have their lives on track whereas I've been sitting in limbo forever and it's awful. You can't help but feel embarrassed when people ask 'hey what are you doing with yourself lately?' I've been in this position before and while I have a damn good reason (this time) it doesn't make it any less awful. In less depressing news, I think some of you nerds may watch some sort of show featuring this girl? I dunno. | ||
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Numy
South Africa35471 Posts
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Holyflare
United Kingdom30775 Posts
On September 10 2015 05:29 WaveofShadow wrote: I mean this being the whole point at the moment. I need to stop saying 'I mean' goddamn it Soniv It's not even necessarily about people making more money than me or being more successful. Numy had it---it's that other people have their lives on track whereas I've been sitting in limbo forever and it's awful. You can't help but feel embarrassed when people ask 'hey what are you doing with yourself lately?' I've been in this position before and while I have a damn good reason (this time) it doesn't make it any less awful. In less depressing news, I think some of you nerds may watch some sort of show featuring this girl? I dunno. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=K6qFxUcplQ4 and then you reply "Doing my god damn biological goal and reproducing, bitch, mission accomplished!" It is tough to see everyone around you all "sorted" but they're probably thinking the exact same things as you are about someone else in a more favourable position, as long as you have family, friends, can live and eat well then you're doing fine at the moment, other things eventually come and then this period of time will be a minuscule blip in an otherwise happy (hopefully) lifetime. Also interest checking this getting wasted night: Poll: Pokemon/Mario Party/ALCOHOL Castlevania! (5) Friday night! (3) Saturday night! (1) 9 total votes Your vote: Pokemon/Mario Party/ALCOHOL (Vote): Friday night! | ||
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WaveofShadow
Canada31495 Posts
On September 10 2015 05:35 Numy wrote: Wave I get you sine I'm in the same place but you have a wife and a kid so I hate your guts. Go diaf!!@#$ How old are you? I'm willing to bet you've got a lot of time. Also HF can I participate somehow even if I don't drink? (And don't particularly care for Pokemon one way or another)? Also what time is that happening? | ||
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Numy
South Africa35471 Posts
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Holyflare
United Kingdom30775 Posts
On September 10 2015 05:37 WaveofShadow wrote: How old are you? I'm willing to bet you've got a lot of time. Also HF can I participate somehow even if I don't drink? (And don't particularly care for Pokemon one way or another)? Also what time is that happening? yeh of course you can! no idea about the time, presumably canada/usa friendly night time time I am also in the same place of limbo although now I actually have a job which is nice but still living in London means I'm effectively still just poor and can't do anything | ||
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WaveofShadow
Canada31495 Posts
On September 10 2015 05:39 Numy wrote: I do. I'm 24 but that sinking feeling is still there. It's more the lack of experience that bothers me as I'm more hopeless than Scip when it comes to women lol. At least the gyming and stuff helps. I have papa mordek to thank for his help in that. So you're probably the exact age I was when I fucked up my life for the first time. Looking for women is overrated---just do you as you're doing right now and from what I understand, things tend to fall into place more or less. It sounds incredibly dumb and cliche but that's what my limited experienced has afforded me. In regards to whatever else is going on in your life, whether you're successful career-wise or not yet, you've got a whole shit ton of time to work with, certainly if you believe that once I finally recover from all of my own shit things will be going well for me (which I do mostly believe. Just things suck right now) | ||
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Alaric
France45622 Posts
On September 10 2015 05:39 Numy wrote: I do. I'm 24 but that sinking feeling is still there. It's more the lack of experience that bothers me as I'm more hopeless than Scip when it comes to women lol. At least the gyming and stuff helps. I have papa mordek to thank for his help in that. As someone older and not in a better situation (well I have a job that's nothing special and screwing it up), I've felt this way at 21, 23, and still going. I felt with the teenage years and even less responsabilities of high school and stuff gone without me having done anything with it, I'd wasted a lot (thought process was 17 -> 21, so over half the time till I'm expected to be a responsible, mature and productive member of society had passed; 23 was the year where I started working so carelessness of school in general gone and people with less free time and looking toward more serious stuff, etc.). Of course that's bullshit, but you always find new reasons and excuses to feel like that, then replace them once you grow a bit older/more experienced and you realise it was actually nothing. Better try and crash but at least get that gate to the next, wider room open, than try to take it slowly and learn how to gently and properly turn the doorknob. Either way you can proceed to step in, and since at that point you'll realise how in your own head you were previously, and how little it was compared to now (till you go to the next room anyway), how much care and preparation you put into that doorknow will shrink to insignificance. | ||
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Numy
South Africa35471 Posts
@Wave - Thanks, I've been told that and kind of know it but knowing something and doing it or thinking it is sometimes hard. The fears/worries don't dominate me anymore. They still lingering though as I haven't managed to dig my way out of the hole just yet. Hopefully next year will be looking up. The whole women thing is more umm human companionship I think. Since all my friends are now all over the country and well all over the world I don't get that much in person friendship these days. Mostly just regulars at the gym I chat with and sometimes go to movies with one of my brothers mates that now we become closer lol. Some things in life I just want to do and well being in a romantic relationship is on the list but hasn't happened yet so sometimes I get annoyed about it. Again it's not dominating. I don't gym to try hook up or something. I do all that to become the person I want to be for myself, no one else. | ||
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