Jobs Discussion

Good luck for the interview! But also, not just luck, be prepared.

Do no give them any reason to cut you from their selection. What I mean is, if they give you a fairly open question, DO NOT give them an answer that sounds negative, or that you can't/wont do a thing. Any thing like that can be ironed out ONCE YOU GET THE JOB.

So, like, for instance if you had a holiday booked, or have scheduled to go into hospital for an operation coming up.....don't tell them about it. ONCE THEY SEE HOW AWESOME YOU ARE, THEY WILL WORK AROUND IT. But they have to see you working first, and see that you're worth keeping!

If they say that you need X skill, but they don't need you to be certified in it, say you can do it, and learn before you start. Maybe it's been years since you did Excell and you can't remember how to do all the =SUM() stuff....just say it's all in hand, and google your ass off once you are home.

I've been at my current job for 13 years now, and it has it's perks ( the wage isn't one of them, however ¬_¬ ) but if I were able to move on to something new, I would. But I don't see that happening any time too soon.

Which is frustrating because, as a teen, I thought this would have been one of my "dream job", but it's clear to me now that I had some romantic notion of exactly what the job entails.

Good luck for your interview on friday and good luck to all other people who are desperately searching a new job.

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Good luck for your interview!

thanks bro! god bless you!

Good luck on your interview, Lugum! :)

I didn't have a dream job when I was a kid so I just focussed on making sure to have a safe income, but wasn't really happy with that.
I even had a few months without a job and that's one of the most depressing things that can happen - especially if available job offers that your education covers got requirements by the employer that a common person wouldn't be able to fulfil.
I started doing several jobs which I didn't really like, but performed well and looked for something I could enjoy at the same time.
I'm a professional game/software tester by now and reached the goal I set for myself. It wasn't an easy way to get there and took several years but enough time and effort normally gets you where you want to get to - it just requires a bit of patience in addition :)

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I really cross my fingers for you on Friday.

I'm still in university, some of my coleagues work throughout the semester. I find this option not suitable for me at all. They say it's not that hard to combine uni with work. But I see how the work is reflecting poorly on they marks on exams, also that they don't attend important lectures. So for myself the only option to work is durring the summer. But finding good summer job is very hard. I'm second year in the uni and last summer I had pretty shitty job (was making sandwiches and pizzas). I'm currently in exam session and since summer is knocking on the door finding job awaits me. This time I already started looking a bit early and found intership which is kinda related to my speacialty in university, with the help of the european union, they have program for students with 0 work experience finding job. I'm going to do Graphical design and prepress. I really hope to like it. Plus that it's medium distance from home and I will go to it on bike. (I love riding bicycle, been riding it to university all semester).

Last summer I finally got a job at a hardware store because my dad shops there a lot and the manager got to know him. It's a really great job, even if it's just pushing carts and running a register. I live in a really tough town to get an entry-level job.

Good luck!

There is so much to discuss about this topic. For example the fairness how the western society works or the politics. Not to mention the countless traps that are placed upon you since your birth. The traps wouldn't hurt so bad though most of the time if everyone was supported.
However it is for certain that everyone can't work. Sadly in USA the support is very limited unless you are disabled.

Life is a struggle for middle class and below. It how the capitalist world works. So i'm certain most of the people here have challenges in this area too whether they are working or not.

Here to just a bump though besides the ramble. :P

I am still in school, so yeah, not really working much.
I also get some financial support from my parents. And I am on state wellfare, because of reasons.

But, I did start volunteer work earlier this year, and am currently thinking about tutoring as a (side)job.

On a related note:
My dad changed his job some years ago. Agfter working for years in the graphical sector, he decided to chase his dreams, and become a diver.
This, after a lot of thinking, and even a job coaching traject, according to the SIMA method
(I am using this method to find what future job and study would suit me best.)
He now has his dream job, but working freelance means time can be good and bad. And since the oil industry broke down, diving work has become more scarce, so...

I would advise everyone who is in doubt what to do, job or study, to try and get SIMA coaching to find it out.
The method establishes your internal motivation, which you need in anything you do, to become and stay motivated .

Jobs aren't easy to find for most people, unless you have one and then it only appears to have been easy looking back with hindsight.

Yes, I have a job. Not a great one, but I'm in my field at least. I have a MA in History, was lecturing down in Illinois but there aren't enough courses to go around at community college, so I sold a bunch of stuff, moved back in with my parents, and after -->a year<-- of looking I found a partially funded position at a museum. After -->a year<-- of that, I was hired on permanently, and given a considerable raise. But the hours are still too low, and the pay not enough, still below the poverty line for a single person, but I don't have to bum rides off of people. In a few months I'll have done my loyalty time, and I'll feel comfortable looking for something better. There's money to be had out there, but the competition is steep.

When I was a kid, I wanted to be Indiana Jones. Then I became Henry Jones, Sr. And now I'm Marcus Brody. But that's OK, because at least I'm not the one going off a cliff on a tank.

I am student I'm looking for a job to work in this summer. Yet, it's harder than I thought to find one.

I also wish you good luck with the interview :)

Hmm, this post could use some stats :D
While I have a job now, it took me a year to find it - even though I have a masters in Media Communications (Everything from design, 3D to Front-end, my specialization: eCommerce). Please note that all available documents were provided, while I do not speak german fluently. ALL sent applications were matching my field, & I was often overqualified.

Time spent sending apps: 4 months while in UK, 7 months from Slovenia

So... GL :D

First of all, sorry if my english is bad.

I'm actually in the university, learning programation and analisis of informatics systems for develop my own software, also i'm studing for my own count music theory and design of digital audio, for a dream mine, working of my own music. And also i have a job, i'm barman (or bartender) working 14 hours per day in the weekends and from Wednesday to Sunday from october to January.

But, yeah, i get your point, is really frustrating not having something a job for getting the money that you need, especially in my country, or i feel it like that, here in Argentina everything is expensive, now for example i had to choose between charging my bus card or eat something because in this time there's not much job.

Oh, and good luck with your interview :D

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I work the Customer Service Desk at Walmart. Definitely not for everyone, as the battering from customers can be pretty atrocious at times. Been there a little over 2.5 years.

I am also attending school for my Bachelor of Science in Information Technology (concentration: Advanced Software Development). I graduate in October. I am also slated to take the OCA Java SE 8 Programmer I certification within the next 6 months. I am hoping to get a programming job by the beginning of next year.

Started working at the patient transport at a hospital here in Sweden last week moving patients within the hospital, not with an ambulance*. Not exactly what I want to work with in the future, but it's great while still studying and quite fun. Only downside is that I have to transport not only patients and samples but corpses as well..

And yeah, as you said searching for jobs is a pain, either you have to have connections or several years of experience in the business to get a job it seems. Either way, good luck with your interview!

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I have and don't have a job. I say don't have because I really want to quit the one I currently have to go somewhere else.

I just started last week in a Lab Tech job. It's $10 USD an hour, but it's some weird cycle of 12 hour rotating shifts.
I have to leave an hour before my shift to get there on time, and won't get home until an hour after my shift ends.
That's 14.5 hours taken up by work or traveling to work out of a 24 hour day. That doesn't include a shower, eating, bathroom usage, or sleep.
A person cannot survive like this, let alone have any sort of life outside work.
I'm not sure whoever came up with this crap but they need to be shot.
I'd rather work 6.5 hours a day 6 days a week than work another day there. I absolutely dread going into work another day there. The work is easy but the boss is nuts, the shifts are unmanageable, and I literally cannot sleep at home while I work there.
I slept just two hours before my shift on Sunday and only stayed awake due to pure force of will.
I'm currently applying to every place in town but no one is hiring, or they've completely outsourced their hiring (such as AT&T).
It also doesn't help that I do not know how to drive at my age (lots of shit happened completely out of my control)

I know it's a lengthy read but I'm in a bit of a rough patch right now, and I don't see it getting any better.

Thanks!