Re: Got a job!
Good luck A2P! Might only be 12 hour work weeks, but soon enough you'll wish you had that.
Good luck A2P! Might only be 12 hour work weeks, but soon enough you'll wish you had that.
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Re: Got a job!
I want to say congrats, but..........this is really not something to be proud of. *shrugs*Comment
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congrats. i hear jobs in america are hard to come by
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how's that? it's pretty easy to throw applications around for a while and not hear back from anyone. it's also pretty easy to sit on the couch and not look for a job. if you're so highly motivated (and lucky) that you can't understand why someone would be excited about landing a job, then that's fantastic. you should probably keep it to yourself though.
true that. several factors come into play, including location, availability, level of education, field, position... lots of stuff. on the whole, though, I think that statement is pretty accurate.Comment
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Yup, there are some people out there that would kill for job even if it meant doing something they absolutely hated like scrubbing toilets (no offense to those that scrub toilets. It's just something I probably would hate to do myself (with the exception of the toilet at home, I don't have to worry about some jerk making a mess in there)).
The reason why it's hard for people to get their first job is because many jobs, even super-basic jobs that don't/barely require a high school degree prefer to hire people with experience. So you have can't get a job because you don't have experience and you don't have experience because you can't get a job. The worst Catch 22 ever.
EDIT: Woops, I almost forgot about how one can get past this Catch 22. So how do you get work experience if nobody is going to hire you? The answer is simple: you volunteer. Think of it this way: you're either going to be sitting at home all day and making nothing or you could volunteer (even if it's just a few hours a week) and gain some work experience. In both cases you'll make no money but if you volunteer, it brings you closer to actually getting a job since having that experience from volunteering will make you a favorable candidate when it comes time for employers to choose who to hire.
Some other tips:
Even though you aren't making anything when volunteering, do things with pride and with your best effort. Treat it like it was a job you could be fired from. If you show yourself to be a good volunteer, it'll be easy to have someone in the program/whatever you are volunteering in to write you a recommendation.
Try to volunteer somewhere or at multiple places to get a variety of transferable skills. Office skills, people skills, and technology skills are the main three I can think of (each which can be broken down to individual skills like being able to send a fax, answering a business call, or managing a spreadsheet.)
Personally, I volunteered as a math tutor at night for some high school summer enrichment program last summer. Not to brag, but the kids loved me and the staff of the program took notice and was able to write me some good recommendations which allowed me to get my foot in the door. And once you get that foot in the door, if you keep being persistent and seeking out opportunities, they'll just start rolling in at some point. All from taking that first initial step (n)>Last edited by benguino; 04-5-2013, 08:48 PM.Comment
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yeah i usually bring that up with my friends looking for jobs reuben..the fact that companies want people with experience but hey guess what they don't have experience because nobody will fuckin hire 'em because they don't have experienceComment
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if you are desperate for experience, then do an internship or offer services in whatever field for free. my last job was an unpaid internship at a military base in DC and now this week i landed a full time $12/hr + comm gig.
i know i wouldn't've landed the job without that internship experience and being personable enough for someone to write a LoR for me.
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100 bucks a week ain't a lot but it's somethin. Get that hu$tle on broComment
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Yeah, this isn't the end of the line for me by far. I have big plans for the future, but having this job builds experience for me.
Also, for anyone looking for a job, I would recommend doing some volunteer gigs. Sure it doesn't pay anything, but it will help fill in that experience voidComment
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I might get a job soon so then i can be cool tooComment
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