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Post by EvenBaldobombHasAJob on Jan 5, 2013 12:28:35 GMT -5
Are you in a small town. It can be SUPER rough in small towns. If you have the resources to honestly moving might not be a bad option. I've been looking for something for well over a year and live in a small town. The kicker is I can't afford to move. I keep running into the circle of not having any experience that a job requires in that area before even applying to it. How am I supposed to get any experience if no one will hire me due to my lack of experience? apply anyway. even if they say "you must have experience", that's usually a pipe-dream for the company. all the people who have experience usually already have a job elsewhere and don't want to leave it to work for you . most companies say that as a means to wash out people they don't want applying but if the only people who apply don't have practical experience (a placement/internship usually suffices to be honest) then they have to hire whoever did apply. that position won't fill itself and a reality in this market is that sometimes you're SOL and have to hire the best candidate for the job, not necessarilly the candidate who has exactly everything you're looking for because in all likelihood that candidate may not exist in your labour market. gosh Human Resources stuff is fun to talk about.
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Post by dav on Jan 5, 2013 14:11:52 GMT -5
For anyone after any type of work, I reccomend trying out a local school and seeing if they need exam invigilators. I myself am looking for work currently but it's a good thing to have to get an extra bit of cash, especially around May/June time.
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Post by KAMALARAMBO: BOOMSHAKALAKA!!! on Jan 5, 2013 19:26:55 GMT -5
I might have another interview coming up next week that I'm pretty excited about. It is for a newspaper in Connecticut that is about an hour drive from New York City. Oddly enough I haven't gotten a follow up message or call from the job I mentioned in Central New York a while ago. I'll probably still hear back from them for something, but wouldn't be all that heartbroken if I didn't. They told me my salary upfront and it wasn't that great plus it is further away from the city than I'd like to be. This one in Connecticut has the potential to be more attractive.
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Post by Slapcrunk on Jan 7, 2013 18:43:22 GMT -5
Are you in a small town. It can be SUPER rough in small towns. If you have the resources to honestly moving might not be a bad option. I am, yes. Around here, a lot of places around here refuse to hire anyone with a college degree. It's a fairly weird local phenomena I've noticed. I could fill filing cabinets with "you're overqualified" e-mail I have received from various places. I'd love to move, but the resources (sadly) just aren't available at the moment. It doesn't help that my girlfriend has a really good job and probably wouldn't be too keen on moving. But oh well, I'm sure I'll find something eventually. Gonna stay positive and all of that. And yet people get told that A degree is better than NO degree.
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Post by Deleted on Jan 7, 2013 19:15:34 GMT -5
I got laid off today actually. A privately owned company here in Williamsburg, VA. I was making 12.50 an hour, not bad. The amount of customers and money they were making were not enough to pay people, I got cut as did at least 7 other people. It just opened last March too. I will file for unemployment tomorrow and start my job search feverishly!
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