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Current Events => The DUmpster => Topic started by: franksolich on February 23, 2017, 11:53:26 AM
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http://jackpineradicals.com/boards/topic/the-job-search/
Oh my.
You know, when I was green and young, an old man told me to never tell anyone "I want a job."
Instead, he advised I say "I want work."
Being an agreeable and compliant young lad, I took his advice, and it served me well to the end of my laboring days.
davidthegnome (780 posts) February 23, 2017 at 9:20 am
The job search.
So, until recently a bad back was preventing me from returning to work. It seems (and I am keeping my fingers crossed) that it is getting better on it’s own. Haven’t pulled it out in over a month and am feeling pretty good overall.
I recently moved into an apartment in town with my younger sister, and we’re both looking for work (our brother in law is holding off on the rent until we’re employed). I’m 32 and have done a lot of different things. Telemarketing, dish-washing, minor carpentry (mostly as a gopher), radio programming (kept a station’s programming running all by myself for several months, for far less money than it was worth), sales, some retail, hospitality. Even worked for the Census bureau back in 2010.
So, experience isn’t really a problem. The problem seems to be the search itself. A lot of the jobs I’m applying for seem to only offer applications online. I’ve been out of work for over a year so I suspect some employers are wary of the gap in my work history.
Recently I’ve started looking online. I finally have decent internet and a cell phone that works, but employers aren’t really biting. The other problem is that the most decent looking job sites seem to require payment (flexjobs, for example) and I am terrible at resume writing. I was wondering if anyone who has done this before might have some advice. I’m filling out apps for various jobs in town, but I’d love it if I could find something to do from home. I’m not a bad writer, could do some freelancing maybe – but only have a year of college and a GED (no degree).
Figured this would be a good place to ask, I know a lot of you are into different kinds of work and probably know the market way better than I do. Would appreciate any advice.
ThouArtThat (2278 posts) (Reply to original post) February 23, 2017 at 9:38 am
1. Hi David – Register With Your State Unemployment Office
Most states have offices that list job openings and maintain lists of employers in your area.
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Wonder why they look for a job now and not under O....
Out of work for over a year...what cha been doing dude?
Please make sure your facebook page shows your political beliefs...
Employers now check that to see if you are a compliment to their work place....
It helps to weed out all those trouble makers....
Looks like he is a jack of all trades and master of none.....maybe one of the lefty companies will hire him.
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Looks as though the gravy train screeched to a halt in Trump station. Back to work with you.
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Haven’t pulled it out in over a month and am feeling pretty good overall.
A phrase I can guarantee you will never see stevenumbers utter.
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A phrase I can guarantee you will never see stevenumbers utter.
Or Loconuts.
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Telemarketing, dish-washing, minor carpentry (mostly as a gopher), radio programming (kept a station’s programming running all by myself for several months, for far less money than it was worth), sales, some retail, hospitality. Even worked for the Census bureau back in 2010.
So, experience isn’t really a problem.
Trust me kid, experience is a HUGE problem. You have worked no job consistently and haven't worked in a coherent series of positions that relate to one thing. None of the jobs you list require any particular talents or skills.
Present that resume and you MIGHT get a job at McDonald's or Wendy's.
By 32 most normal people have a career that includes working from the bottom up and learning skills as they go, such as going from cash register to supervisor to assistant manager, etc. or apprentice to journeyman, etc.
Based on that CV, I wouldn't hire you even when I was just hiring counter people.
You are just a drifter with no ambition and no skills. Look at your life now kid -- it is how it will look when you are 75 (if you live that long).
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Or Loconuts.
You know, I could go either way with him. He either a) can't find it b) hasn't figured out his "special purpose" yet, or c) wanks so much nothing but ghosts shoot out anymore.
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ThouArtThat (2278 posts) (Reply to original post) February 23, 2017 at 9:38 am
1. Hi David – Register With Your State Unemployment Office
Most states have offices that list job openings and maintain lists of employers in your area.
I used the State of California's job search website back in 2002. It was a godawful clunky POS! Monster.com was/is vastly better. Either TAT's state does better than does CA, or (s)he isn't very experienced in searching for jobs.
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A phrase I can guarantee you will never see stevenumbers utter.
Whoa. Great perception, sir; that one got right by me.
Anyone, in case one doesn't remember, this is the primitive who when still on Skins's island, wrote some rather entertaining anecdotes about people he met, experiences he had, while working alone as night clerk at a hotel in darkest remotest Maine.
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You know, I could go either way with him. He either a) can't find it b) hasn't figured out his "special purpose" yet, or c) wanks so much nothing but ghosts shoot out anymore.
Sounds like Steve Martin's character in "The Jerk".
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Manny's primitives discuss looking for a job
Oh, I didn't realize they had a Humor section.
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Not much of a response.
Green Dog Dem (828 posts)
(Reply to original post) February 23, 2017 at 10:41 am
2. Same here, except the magic number is 52.
That’s starting to catch up with me, not that there was that much of a market for an Autistic policy wonk in the first place.
Aloha! KamaAina in the hale (house).
That last line is her sig line, which tells you who she is. One of the dumbest.
If he's so great at writing, why can't he write a resume?
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davidthegnome (780 posts) February 23, 2017 at 9:20 am
The job search.
<blah, blah, blah>
Recently I’ve started looking online. I finally have decent internet and a cell phone that works, but employers aren’t really biting.
Give it up buttmunch. I would not hire you to cut my yard if my grass was 6 foot tall and I was desperate. Your entire resume spells one thing and one thing only:
LOSER
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I used the State of California's job search website back in 2002. It was a godawful clunky POS! Monster.com was/is vastly better. Either TAT's state does better than does CA, or (s)he isn't very experienced in searching for jobs.
I don't know about that. I figure the idiot DUchebags "go to" on anything is GOVERNMENT.
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He's 32 and the high light of his working career is working for the 2010 census. DUmmie!!