In a bad place, help me understand please
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In a bad place, help me understand please
I have not been able to get a job for awhile now. I've tried all kinds of techniques while interviewing and I just get passed over. I have college degree in the sciences and have made (and lost) over 6 million dollars in my life. I've cleaned toilets and performed audits for the federal government. And yet I can't get an entry level job. Please.. folks here, help me find employment. What am I doing wrong?
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Hi Jeff
I don't know exactly where you are in the world but a lot of places may be shutting down for months due to the virus.
The upside, if you can call it that, is that many communities will be looking to the fit and healthy to keep essential services going & helping others less fit and healthy.
These may be waged positions, or on a volunteer basis but all of them will look great on your CV once all this is over.
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I don't know exactly where you are in the world but a lot of places may be shutting down for months due to the virus.
The upside, if you can call it that, is that many communities will be looking to the fit and healthy to keep essential services going & helping others less fit and healthy.
These may be waged positions, or on a volunteer basis but all of them will look great on your CV once all this is over.
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YOU are not doing anything wrong Jeff. You are doing everything right in looking for work. What more can a man or woman do?
The world is in crisis at the moment Jeff, it's going to be hard for anyone to get a job. People are being laid off.
If you are not in immediate financial stress I wouldn't be worrying about getting work. Keep applying, but don't stress.
Write a few songs. Volunteer somewhere. Write some poetry. Join the Unemployed People's Union. Paint a picture. Take some pics of a Robin, now in decline in your country. And it's Spring. I dunno. Do something. There's more than one way to look at work.
The world is in crisis at the moment Jeff, it's going to be hard for anyone to get a job. People are being laid off.
If you are not in immediate financial stress I wouldn't be worrying about getting work. Keep applying, but don't stress.
Write a few songs. Volunteer somewhere. Write some poetry. Join the Unemployed People's Union. Paint a picture. Take some pics of a Robin, now in decline in your country. And it's Spring. I dunno. Do something. There's more than one way to look at work.
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https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=e1jweYVNMN4
Come on Jeff. Sing along.
If Willie can,
I can,
and you can.
On the road again.
Come on Jeff. Sing along.
If Willie can,
I can,
and you can.
On the road again.
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Have you asked those employers that interviewed you for feedback? This will maybe help you to tailor an application. I do think that COVID-19 has brought normal company HR processes to a stand-still, I imagine that most companies are in some sort of crisis/continuity management phase at this stage and hiring is not a priority. There will be high demand through the voluntary sector as we work through the current crisis so maybe a way in there. Drinking is not a great idea but I suspect you know. Repeated rejections are hard to take, I went through a lot of that with employers years ago. Good luck and keep going!
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Originally Posted by Dee74 
Gotta ask Jeff - are you sober?
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In re-reading my original title, what I didn't make clear is that I was kind of looking to people who know how to perform in an interview, or those who interview people and what they expect.
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I remember when I left college in early Summer of 2008, it took me until the end of that year before I got a job (which I'm still in) and this was at the height of the last economical crash too.
I had sent out well over 50 CVs to different companies and the response back was all the same: No! But then I was simply in the right place, at the right, met with the right person, and it all fell into place from there. Don't give up. You'll get rewarded for putting in the effort, I believe this fully
I had sent out well over 50 CVs to different companies and the response back was all the same: No! But then I was simply in the right place, at the right, met with the right person, and it all fell into place from there. Don't give up. You'll get rewarded for putting in the effort, I believe this fully
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Originally Posted by Hawkeye13
What about a service job for the short term? So many places are hiring. I have 92 year old MIL and spouse with asthma, or I would be applying.
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Sometimes I think god has a plan. One of the jobs i got turned away from was a loan processor. I am not good at numbers nor am I a stickler for detail. I'm a 50,000 foot guy who likes to solve problems and do process improvement.
The other job was a print processor and I have no experience and I am color blind. They told me it was physical and would require me to be contorted in all kinds of positions. I am 5 foot 4 inches tall and weigh 190, I am a former bodybuilder and while I am not fat, I am not easily "contorted". so there's that.
The other job was a print processor and I have no experience and I am color blind. They told me it was physical and would require me to be contorted in all kinds of positions. I am 5 foot 4 inches tall and weigh 190, I am a former bodybuilder and while I am not fat, I am not easily "contorted". so there's that.
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Originally Posted by Steely
https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=e1jweYVNMN4
Come on Jeff. Sing along.
If Willie can,
I can,
and you can.
On the road again.
Come on Jeff. Sing along.
If Willie can,
I can,
and you can.
On the road again.
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