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General Category => General Talk => Topic started by: Ryan on March 25, 2009, 05:04:04 am
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okay so i have been unemployed for several months now and have been actively applying and looking for a job the entire time. share your stories about being poor and apparently unemployable in this thread.
also does anyone know a good website to look for jobs on that isn't 100% spam or TAKE SURVEYS ON THE INTERNET FOR QUICK CASH $$$ kind of things??? craigslist and hotjobs are both this entirely.
also give me advice about finding a job. im getting desperate!!
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also if this helps: i have no skills or degrees and limited work experience
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Oh god, I thought for a second that I made this topic. Cause thats my situation as well. I do have work experience though, from sales to assistant system administrator. I'll be watching this topic.
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awesome. This is my situation too.
haven't worked since september 2007 :]
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okay so i have been unemployed for several months now and have been actively applying and looking for a job the entire time. share your stories about being poor and apparently unemployable in this thread.
also does anyone know a good website to look for jobs on that isn't 100% spam or TAKE SURVEYS ON THE INTERNET FOR QUICK CASH $$$ kind of things??? craigslist and hotjobs are both this entirely.
also give me advice about finding a job. im getting desperate!!
Craigslist is actually pretty legit in some locations. You just have to be all over it constantly.
im in new york city and ive got a job now making $20/hr that I got from craigslist.
<edit> no college degree. most of my resume is some office work, an internship and an assload of freelance composition jobs.
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http://lynchburg.craigslist.org/jjj/
look at this shit.
99% of them are blatantly spam, the other 1% i am not qualified for :(
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or they're full time. i can't do full time as i have school and whatnot
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you can easily work fulltime while in school, especially community college. many/most people do.
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ps you might not be applying correctly. a lot of people dont know how the hell to get jobs. it's not hard but it's easy to fuck up if you have limited work experience
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Persistence. Ask friends if they can get you an in, even if it's like ONE DAY A WEEK SWEEPING or some shit. Spam resumes like nobody's business.
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you can easily work fulltime while in school, especially community college. many/most people do.
this might not really be a legit reason but i don't really want to work full time!! im trying to practice guitar as much as possible so i can actually get in to a school when i transfer and back when i worked 36 hours a week at walmart + went to school i had no time to practice!!! :cool:
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Try to get a job at a music store or something. Cite your major at school and any other music-related activities as experience.
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theres only one music store around here and ive already applied to work in their education department. funny thing is i actually know the owner pretty well and she pretty much told me id get hired.
i wasnt!!
to be an actual sales rep or w/e at the music store though you need like 5 years experience in sales or a ba in business to get hired
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i tried doing the PLAYING SHOWS FOR MONEY thing but around here apparently this is impossible unless you play the banjo or upright bass and love bluegrass.
or unless you post ads like these on craigslist:
Looking for a committed bass player for a power P&W/rock band. Passion for the musc is a must but even more so a passion about your walk! Vocals a big +++. Some Christian influences Todd Agnew, Third Day, Jeremy Camp, Casting Crowns, Seventh Day Slumber, Matt Redman, Baloche, Vineyard etc etc.... You get the idea.... The goal is working into an all orginal band.. I look forward to hearing from you soon!
For His Glory!
John
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that's ridiculous. at my local guitar center, a lot of the employees are young guys in their low-20's who sound too stupid to have ever attended college. they def. just work there because they are good at DRUMS or PRO-AUDIO equipment
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def. not like that at my local music store! a bunch of older guys work as the sales reps, like 30+
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i have pretty limited work experience too but honestly it's not hard at all to get a job. you just have to know how to tailor your resume towards whatever job you're applying for.
i just got a job at zara (i only applied to clothing stores because i couldn't really think of anywhere else at the time, and the discounts would be useful!)/calls from h&m and club monaco , so i guess I still have a chance with those too for the summer but i'm not sure i'll even go through with that since I might get a scholarship to study in china for the summer!
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but really just apply to a lot of retail places and they should call you back if your resume looks good.
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become a webcam model for a random porn site :)
you have to get used to wank for anonymous people though.
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i dont know how it works in.. uh.. america or whever you live (i do not pay attention sry) but i was unemployed for the longest time, then my government forced me into this JOB APPLICATION TRAINING course for 2 weeks. they went through how to lay out my CV (resumé or whatever you call it), how to apply correctly, etc, even what kind of paper to use for CV printing (apparently CREAM PAPER gets more attention)
long story short, i was unemployed for 6 months, and at the end of the 2 week course i had a job. so in the UK at least, that shit is important, but yeah like i said i have no idea how you guys even apply for jobs, if you use resumes or just fill in application forms.
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become a webcam model for a random porn site :)
you have to get used to wank for anonymous people though.
fuck off
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i have pretty limited work experience too but honestly it's not hard at all to get a job. you just have to know how to tailor your resume towards whatever job you're applying for.
i just got a job at zara (i only applied to clothing stores because i couldn't really think of anywhere else at the time, and the discounts would be useful!)/calls from h&m and club monaco , so i guess I still have a chance with those too for the summer but i'm not sure i'll even go through with that since I might get a scholarship to study in china for the summer!
the problem is I have no resume. i've done a bit of random under the table shit but other than that i worked at wendys for a week when i was 16 and worked at walmart for 3-4 months in 2008
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that alone is enough. i've only done a bit of volunteering and worked at M&M meatshops one summer too, as well as some painting jobs. but just focus on your retail experience and talk about the skills you learned from it (bs some shit) like your interpersonal skills and stuff.
you obviously have to make a resume ... your qualifications (your strengths) get almost as much attention as your work experience!
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classifieds section of your newspaper and pretty much ask for an application at every business you enter.
You may be workin' a shit job for a while, but it's a lot easier to find a new job while you're currently employed and you won't have to worry about shit like missing rent or eating top ramen for a month.
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i actually know how to make a resume btw! we spent almost an entire semester in highschool (i took a business class) on making resumes and i had to do the same in my college computer class. we went through the whole deal, doing cover sheet, etc etc
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get a job on a seafood processing boat during the summer
you will work a shitload but you won't spend any of your income so you'll come out with a ton of money that'll last you a while.
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i was thinking of that, but i'm taking several classes this summer so thats a no-go
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i actually know how to make a resume btw! we spent almost an entire semester in highschool (i took a business class) on making resumes and i had to do the same in my college computer class. we went through the whole deal, doing cover sheet, etc etc
you may as well just fill out applications though. Even if you have a resume, chain stores/franchises/etc. are going to have you fill out one of their applications anyway. Imean if you're really desperate for a job, a coverletter for a barista/busser/cashier position or something ain't gonna impress anyone TBH.
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well yeah most of the larger chain stores just make you fill out (practically an identical) online application. honestly i think i've filled out that same application for like 10 different chain stores. i wish i could just save it and send it out to all of them at once :(
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don't most retail places ask you to fill out an app but still want resumes? and yeah, no one wants a cover letter unless it's a more important company/position.
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most have a little thing where you can copy + paste a pretty simple one in their online apps. i've never actually sent a cover letter but some of the craigslist ads ask for one but they're probably spam anyway
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there is a job opening near me rightnow for a someone to come in the bakery every night(starting at 2AM) for 5+ hours and just bake cupcakes until the place opens.
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there are no motherfucking shipping companies hiring in my area and I'm prolly gonna have to go to new orleans and apply at some places or something. SUCKS SUCKs SUCKSSUCKS SUCKS SUCKS
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fuckin west coast is the best coast. we got shit comin' in from china every single day
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fuck the entire east coast, you guys are old news!
as soon as we take care of our whole mexicans issue the entire continent is gonna start leaning over here from all the people running this way to get the fuck up outta the midwest and east
:fogetcool:
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I'm employed but poor because my job is REALLY SLOW during the school season but when summer comes around it's picking up. Also, my mom has been looking for a job for over a year it sucks.
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also, i dont know if you commute to school or live on campus, but either way you should try getting a job on campus. If you filled out a FAFSA and opted to apply for "Work Study" you get higher precedence over other students.
I work ~12 hours a week at school and make $11/hr, which I think is pretty good for just ordering student employees around at the dining hall from 8PM-2AM.
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i go to a community college, so commuting is the only option. i've already applied twice to work in the bookstore and the food place, no luck
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guru.com is a site where you can freelance with whatever skills you do have. It's sort of like an auction for the employers when they want to hire the best qualified person, and sort of like an auction for you when they don't want to spend money.
Details are on the site but I get regular emails for engineering projects and one guy was looking for someone to design his company a sexbot so that's interesting sometimes.
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If you really want a job then just apply at Mc.Donalds or any other fast food chain you have around you, you can work for as little as 1 day a week.. those places always take part-timers.
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kill two birds with one stone, check out your local busking laws. busy days you can get a really decent amount and it may be tax free (check this out first).
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yo it's pretty easy to lie/make up shit on your resume. if thats what you need to do to make it look like you've got work experience, do it. also, are you talking to managers when you're applying? if you fill out an application, don't leave until you've talked to a manager and if you can try to do an interview right then and there. this of course also means that you shouldn't be going into a place during their rush, either. but for the most part, they take applications, throw them in a stack and never look at them again, so if you want a job, just applying isn't good enough.
you need to apply and then say HEY LEMME TALK TO A MANAGER and then be like yeah i really need/want a job and here is my experience (make shit up) and here are the hours i can work (lie, you can always change your availability once you're in the door). then hopefully if they're even hiring at all to begin with and the dude has time and you've made it seem like you have experience and can work flexible hours, they'll give you an interview you can bullshit your way through and then bam you're hired!! but if you just submit your application without following up before leaving, they'll probably never call you back. also ofc ya have to make it seem like you're eager to work in whatever random shithole you're applying at
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Volunteer some places and show em' your stuff.
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online job boards are good, but most of the ones i'm looking at are either for summer or graduates. there are probably plenty of basic full-time positions though
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i go to a community college, so commuting is the only option. i've already applied twice to work in the bookstore and the food place, no luck
best time to apply to these places is at the end of the term saying that you want to work next term because thats when most of their staff leaves (at the end of the term) this is how I got my job working in the food place at school
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well yeah most of the larger chain stores just make you fill out (practically an identical) online application. honestly i think i've filled out that same application for like 10 different chain stores. i wish i could just save it and send it out to all of them at once :(
Here's your problem. Go there and fill the application at the chain store and try to give you CV to whoever is responsible of hiring. It shows you're interested in the job.
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My CV was pretty terrible so I decided to volunteer at the local charity shop while looking for work, its usually extremely easy and charity shops are normally always looking for volunteers.. When you get any interviews let the interviewer know that your currently volunteering at what ever charity to keep yourself busy, it looks and sounds good.
Also the lady who ran the charity shop was kind enough to offer references for me although I had only been there for a couple of weeks.
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If you were fired or laid off at wal-mart you should be able to collect some unemployment benefits. I filed my girlfriend's unemployment online, it was pretty simple. As for work, right now, at least where I live, it's nearly impossible to find a job without a degree or experience. So I suggest starting your own business. If you are good enough at guitar have you thought of teaching people to play guitar? Advertise your services on craigslist and see if you get any replies. Essentially you will be practicing guitar while making some money.
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yes ive tried teaching but it was nearly impossible getting students. i put up ads on craigslist and in the local music store but at most i had like 2 students at a time
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still unemployed btw, i applied at all of the local fastfood chains again and places like red lobster, etc. nothing! gonna kil myself.,,got no money,,,nojob,,
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did you do what i said in my last post? cause again if youre just walking in and submitting your ap and not actively trying to talk to the managers ya aint gonna get a job
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mo money mo problemz
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The more things you own, the more things own you. ~ Kurt Cobain
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yes ive tried teaching but it was nearly impossible getting students. i put up ads on craigslist and in the local music store but at most i had like 2 students at a time
really?? you didn't get more through word of mouth? just charge very little and put like a LOT of effort into the lessons to make sure the students enjoy / get something out of them. make lesson plans at first even.
do you drive? people seem to love it when you go to their hosue to teach instead of them going to yours.
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did you do what i said in my last post? cause again if youre just walking in and submitting your ap and not actively trying to talk to the managers ya aint gonna get a job
no i filled these out online, next time i do an application in person tho ill ask to talk to a manager etc. also how would one bullshit experience? just make up random shit? don't they call and check your references?
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really?? you didn't get more through word of mouth? just charge very little and put like a LOT of effort into the lessons to make sure the students enjoy / get something out of them. make lesson plans at first even.
do you drive? people seem to love it when you go to their hosue to teach instead of them going to yours.
i did put a lot of effort in them! i wasn't just fuckin around. i had like 7 or 8 students total, but never more than like 2 at a time. 5 of those students were homeschooled, ultrareligious kids whos parents sat in on the lesson. they always wanted me to go to their house, even though i charged extra for doing it.
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Don't fill out applications online! That is a mistake. The absolute best way to get a job is to meet with the manager face to face and appear to not be a douche bag. Once you get an interview your resume no longer matters, and sometimes you can get an interview on the spot if you talk to a manager.
DO NOT make up experience. That is a retarded idea. If you apply at any corporate chain they are required to check references (all they do is call and ask if you worked there, usually they don't even ask if you were good or anything). If you have worked for any corporate chain (like Wendy's) then you can list them as a reference, since they'll have you on file. My resume is absolute shit, but I had two references so they called them, made sure I actually worked there, and moved on to the interview.
My best advice to you is this: pick up an application in store, take it home (don't fill it out in store, many managers don't like this since it seems like you aren't actually looking for the facts you need) and FILL IT OUT COMPLETELY. Like, 100%. Don't ever say "see resume" for references or anything. A resume is pretty much useless if you are trying to get hired part time at some chain. Bring back the application and resume (it should still be attached regardless of the fact that they rarely look at it) and try to give it to the most important looking person in the store. Be energetic! Managers don't want to hire people who can't even be polite and interested when dropping off their resumes.
Almost all of the interviews we grant are based on first impressions, so dress appropriately to where you're dropping off a resume and be super nice! And seriously, never make up shit on a resume. You can embellish things, but if an employer calls one person to see if you actually worked there and you didn't they will immediately file your application under the "do not hire" heading.
You can make up your availability and then change it, although employers hate this so be prepared to never get promoted. It will help you get your foot in the door, though. As for suggestions for where to actually apply: look for any places that have high turnaround rates for employees. Some stores hire people and they stay with them for a long time, which means jobs are not usually available. Some stores, however (especially stores that tend to hire younger people) might have an opening due to people leaving en masse for school or whatever. If you catch them at the right time they'll be desperate for people. Also, try to find availability where most other people don't have any (like during the middle of the day, if you take night classes). Everyone can work on the weekends and evenings, so aim for weekdays. Employers will sometimes hire people just to fill in gaps in their schedule.
edit: also make sure you are SUPER PATIENT when it comes to dropping off resumes. Never interrupt someone helping a customer/on the phone/et cetera to drop off your resume. Wait patiently.
The other day a guy interrupted my manager (who was ringing someone through at the time) and asked him "See here where it says 'have you ever been convicted of a crime'? Well, I haven't been YET, but I will be convicted on Friday so do I check it or not?". This is also a bad idea.
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no i filled these out online, next time i do an application in person tho ill ask to talk to a manager etc. also how would one bullshit experience? just make up random shit? don't they call and check your references?
do people you know have cell phones? here's what you do. this is easy for me since we have a house phone and everyone in my family has at least one cell phone but basically you just MAKE UP a company you worked for for like 5 years and then give them your cell phone number as its number and change your message to HI YOUVE REACHED <COMPANY> and then give them your home number as the one to contact you so they wont be like WAIT WHYS THE NUMBER THE SAME. have someone (like your mom or someone older) record the voice mail message so it wont sound like some kid being like SUP BRO YOUVE REACHED SMITH FINANCE and uhh, have her return their call when they do call and talk you up. this probably doesnt work with SERIOUS JOBS but it'll work with anyplace you'd get hired
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this probably doesnt work with SERIOUS JOBS but it'll work with anyplace you'd get hired
It's easy to limbo when the bar is set six feet high!
Do you have any friends that are respectable? I have a friend who is an aerospace engineer with his own numbered corporation, so if push came to shove I could use him as a fake reference. He's a a bit bad at lying though so he might not be able to bullshit his way through!
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i mean if you're trying to get a job with a serious company who checks references in details and offers a salary then no, this wouldn't work, although there are things you could do to blow steam up their asses, they're just much more ornate schemes.
he's some kid with a high school diploma who goes to community college, though. he's not going to get a real job! what i suggested will and has worked for me with any place he would realistically be hired at: a restaurant, retail, a factory, or any other entry-level, low-wage job where they don't give enough of a shit to thoroughly check references. i think it's worth doing.
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I'm a teenager, so the only jobs that'll hire me is fast food. But I'm too good for that.
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what is it about you that makes you too good for working fast food?
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what is it about you that makes you too good for working fast food?
Why should I have to serve people? They should be serving me.
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:) you are a child
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Actually I'd be surprised if they even check references for the jobs you are looking for. But if they do it's really not going to be something serious and you can put family friends or extended family members with different names. And if that's not an option I think Headphonics plan would work, they just wanna make sure you aren't going to show up late and shit.
As for finding a job, look into what kind of after school programs local schools offer (elementary schools particularly). I have no clue what kind of funding VA(?) gives their schools but if they have any sort of club program or after school daycare those things rely on college students who don't have a lot of experience for hiring and have turn over from semester to semester. They might even have something like a MUSIC CLUB which would play into your skills.
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:) you are a child
I'm not a child. I just don't think I should work at fast food. I'd rather work retail.
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You are such a child. what do you think you do in retail? kiss peoples asses in between organizing lightbulbs on shelves. tbh i prefer working fast food to retail. if i wasnt posting from my phone id warn you for being so stupid. go away
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I'm a teenager
Why should I have to serve people? They should be serving me.
:) You are a child
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ahahahaahahahaahhahahaahaha
holy shit
Why should I have to serve people? They should be serving me.
basically any time that you ever have a job at any point in your life you are serving someone. And when you don't have a job and you're living under mommy's roof of which she'll kick your sorry ass out of if you don't take out the trash and clean your room, you're still serving someone.
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Actually I'd be surprised if they even check references for the jobs you are looking for. But if they do it's really not going to be something serious and you can put family friends or extended family members with different names. And if that's not an option I think Headphonics plan would work, they just wanna make sure you aren't going to show up late and shit.
As for finding a job, look into what kind of after school programs local schools offer (elementary schools particularly). I have no clue what kind of funding VA(?) gives their schools but if they have any sort of club program or after school daycare those things rely on college students who don't have a lot of experience for hiring and have turn over from semester to semester. They might even have something like a MUSIC CLUB which would play into your skills.
i think you're forgetting to distinguish between personal references and professional references. they serve entirely different purposes! yeah he could basically write anyone for a personal reference but professional references are to indicate work experience, not MORAL FIBER so you know, even at some shitty walmart/mcdonald's kind of place, you'd need to do that. from what i can tell, the economy where he lives is terrible, and getting hired anywhere is difficult as fuck. even for entry-level jobs, i would say he probably needs to display some type of work experience, real or otherwise, for them to even think about hiring him. i'm sure they've got a pile of applications from people who're looking for a first job or have never been able to hold one and all of those are going to get ignored in favor of some schlub who's been working at a burger king for the last four years. ryan could be that schlub!
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I'm not a child. I just don't think I should work at fast food. I'd rather work retail.
i've worked retail and fast food and fast food is a lot better.
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One benefit food service has over retail is tips.
Both jobs involve customer service and are about equal in how much it sucks working them.
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It depends on if you're talking food service in general or fast food.
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To be honest maybe teaching guitar is your best bet. While it doesn't sound like it's too busy maybe word of mouth can make that business grow. Also, working in retail is REALLY AWFUL (not like sweatshop awful, just totally not fulfilling and kind of soul draining) and while you might be making less money teaching guitar it will be immensely more interesting for you. Even when you hate it, it'll still be more interesting.
Plus most entry-level jobs pay next to nothing and the hours are pretty bad, so even a slow-as-molasses guitar teaching job will pay almost as much as selling shitty products to people you begin to hate after awhile on principle. So yeah, I'd say try to focus on something you enjoy rather than becoming a corporate slave like the rest of us. Not that there's anything wrong with retail/service but if you can possibly avoid it then avoid it.
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buy a buncha scratch tickets and hit it big
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Any job fairs taking place in your area? Check them out, not all of them are so much about higher positions and whatnot but your lack of experience could be a problem. Or try a "season" position at a store that should be seeing increasing business now and over the next few months. Home Depot, Rec Warehouse type establishments, anything having to do with outside activities and things of that sort. Though if you would prefer something more like your Wal Mart gig, you could always try those warehouse retailers like Sam's Club or Cosco or something.
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You can try doing some online affiliate marketing stuff as you're looking for a job (sell things for other people for a cut)... or meet more people, one of them is bound to be a hiring manager somewhere or know how you can get your foot into the door. Good luck! :)
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dude. if you already have experience teaching music, just keep trying to get more students. this is probably the best job you could possibly have in highschool. just focus on ways to get students and keep them coming back instead of trying to get some shitty fast food job where you'll get paid like 2 cents for every 800 coffees you serve or something.
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im in college!!! im gonna try to teach again, though. $20-30 per half hour isn't too bad ;)
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holy fuck you you charge too much thats why you aren't getting students
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you're dumb.
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My guitar teacher charged $18/halfhour and he's been playing for like 40 years
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that's ridiculous. $20 per half hour is absolutely nothing. most guitar teachers with any experience at all charge $50/60 per half hour.
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holy fuck i cannot believe that. i guess it must be a virginia thing. He used to charge $15/half hour til like 2006. Also my sister does piano lessons at a local music lessons place, and guitar is $20/half hour there.
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a virginia thing? most people who have bachelors in music regularly charge $100 per half hour. the closer you are to a large city the more expensive it is, typically. the reason they charge less at music teaching businesses is because they have like 40-50 students, btw.
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yeah well you know if there's anywhere you want to be charging a lot of money for a completely unnecessary luxury it's lynchburg virginia. i hear you've got a roaring economy down there; cash flowin like cristal
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lower my prices?? ya kidding me?? i gotta beat customers away with a stick
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$20 is a bargain btw. it's $35 per lesson at lynchburg music center. i used to charge $15 if they came to my house and $25 if i had to drive to theirs.
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and the shitty liberty music students charge like $30-50. im undercuttin prices,,, capitalism rules!!! drown out the competition!!
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hows that workin out for ya heh heeeeh
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btw it doesnt matter if you think its less than the other places charge if kids' parents are still going to be like "what the fuck? no i'm not paying that much for lessons; buy a goddamn book"
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im sippin cristal while doin coke off $20s, bitch
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the problem with that joke is that most of it was opulent and then you just have $20 in there like these are really high-class things to do coke off of
virginia.....worlds apart
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i got $20 on the mind...
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ahaha he did it poorly. it works irl, trust me *grins, has multiple gold teeth*
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appylin to sears. keep ya fingers crossed
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shit, if i was really good at guitar i'd just charge like 5 bucks for a half hour and just fill up my evenings jamming in front of a buncha noobs who can't even memorize a fuckin' scale
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appylin to sears. keep ya fingers crossed
what the... you'd rather work at sears for like 8 bucks per hour than teach guitar at like... 10 bucks a lesson / 20 bucks an hour???
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you could be making like... 40*20... like $800/week!
when you give music lessons you don't have that many students usually, a regular job probably pays more and it's steady
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yeah, but say he works at sears at 8.50/hour, 40 hours a week. that's 340 per week. now let's say his shifts are 8 hours long. that's 5 shifts per day. now if he takes the bus to get there and back, it'd take 2.75 each way, so 10 x 2.75 is $27.5 on the commute. now maybe he drives instead and gas only costs 1.70 to get there and back and an average of 36 cents per trip on average repairs. that adds to $2.06 if he drives so $20.60/week. now since we don't know which one he'll take, let's round between the two. that means. $24.05 per week on transport. now assume he hits a small woodland creature once every 3 weeks and has to pay for clean up, that's $25/3 = $8.33 so in total $32.38. let's say he gets a discount on the clothes at sears and buys rnough shirts to provide 2.5 rags per week in the long run, that is 1.2 more rags than he would accumulate if he were teaching guitar. in addition, he would improve his guitaring abilities 2.6% more than he would playing air guitar to the elevator music at sears. however. his soul would slowly be sucked from working for a large company and he would feel 17 times less significant than he would teaching guitar. to make up for this lack of spirits, he would have to spend 1.3 hours a week volunteering at the local soup kitchen. this would in turn increase the risk of an unknown elbow infection, raising medical bills for subsequent years by $5.30 annually. on the other hand, teaching guitar aroudn unexperienced musicians raises the chances of a freak guitar string fatality. this could increase the cost of life insurance by $2.50. now if he plans to go into a career that requires sales, he might be further ahead if he works at sears. in this case, he could find a job closer to home requiring him to walk 5.2 miles less on average per day. this will lead to 0.07 - 0.1 gram of dirt collected by his nostrils during the walk (depending on location). this leads to a high chance of deafening snoring. in this case, hearing will be weakened. walking will in turn become more difficult and guitar playing nearly inpossible. however, without the ability to play guitar, he will be more inclined to take up a new hobby to benefit those with similar disabilities. in the end, it's really up to what he values: world peace or tuna sandwiches.
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wow
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If you have limited experience the best thing you can do is look for a job where the employers actually prefer that you don't know dick so they can teach you their way of doing things. This applies to everything from operating a cash register to working in a call center.
I have been in the same boat for a few months. I wasn't working a "real" job, but I did manage to keep myself afloat by doing freelance web design. Now I'm about to start work for a hosting/design company that's gonna yield decent pay, 50+ hours per week and ballin' benefits. I'm actually pretty lucky considering I filled out applications for everything from DELIVERY TRUCK DRIVER to WEB DESIGN TECH SUPPORT.
Just keep pluggin' away and you'll eventually find something. Good luck!
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gotdamn yourhero
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I wouldn't wanna work at sears anymore after reading that and I hope you agree, Bareback. Guitar lessons it is.
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what the... you'd rather work at sears for like 8 bucks per hour than teach guitar at like... 10 bucks a lesson / 20 bucks an hour???
if he's getting zero lessons then sears still pays more, duh
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bump i got an interview monday at inservice america usa. a christian telemarketing company. prolly gonna be workin weekends
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loooool
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niiiice
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sigh panda....
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yeah, but say he works at sears at 8.50/hour, 40 hours a week. that's 340 per week. now let's say his shifts are 8 hours long. that's 5 shifts per day. now if he takes the bus to get there and back, it'd take 2.75 each way, so 10 x 2.75 is $27.5 on the commute. now maybe he drives instead and gas only costs 1.70 to get there and back and an average of 36 cents per trip on average repairs. that adds to $2.06 if he drives so $20.60/week. now since we don't know which one he'll take, let's round between the two. that means. $24.05 per week on transport. now assume he hits a small woodland creature once every 3 weeks and has to pay for clean up, that's $25/3 = $8.33 so in total $32.38. let's say he gets a discount on the clothes at sears and buys rnough shirts to provide 2.5 rags per week in the long run, that is 1.2 more rags than he would accumulate if he were teaching guitar. in addition, he would improve his guitaring abilities 2.6% more than he would playing air guitar to the elevator music at sears. however. his soul would slowly be sucked from working for a large company and he would feel 17 times less significant than he would teaching guitar. to make up for this lack of spirits, he would have to spend 1.3 hours a week volunteering at the local soup kitchen. this would in turn increase the risk of an unknown elbow infection, raising medical bills for subsequent years by $5.30 annually. on the other hand, teaching guitar aroudn unexperienced musicians raises the chances of a freak guitar string fatality. this could increase the cost of life insurance by $2.50. now if he plans to go into a career that requires sales, he might be further ahead if he works at sears. in this case, he could find a job closer to home requiring him to walk 5.2 miles less on average per day. this will lead to 0.07 - 0.1 gram of dirt collected by his nostrils during the walk (depending on location). this leads to a high chance of deafening snoring. in this case, hearing will be weakened. walking will in turn become more difficult and guitar playing nearly inpossible. however, without the ability to play guitar, he will be more inclined to take up a new hobby to benefit those with similar disabilities. in the end, it's really up to what he values: world peace or tuna sandwiches.
you completely left out taxes. money from sears is gonna get taxed too.
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ive always wanted to solicit people with a lil tinge of christianity
my dream job...
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ahahahahaha
so you've got to telemarket god or what
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idk. i know during the 2008 elections they did robocalls and phonebanking for like Mike Huckabee n shit
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dont mind me im just spreading the good news of jesus christ
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Haha you're a telemissionary
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this job is prolly (definitely) gonna blow, but i'm excited.
C.R.E.A.M. bitches
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holy shit. okay, so from what i gathered while i was there right now they're: selling bibles, telemarketing for the local christian radio station, and doing this thing for JOEL OSTEEN where people CALL IN AND YOU PRAY WITH THEM. if i get the pray thing i want some GWers to call me while i'm at work so we can pray
other than it being REALLY FUCKIN HOT in the break room it didnt' seem too bad. at least i get to sit at a computer
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I guess they don't care that thats an affront to Christianity because you don't believe in their god? did they even ask you when you started if you were religious?
gimme the number and I'll call acting like a really strung out addict or something.
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notyet, i'm sure thats coming in the actual interview though
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in the break room they had an enormous poster that said "DEBUNKING THE DAVINCI CODE"
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Since I've been out of school (again).. I've been looking for a job nonstop. Finally got one, I have to see her in person tomorrow. I pretty much have it in the bag though, she knows my mom and said she needed people.
and btw
I'd be working at The Superstore - in the garden section.. :welp:
Now I can finally buy a SUPER NINTENDO. Fuck yeah.
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Please update us letting us know if you got prayer duty
That might be the worst job possible over a phone!
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holy shit. okay, so from what i gathered while i was there right now they're: selling bibles, telemarketing for the local christian radio station, and doing this thing for JOEL OSTEEN where people CALL IN AND YOU PRAY WITH THEM. if i get the pray thing i want some GWers to call me while i'm at work so we can pray
other than it being REALLY FUCKIN HOT in the break room it didnt' seem too bad. at least i get to sit at a computer
oh my god, you're going to hell.
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that incarnation of god cannot possibly exist if it lets some stupid assholes telemarket it
Edit: so the hell doesn't either
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we need a prayer thread. let's grow as a community.
grow towards God.
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:important: http://www.dokimos.org/ajff/
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dont let them know you're not super christian btw.
i mean this seems obvious but by that i mean BE super christian etc.
then anarchy from the inside heh.
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i didnt get hired anyway. i missed the ONE CALL they gave me which was like two hours after i took the test. i called them back but they said theyd 'get back to me' and they never did. ic alled them back again the next day and they said the position had been filled
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because they saw the blackness within your soul
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Yea you shoulda mentioned that you were born again on your resume