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!!

also if this helps: i have no skills or degrees and limited work experience

awesome. This is my situation too.
haven't worked since september 2007 :]

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.

http://lynchburg.craigslist.org/jjj/

look at this shit.

99% of them are blatantly spam, the other 1% i am not qualified for

or they're full time. i can't do full time as i have school and whatnot

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.

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!!! 

Try to get a job at a music store or something. Cite your major at school and any other music-related activities as experience.

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

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

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

def. not like that at my local music store! a bunch of older guys work as the sales reps, like 30+

become a webcam model for a random porn site
you have to get used to wank for anonymous people though.

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.