"I'm having a hard time finding a job"
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PeoplesElbow
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Got to tell you in 1990 I filled out an application for every store in the mall and didn't get a single call, the only job I got was through a friend that worked at a grocery store and yea it was exactly the same then as what you are describing you experienced at a grocery store.It is unequivocally true. You just haven't experienced it so you wouldn't know. When I was unemployed and with bills creeping up on me, I was on online job boards 5-7 hours a day, every day, applying for anything that I could get my application out to. This went on for a total of two months, applying even to entry level jobs at restaurants and stores like Staples. If you step outside your bubble of out of touch people in their golden years, you'll find hundreds, if not thousands of stories that echo mine. It's even covered in the news.
Still Struggling To Find A Job? Here's Why It Is So Hard
Discover why today's hiring environment may not be conducive to finding a new job, and how you can change course when you hit a dead end in your job search.www.forbes.com
From 'Great Resignation' to 'Great Detachment': How the U.S. job market has slowed
Official data points mask dissatisfaction and job-finding difficulties among America's workers.www.nbcnews.com
Also, do you realize how retarded your rhetoric is? "I see people working, therefore it's easy to get a job" is probably one of the most profoundly stupid things I've ever had the displeasure of reading and I'm stunned you have the same voting power as me. For all the people you see working, there's a large chunk of young people unemployed and desperate for work, yet getting rejected by company algorithms for positions that are already filled.
I do have a job, and I am blessed by the Lord to have one that is able to support myself to live semi-comfortably debt-free. I am in the minority of younger people, as very few younger than 30 are making above 100,000/yr like I am. It's satisfying to see that you doubled down on your shitty attitude of looking down your nose to younger people who had to stay with their parents because its economically unfeasible for the majority of young adults to support themselves with a job. I would hate to be near someone as vile as yourself, as the sheer lack of empathy towards those who have a differing viewpoint would be unbearable to be in a ten foot radius of.
This is another verifiable fact, this time from NASDAQ. "In 1980, the median monthly rent, according to iPropertyManagement, was $243. For comparison, the nationwide average monthly rent in August 2022 was $1,388." Adjusted for inflation, that $243 is now $930.40. It was quite literally cheaper to live in the 1970s and 1980s than it is in 2024. You can deny all you want, but it is undeniable fact that salary has not kept up with the price of living.
It is not entitlement to expect to be able to have a brief period of rest, when it is proven standing for long periods of time leads to various health conditions. It is not entitlement to not want to be reprimanded for a serious, unavoidable medical emergency like what happened to me.
This is just proof that you want young people to be mindless slaves to corporations to feed your entitled, luxurious lifestyle because you had it easier when it was your time to transition from child to adult. The fact that you want young people to work their lives away for less than commensurate standards of living and an inferior life experience than their parents. You don't care that not being able to socialize with friends and family has verifiable health negatives. You don't care, because you didn't have to experience it, and it doesn't affect you personally.
Many people entering the workforce were fed the lie that an entry level job is both easy to obtain and something that you could make work until you found a better one. Now they're experiencing that they were deceived, and are now facing people like you who sneer at their contempt and mock them. The facts that I put up won't make you think. You look down at me because I had the nerve to share my experience that didn't line up with your delusions. I understand it now, and I now know how I can be more caring, and less like you.
The sheer nerve to say all of this, even calling me entitled, is astounding. I must applaud the balls it took to seriously write all of this, look it over, and not look inward on yourself once during this. It's impressive the arrogance, ignorance, and sheer ineptitude you put on display in this thread.
I would hate to be you.
I haven't read this whole thread but, I have worked since I was 15, I never had much trouble finding employment. Some of the early jobs were sh!t, but you have to start somewhere. I was also laid off in November and didn't start looking until after Thanksgiving. I was contacted by several companies and accepted an offer mid December. I went back to work last week after a nice long break. My PM said I have a great reputation, so there's that.
ontheriver
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You don't have to read the thread. Squiddie or whatever the f the name is is bored and angry. I do not believe it is 18-25 , brilliant and makes 100k as a Pharma Scientist. Bottom line it is looking for attention. Boomers bad. It hates everyone and needs to spend time with all their friends. If whoever it is whines like this, they have no friends. I would listen to that sh*t for about 4 minutes..... then move on to real life. F that. Life is too short . Good luck to it.I haven't read this whole thread but, I have worked since I was 15, I never had much trouble finding employment. Some of the early jobs were sh!t, but you have to start somewhere. I was also laid off in November and didn't start looking until after Thanksgiving. I was contacted by several companies and accepted an offer mid December. I went back to work last week after a nice long break. My PM said I have a great reputation, so there's that.
Glad go be a Gen X! I don't give a phuck!
My kid went GOV CIV at the age of 23. She's doing well!
ontheriver
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Both my 30 something kids are good too. If they ever disparaged older people like that I'd smack them into next week. As a young person the older people were my my favorites. The meaner and crotchety the better. They taught me so much....Glad go be a Gen X! I don't give a phuck!
My kid went GOV CIV at the age of 23. She's doing well!
ontheriver
Well-Known Member
I'm great! Thank you and I hope you are doing well too!
Squiddie
Member
When you need and want a job - finding employment BECOMES your job.
When I moved to New England, I couldn't find a damned thing for about nine months, and the job I eventually secured paid about HALF the job I left (my first, out of college). Back then, the best means of finding jobs was the paper - and I made it a point to personally visit an average of 15 places a week. I went there - I didn't waste time sending mail. Sometimes I found myself literally walking into an office, because they had NO receiving area - just open the door right into the office pod area and walk until I found someone to talk to.
I think during that time, I must have had around 70 interviews. The job I eventually got was through a friend.
Out of college, I went on every interview they offered on campus. Once, it was duing a blizzard and I had to call the university to see if the companies were still there. They said they'd be there until noon, so I bundled up my suit and shoes, and made the walk from East Riverdale to the University of Maryland in near knee deep snow. Took around an hour. When I got there, I changed into my suit - and found that NO ONE WAS THERE. It had never been open. Whoever told me didn't know crap. Three weeks later, I got a rejection letter from the company, but thanked me for meeting with their representative on campus.
This kind of crap went on for months.
Many years later, I returned from New England and worked tarring roofs while I looked for real employment, Back then I typed cover letters and mailed out an average of 25 letters a week. That actually only took about four months, but I had a lot of interviews.
I guess what I am trying to say is - EXPECT rejection. Expect that most will never bother to answer you, and like the snowstorm example - some are just full of sht. They have hundreds of applicants. They're not under any obligation to tell you that they did NOT consider you. Your best solution is to be doggedly determined.
In the last set of stories - I almost didn't send in one job place - the offer was low - it was for a GS-5 back in the early 90's - but it's where I am now and it pays great.
When I moved to New England, I couldn't find a damned thing for about nine months, and the job I eventually secured paid about HALF the job I left (my first, out of college). Back then, the best means of finding jobs was the paper - and I made it a point to personally visit an average of 15 places a week. I went there - I didn't waste time sending mail. Sometimes I found myself literally walking into an office, because they had NO receiving area - just open the door right into the office pod area and walk until I found someone to talk to.
I think during that time, I must have had around 70 interviews. The job I eventually got was through a friend.
Out of college, I went on every interview they offered on campus. Once, it was duing a blizzard and I had to call the university to see if the companies were still there. They said they'd be there until noon, so I bundled up my suit and shoes, and made the walk from East Riverdale to the University of Maryland in near knee deep snow. Took around an hour. When I got there, I changed into my suit - and found that NO ONE WAS THERE. It had never been open. Whoever told me didn't know crap. Three weeks later, I got a rejection letter from the company, but thanked me for meeting with their representative on campus.
This kind of crap went on for months.
Many years later, I returned from New England and worked tarring roofs while I looked for real employment, Back then I typed cover letters and mailed out an average of 25 letters a week. That actually only took about four months, but I had a lot of interviews.
I guess what I am trying to say is - EXPECT rejection. Expect that most will never bother to answer you, and like the snowstorm example - some are just full of sht. They have hundreds of applicants. They're not under any obligation to tell you that they did NOT consider you. Your best solution is to be doggedly determined.
In the last set of stories - I almost didn't send in one job place - the offer was low - it was for a GS-5 back in the early 90's - but it's where I am now and it pays great.
black dog
Free America
Funny, my 25 yr old grew up in Dodsonville, he's never had any problems finding a job.
At 14, Ace hardware in Leonardtown, then the USMC and now he's working in Baghdad.
Seems you just made poor choices.
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