Green Posted October 20, 2010 Posted October 20, 2010 I've been unemployed for a few months now. It's not fun. I recently graduated from grad school. My gf and I live togather and she graduated also but got a job quicker then I did. I had an interveiw today for a good job that it seemed like i had a chance at getting and I cancled it at the last minute by calling in this morning to say I wouldn't be comming in. The reason I cancled the interveiw was because The job would be over 2 hours away from where I currently live with my gf. I do want to stay with my gf and I do want to stay in the city I'm in. If I didn't have a gf I probably would be more open to moving even though I love my city. Maybe I need to just start looking harder. Networking better. I know I'm not at 100% effort yet. The degree I have has a lot of variation and fields that people can work in. I'm not even sure what field I want to work in. Preferably I would want a very dificult job (because I find that fun) but a job that requires less HOURS (you know like a 40 hours or preferably less) My true passions in life are things that don't necesarily pay the bills like movies, books, and video games. I do plan on writing a book just for fun and making some movie scripts. I already have ideas. I just really enjoy my free time and a lot of these jobs these day want you working 6 days a week. Like this job interview i just went on would have me driving all over the place and working 6 days a week. It pays GOOD and seems like a cool job. But I really hope they don't offer it to me because I would just want to say NO. I need free time. I get so much free time being unemployed and its GREAT. The only thing not great about it is the SHAME and GUILT I get from being unemployed. So thats my story. I have a gf so it limits where I can work if I don't want a long distance relationship. And in the end I don't even know what I really want to do. Maybe I'll speak to my career services people tomorrow but really they are uninspirational and nothing to rely on.
desertIslandCactus Posted October 20, 2010 Posted October 20, 2010 You little brat .. you've been holding up with your girl friend all these months .. and now you don't want to do nothing .. :laugh: Nothing like a little vacation .. to make one feel like ... more ... haungh .. With the bad economy I'm impressed you are getting job offers.. And I'm going under the assumption that you girl friend is pretty well planted and with a good job that she wouldn't want to move ? If you're willing to hold off, keep waiting for the job.. Or maybe a job that would enable you to work from your home ?
Author Green Posted October 21, 2010 Author Posted October 21, 2010 You little brat .. you've been holding up with your girl friend all these months .. and now you don't want to do nothing .. :laugh: I really don't want to do anything but I have been trying but need to try harder Nothing like a little vacation .. to make one feel like ... more ... haungh .. Haungh? I don't consider this a vacation. With the bad economy I'm impressed you are getting job offers.. Well the the interview I cancled today was a potential offer but I never went on the interview so thats that. And the other job thats far away actualy is doing work that usualy does better during a bad economy. Personaly this bad economy does make it harder to get a job and the starting pay at a lot of places seems low but I still see and hear about a lot of job opening so I just need to get one. And I'm going under the assumption that you girl friend is pretty well planted and with a good job that she wouldn't want to move ? Yeah she is in a career type job doing what she wants so if I got a job 2 or 3 hours away she wouldn't move with me. Thats why I want to try to get a job an hour or preferably less away from where we live now. Some times I get frustrated because if I just searched all over instead of one location it would make it easier. But I have a lot to gain by finding a job close by because finding a great women isn't easy and I love her very much don't really want to have a long distance relationship. If you're willing to hold off' date=' keep waiting for the job.. Or maybe a job that would enable you to work from your home ? [/quote'] There are a lot of jobs in my career that let me work from home I tried to get some but havn't so far. Working from home would be really good if it made me enough money. I don't mind going to an office for like 40 hours a week. A lot of jobs just like to kill you with all the hours they want you at work plus all the driving.
desertIslandCactus Posted October 21, 2010 Posted October 21, 2010 I drive 46 miles to work .. or about an hour .. That's about enough. Without knowing your occupation, all I can think is to do emailing to all the companies .. and to also make up resumes and hand deliver them - along with your business card attached.. (showing your specialty and contact info) .. With the internet, it's so easy now to know all the companies within your proximity - in which you wish to work .. Also, maybe google for companies who have plans of relocating to your area.. There is also the thought of taking the job that is out further and months down the line - negotiating for working more out of your home..
Author Green Posted October 21, 2010 Author Posted October 21, 2010 I drive 46 miles to work .. or about an hour .. That's about enough. Without knowing your occupation, all I can think is to do emailing to all the companies .. and to also make up resumes and hand deliver them - along with your business card attached.. (showing your specialty and contact info) .. With the internet, it's so easy now to know all the companies within your proximity - in which you wish to work .. Also, maybe google for companies who have plans of relocating to your area.. There is also the thought of taking the job that is out further and months down the line - negotiating for working more out of your home.. yeah the internet helps research things. I have done a few resume drops at places i wanted to work at. Mostly I have just been looking for job postings on the internet. The job interview I cancled today was for a job that was 125 miles away from where i currently live. It would have been a job with long hours I'm sure and living 2 hours away and posibly working 6 or more days a week would mean I never saw my gf. If the job had been closer I would have gone. In the end I"ve decided to only apply to close stuff for now. (even though it will limit me) I had thought about taking a job far away and working it for a year or so with the plan of giving me time to find a good job where i want to live. but I just don't want to do that yet.
desertIslandCactus Posted October 21, 2010 Posted October 21, 2010 Stay on line, and keep knocking on doors.. until The job.. employment agencies? Agencies are how I got all of my jobs when I was younger.. I remember on the extreme side .. there was a little girl on LS months ago. She was being kicked out of her grandmother's house and had lost her funding for college from her father. She spent all night in the school library on-line.. By morning she had an interview for a caregiver in someone's home .. Free room, board, pay for taking care of an invalid part time.. and I'm sure she had planned that in time she would be able to resume her schooling.. Just trying to say - she didn't give up .. was at it all night.. and she got the job.
Author Green Posted October 21, 2010 Author Posted October 21, 2010 Stay on line, and keep knocking on doors.. until The job.. employment agencies? Agencies are how I got all of my jobs when I was younger.. I remember on the extreme side .. there was a little girl on LS months ago. She was being kicked out of her grandmother's house and had lost her funding for college from her father. She spent all night in the school library on-line.. By morning she had an interview for a caregiver in someone's home .. Free room, board, pay for taking care of an invalid part time.. and I'm sure she had planned that in time she would be able to resume her schooling.. Just trying to say - she didn't give up .. was at it all night.. and she got the job. I'll probably call an employment agency tomorrow. If did get me a job even temp work in my career field it would atleast give me experience. I wouldn't want to be a caregiver but if some rich man or woman wanted to pay me to hang out with them I'd do it for like 100k.
desertIslandCactus Posted October 21, 2010 Posted October 21, 2010 I'll probably call an employment agency tomorrow. If did get me a job even temp work in my career field it would atleast give me experience. I wouldn't want to be a caregiver but if some rich man or woman wanted to pay me to hang out with them I'd do it for like 100k. Yes going thru an agency could give you a foot in the door too.. Employers like to go thru temp agencies so their not bound to the employee, and for screening .. but it's been so long for me, I don't know if the game has changed.. I wasn't suggesting you be a caregiver .. It was supposed to be a lesson in perseverence .. I'm assuming you know about sights like career builder right ?
desertIslandCactus Posted October 21, 2010 Posted October 21, 2010 Also the occupational schools .. Would they have job openings from employers..
johan Posted October 21, 2010 Posted October 21, 2010 The kind of job you describe is what you get after you've sucked it up for a few years for lower pay working longer hours. Just out of school, even grad school, you really aren't worth that much to a company. I'd recommend you sacrifice a little bit. That's how careers get started.
Author Green Posted October 21, 2010 Author Posted October 21, 2010 The jobs in my career for just starting are between 35-70k. A lot of the stuff I see online is about 50k for the people just starting. Like on job I went on an interview for that I didn't get was 35k base pay and then they said expect to make between 60-75k for the year based on performance. The most recent interview I went on was a gauranteed 55k a year and was not performance based at all. (I'm hoping they don't offer me the job actualy because now I think I'm only going to search for jobs closer to home) That job required A LOT of work plus I've decided to not look far away from home anymore.
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