I am sick of looking for jobs

[AngelAmy]

In a month I will be losing my job. There is no official word of this yet but I know that it's coming. Instead of sitting on unemployment I am trying to take the initiative and find a new job now. I am so sick of this place anyway so it was only a matter of time that I leave. For about 2-3 weeks all I have been doing with my free time (including my lunch break) is look for jobs on hot jobs, careerbuilder, craigslist and all those other sites. I have probably put in my resume to close to 30 jobs. Most I think I'd actually have a shot in getting and some that sounded like something I would like to do but I didn't meet some of the requirements.

I can't do it any more though. I am so frustrated at the whole thing. No one has called me back. Most of these jobs probably pay shit but at least I'd have somewhere to go that will give me a steady pay check...if any of them actually pick me. I have been in this company for 4 1/2 years and what do I have to show for it? Nothing. I have experience in shit. I thought that being hazmat certified would give me an edge in companies shipping those materials out...too bad there are no positions really for someone hazmat certified. What the hell have I been doing with my life for 4 years that I still haven't racked up any of the experience companies want?

I am just scared that when the time comes and I am finally let go that I will be out of the job with nowhere to turn. I just got my apartment and I thought my life was finally heading in the right direction but now I am not so sure. I guess if anything I can work at a few stores to make ends meet but does that really sound like the life I want to live? No. I want a career. I guess maybe I should have gone to college but I didn't and right now this is what I am stuck with...no experience anyone cares about, no degree, and soon to be no job.

I can't stand looking at career builder anymore. it's just frustrating. It makes me want to throw my computer out the window...which wouldn't be smart since I am at work. I just don't know what to do anymore. What if I lose my job and I have nowhere to go? What if no one will hire me? I really never thought that at 25 years old I'd get laid off from my job.....my union fucking job.

If anyone is working somewhere that needs office staff or customer service rep (even though I depise customer service) or a dispatcher or even a hazmat certified person let me know....I know lots about shipping too....and boxes....and tracking things....and getting yelled at.

[TooLowBrow]

If anyone is working somewhere that needs office staff or customer service rep (even though I depise customer service) or a dispatcher or even a hazmat certified person let me know....I know lots about shipping too....and boxes....and tracking things....and getting yelled at.

GOOD LUCK! DON'T GIVE UP! YOU'LL FIND SOMETHING!

[Friday]

I love ya, chica.... but get used to it.
The market stinks.

It took me MONTHS to find decent temp work... and it doesn't even pay what I am worth so I am now working two jobs and still sending resumes and trying to get interviews.

Best of luck... and I hope yours is better than mine has been until now...

.... but be prepared and get that Unemployment if you can!

[TheGameHHH]

I'm convinced that CareerBuilder is an absolute sham, i highly doubt they even send the resumes they receive. Your best bet is finding phone numbers for those places and calling them yourself or actually going to the place and dropping off your resume.

[Friday]

I'm convinced that CareerBuilder is an absolute sham, i highly doubt they even send the resumes they receive. Your best bet is finding phone numbers for those places and calling them yourself or actually going to the place and dropping off your resume.

I actually got a couple of decent interviews through Career Builder.
You will get some duds, but there are people out there getting the resumes.

Thing is... there are SO FUCKING MANY people sending out resumes... that it seems hopeless.

[disneyspy]

enjoy the unemployment as long as you can,get a part time job that pays 40% of your present job.i get 5 months off a year,and dont do diddly the 1st 2 months but visit friends and family then ill take sum crap job til my golf course opens back up,give it a try,i love the free time that getting laid off affords you.things will be alright if you look at the positives

[CousinDave]

It might be easier to look for Wozniak.

[Tenbatsuzen]

Amy:

The first step is a good, powerful resume.

I also understand that you don't have a college degree, and that can really hurt in this job market.

Your best bet is going to a temp agency and talking to them and getting your name "in the system". Temp agencies just don't mean shit pay. There are opportunities.

[CousinDave]

Have you checked with, UPS, FedEx, & DHL, they are always hiring.

A temp agency will probably be your best bet, many times new employees are hired from temp agencies - they get to try you out before hiring.

The last thing you want to do is be on unemployment, its much easier to get a job when you're employed.

[Westley]

sell weed! that;s what i do

[Tenbatsuzen]

Have you checked with, UPS, FedEx, & DHL, they are always hiring.




Welcome to RonFez.net. I take it you haven't read much here in the past.

[AngelAmy]

Have you checked with, UPS, FedEx, & DHL, they are always hiring.

A temp agency will probably be your best bet, many times new employees are hired from temp agencies - they get to try you out before hiring.

The last thing you want to do is be on unemployment, its much easier to get a job when you're employed.

I work for DHL now soo that's out...(they're actually on a huge layoff spree right now through out the company) and I would love to get a job with FedEx or UPS but they're just not hiring in the areas that I want to work in. UPS only has package handler positions open and FedEx basically is the same thing...only drivers.

[DarkHippie]

The UPS in Spring Valley is hiring part time managers for the night shift

[SKANE]

Haz Mat is a valuable skill. Try looking into Environmental Health and Safety positions. They are always looking for people who have some background ( understanding of Haz Mat) and want to learn. Not sure of the pay range though.
Or if you don't mind getting a little dirty sometimes try Environmental Services companies. Entry level is $17 an hour or so. Work can be physical at times but the overtime is pretty good. I work in this industry and if that's something you're interested in PM me and I can give you some more info.

[debit]

Go and see Employment Agencies. That is how I got my job.

[Thebazile78]

...
If anyone is working somewhere that needs office staff or customer service rep (even though I depise customer service) or a dispatcher or even a hazmat certified person let me know....I know lots about shipping too....and boxes....and tracking things....and getting yelled at.

We aren't hiring, but I recently read an interview with the founder of Women for Hire, which is a networking/job search/job resources site designed for women.

They had a whole article about going home-based doing stuff like customer service (for good companies, too) out of your home.

Check them out at:

http://www.womenforhire.com/

I'm convinced that CareerBuilder is an absolute sham, i highly doubt they even send the resumes they receive. Your best bet is finding phone numbers for those places and calling them yourself or actually going to the place and dropping off your resume.

My apologies to anyone who's used CareerBuilder with any degree of success, but I hate them too.

Every time I update my resume, regardless of whether I activate it or leave it un-searchable, I will get a recruitment call for a sales position. I am not seeking a sales position in any industry. It's simply not my strong suit and will be a catastrophically bad career move on my part to get into sales. (I'm brusque, abrupt and lack quite a few social graces. Add to the fact that I freeze up when I've got to close a deal, and you have the makings of a low-earning salesperson. Although I think I might be OK selling cosmetics or something.)

I've been unflinchingly polite to these people, but I simply cannot update my resume there anymore. It sucks, too, beccause I've found some tantalizing positions there!

[sr71blackbird]

Have you looked into jobs at the county or water department? Even companies that most people never think of: the Railroad, utilities, waste management, plumbers, water department.

[Reephdweller]

We aren't hiring, but I recently read an interview with the founder of Women for Hire, which is a networking/job search/job resources site designed for women.

They had a whole article about going home-based doing stuff like customer service (for good companies, too) out of your home.

Check them out at:

http://www.womenforhire.com/



I find it funny that if you click on the website it has an add for DHL job opportunities.

[Bob Impact]

I love ya, chica.... but get used to it.
The market stinks.

It took me MONTHS to find decent temp work... and it doesn't even pay what I am worth so I am now working two jobs and still sending resumes and trying to get interviews.

Best of luck... and I hope yours is better than mine has been until now...

.... but be prepared and get that Unemployment if you can!

QFT, it took me about a year and a half out of college to find a job, finally a temp position came open with my current company, I took the chance (leaving a good job of 6 years to do so), busted my ass and wound up with a full time gig that most 27 year old people would kill for. It's out there, I won't say it's all skill or all luck, but it seems like a good combination of the two is what you need.

[Marc with a c]

we should all vote amy for president, and get her a job without interviewing.

[Friday]

also... be prepared to work for less than you are worth.
especially in the beginning.

it's terribly frustrating.
and I have a degree... but it's not doing me very much good right now.

good luck, darlin.

[El Mudo]

Took me 9 months to get a job out of college, and those were pretty tough monfs. I finally was able to get a job with the Government, which is a start. I am only a level 4, and there's no hope of promotion in my current position, which I desperately need to get out of, because I have so much debt due to loans and my car that I don't make enough to live on my own and still live at home, which at 25, is REALLY attractive to women....ugh

I am trying now to get some higher level jobs at some other agencies, so hopefully it will resolve itself.

[Thebazile78]

Took me 9 months to get a job out of college, and those were pretty tough monfs. I finally was able to get a job with the Government, which is a start. I am only a level 4, and there's no hope of promotion in my current position, which I desperately need to get out of, because I have so much debt due to loans and my car that I don't make enough to live on my own and still live at home, which at 25, is REALLY attractive to women....ugh

I am trying now to get some higher level jobs at some other agencies, so hopefully it will resolve itself.

The biggest thing you get out of any entry level jobs is real-world resume experience.

It may suck for a bit (I know it did for me, but I managed to move out before I killed my sister) but it's worth the pain once you get out.

[El Mudo]

I turn a year old here next week, so I will be able to qualify for some higher positions in NARA, so I got that going for me. I got no beef with my parents, but I'm tired of not having any space, because my room's about the size of a closet, and I would VERY much prefer to be alone.

There are always jobs out there Amy. You never really know what you will find or where you will end up. Remember, as Marge Simpson once said, God never closes a door without opening a window! :)

[El Mudo]

And further, I don't know if this has been brought up already, but aren't you in a Union there at DHL? Is this one of those negotiated layoffs/buyout things?

[AngelAmy]

And further, I don't know if this has been brought up already, but aren't you in a Union there at DHL? Is this one of those negotiated layoffs/buyout things?

The plan is that theyre closing two call centers and laying off 108 people....the union hasn't really done anything to try to save our jobs.

[Jughead]

Amy my wife lost her job after 29 years last December because of cutbacks at Federal Mogul..She woke up crying for 2 weeks......She found a job that brings her home dirty and 17000 less a year... But she found one just keep trying don't give up.. Talk to people you know every day about it... That can get you a inside angle..And today that seems to be the answer....Good Luck sweetieeee,,,,,,I wish you the best and good Karma Juggy:smile:

[Knowledged_one]

Have you ever considered moving to a different part of the country? When i had trouble finding a job in my area of expertise, i moved from maryland to Georgia, then to Indy, and now im in Ohio.

It sucks to leave your life behind and everything but sometimes its the only way to do things to get ahead in life

[skyscraper]

I feel for you, AA. I have been through it. was laid off earlier this year, then took a shitty temp job working for an insane boss (literally: he needed to be medicated.) I finally found a job that I like, pays ok, and has advancement opportunities, within a 20 minute drive from my house.
In my many years job-hopping (my friends have nicknamed me "Job Gypsy"), I have become pretty good at critiquing resumes and helping people put together good ones. If you like, I would be happy to help you with yours. If you are interested, PM me.

[AngelAmy]

Tomorrow is my last day at DHL.

[hammersavage]

I got laid off today so I feel your pain. Hopefully I'll get on unemployment in a couple weeks and can find something within a month. This makes me :glurps:

[Friday]

just collect that unemployment, people.... and keep your chin up.

i was out of work for many months.... it was depressing...
and even now i am not making what i was before.
but i am thankful to have found a job... one where i am clearly useful and needed.
never thought i would be glad to wake up and go to work.... life is strange and interesting, indeed!

[hammersavage]

And at least now I can finish my novel.

Wait, I don't have a novel.....fucker....

[K.C.]

GOOD LUCK! DON'T GIVE UP! YOU'LL FIND SOMETHING!

Yeaaaaaaaah....this statement needs to be revised.


...that is, unless people are looking for lucrative opportunities in the door-to-door kitchen knife selling business.

[hammersavage]

Please, don't joke like that KC. I'm about to have a breakdown as it is.

[AngelAmy]

I'm thinking of selling water on the side of the road by the Holland Tunnel.

[grlNIN]

I thank god that i am unionized.

Have you looked into a temp agency?

[K.C.]

Please, don't joke like that KC. I'm about to have a breakdown as it is.

I feel ya, bro.

I've been looking for a while.

I'm a little lucky, in that I don't have to find something quite so immediately, because I don't have a ton of expenses, or responsibilities right now.

But I'm also very unlucky, in that absolutely NO ONE is looking to hire fresh out of college graduates for any decent job.

So I'm pretty screwed for a while.

I've got something pretty good brewing for around December/January, but that's a long ways off. Is it too much to ask for something decent for now?

[Meataball23]

I work for Merrill and we're gonna get canned like tuna in the next 3-5 weeks so that should be good times....

Seriously, a severance and umemployment cant be that bad right?

[AngelAmy]

I thank god that i am unionized.



Yeah I used to think that too.

I really thought that being apart of a union would save me when it came down to it but it didn't. There are people who have been in this company 16 years that are apart of this layoff. Sixteen years worth of union dues and your job isn't even safe. It's sickening. I feel like I have been stolen from. In these 4 and a half years the union has done jack shit for me. They can't even stop by the stations and see how everyone is doing. They don't even want anything to do with us anymore. They let the company handle the bid for the remaining employees instead of running it themselves. They don't want any of our questions...all further questions are to be directed towards management who doesnt know what the fuck is going on anyway. They held a union meeting on Tuesday.....AFTER they had already agreed to the severance package. They said it was for any unanswered questions....WHO GIVES A FUCK? Would have been my question....I couldn't go because it was at 6pm in Valley Stream, NY....when most people are still at work. What question could I have possibly asked at that point? There are none left. This company is finished.

[hammersavage]

I've got something pretty good brewing for around December/January, but that's a long ways off. Is it too much to ask for something decent for now?

Oh, you're in the World Series. Suck it!


I work for Merrill and we're gonna get canned like tuna in the next 3-5 weeks so that should be good times....

Seriously, a severance and umemployment cant be that bad right?

I worked in the same industry. Medleh Group/Equivalent Data. We'd been reeeaaaall slow for the past few weeks. I knew it was coming this week.

[Friday]

Oh, you're in the World Series. Suck it!




I worked in the same industry. Medleh Group/Equivalent Data. We'd been reeeaaaall slow for the past few weeks. I knew it was coming this week.

haha.... you poor thing. watching the post-season is indeed painful!!

did you at least get a package as part of the layoff?
unemployment sometimes takes a week or so to kick in.... be patient.
and get that resume out there right away.
it's brutal out there.... but there ARE jobs.

good luck!

[Stedman]

I need someone to run my office. Its a 9-5ish type job where you'd sit in an office and do billing, collection calls, dealing with the customers who walk into the showroom (few and far between, like 3 a week) and all of the other shit that goes along with working alone in an office and doing everything.

The hours are flexible as hell as long as you're there more often than not during the day.

Main problem is that its in Arkansas.
Other problem is that it doesn't pay as much as it should.

How do you feel about re-locating to take a $10/hour job dealing with assholes all day?

[AngelAmy]

I need someone to run my office. Its a 9-5ish type job where you'd sit in an office and do billing, collection calls, dealing with the customers who walk into the showroom (few and far between, like 3 a week) and all of the other shit that goes along with working alone in an office and doing everything.

The hours are flexible as hell as long as you're there more often than not during the day.

Main problem is that its in Arkansas.
Other problem is that it doesn't pay as much as it should.

How do you feel about re-locating to take a $10/hour job dealing with assholes all day?

tempting...so tempting.

[Marc with a c]

tempting...so tempting.

you have no idea sister

http://i58.photobucket.com/albums/g278/pussythecat/stedman.jpg

[Leticia]

Tomorrow is my last day at DHL.

Good luck on your last day! That is too crazy. :(

Yeaaaaaaaah....this statement needs to be revised.


...that is, unless people are looking for lucrative opportunities in the door-to-door kitchen knife selling business.


Ugh! I completely did this in high school.
Friggin kitchen knife selling cults!

They actually had us tie a string around our wrist to remind us that we can do better!

No joke...

[glenndog]

Tomorrow is my last day at DHL.
I have a friend who is getting laid off from DHL today. Good luck.
you have no idea sister

http://i58.photobucket.com/albums/g278/pussythecat/stedman.jpg

Holy smokes. This is one sexy man. How do I sign up?

[grlNIN]

Yeah I used to think that too.

I really thought that being apart of a union would save me when it came down to it but it didn't. There are people who have been in this company 16 years that are apart of this layoff. Sixteen years worth of union dues and your job isn't even safe. It's sickening. I feel like I have been stolen from. In these 4 and a half years the union has done jack shit for me. They can't even stop by the stations and see how everyone is doing. They don't even want anything to do with us anymore. They let the company handle the bid for the remaining employees instead of running it themselves. They don't want any of our questions...all further questions are to be directed towards management who doesnt know what the fuck is going on anyway. They held a union meeting on Tuesday.....AFTER they had already agreed to the severance package. They said it was for any unanswered questions....WHO GIVES A FUCK? Would have been my question....I couldn't go because it was at 6pm in Valley Stream, NY....when most people are still at work. What question could I have possibly asked at that point? There are none left. This company is finished.

Ok, so you have bad troubles with your union. I can't say that that won't happen to me but at the same time i am at a job where i am the only person who does what i do and i work for a small team. It's also a nurses organization so i feel more secure here than anywhere else.

It's also in my benefit that i am not in a position where leaving this job(or being forced to) would put me in debt or ruin me financially at this moment as i am in school still and this is just money to pay some bills.

I understand this has been a long and arduous situation for you and how it's fucked up, you feel screwed over, frustrated, etc. but at the same time i almost feel like you are amping this up to an even more negative situation. I mean, i know you Amy, or knew you at least and you were always pretty happy-go-lucky.

It just seems like this has been a long time coming thing and yeah, the job market may suck but i feel like at this point anyway, you could get a job but it's going to be for a lot less pay and probably beneath your standards. If that's somethign that you can't do, work ethic wise then you're going to be hemming and hawing over this for awhile to come.

This also doesn't seem like a situation that is going to end when you finally do find another job either, i honestly think your best bet is to go back to school and pursue a degree so that you can look forward to a more stable future.

[angrymissy]

I need someone to run my office. Its a 9-5ish type job where you'd sit in an office and do billing, collection calls, dealing with the customers who walk into the showroom (few and far between, like 3 a week) and all of the other shit that goes along with working alone in an office and doing everything.

The hours are flexible as hell as long as you're there more often than not during the day.

Main problem is that its in Arkansas.
Other problem is that it doesn't pay as much as it should.

How do you feel about re-locating to take a $10/hour job dealing with assholes all day?

$10/hr in Arkansas must be like $30/hr in NY metro. How much does a 1br apt rent for out there?

[Misteriosa]

take the unemployment and go back to school. as long as you go full time, the state will keep exnteding your benefits... try one of those accelerated degree programs.. if my job decided to lay me off, thats what im gonna do...

[angrymissy]

take the unemployment and go back to school. as long as you go full time, the state will keep exnteding your benefits... try one of those accelerated degree programs.. if my job decided to lay me off, thats what im gonna do...

Yeah, the problem is that he max amount you can get (no matter how much $$$ you've made) with unemployment is something like $400/week BEFORE taxes. Way hard to live on that.

[JimBeam]

I work for a huge company that just laid off 3,000+ people ( thankfully I wasn't one of them ) and I know a few people that are devestated.

What's completely baffling is who they decided to cut.

Sure they did away with a lot of senior sales and marketing folks due to salaries but they let go some good lower level sales people that were actually getting their jobs done.

One guy that I started w/ in Finance, where I am still, moved into sales and was always above target on his yearly reviews and constantly signed new/profitable business was let go.

His team consisted of 7 sales managers nationally ( with him being based in southern Cal ) and they let go of him and the guy that handled the west/southwest.

So we get an email yesterday from one of the remaining sales managers, who handles the midwest, and she's asking us if we pay funding on a product that isn't even ours.

They teach you day 1 of sales school what products our company makes so how does this lady several years into the job bot know the answer ?

The point being is they let me buddy go, who was great at his job and knew everything because he came from a HQ role, and they keep a person ion the same job at the same pay who doesn't know a basic sales premise.

Insane how these things go.

[Stedman]

$10/hr in Arkansas must be like $30/hr in NY metro. How much does a 1br apt rent for out there?

Depends on the neighborhood and which shithole county you're in. Its hard as hell to find a 1 bedroom apartment that isn't on a college campus so for the sake of this comparison i'll go with a 2 bedroom apartment really close to the office. Rent there will run you somewhere in the neighborhood of $500 a month. However, if you're willing to live about 5 miles north in a different county like i am you can find a much nicer 2 bedroom APT in a better neighborhood for like $350.

Personally i live in a 2 bdrm apt and the rent here is $430 a month including basic utilities. The only thing my rent doesn't cover is TV or Internet.

Plus, its like 5 miles to the closest non-white.

[sailor]

Depends on the neighborhood and which shithole county you're in. Its hard as hell to find a 1 bedroom apartment that isn't on a college campus so for the sake of this comparison i'll go with a 2 bedroom apartment really close to the office. Rent there will run you somewhere in the neighborhood of $500 a month. However, if you're willing to live about 5 miles north in a different county like i am you can find a much nicer 2 bedroom APT in a better neighborhood for like $350.

Personally i live in a 2 bdrm apt and the rent here is $430 a month including basic utilities. The only thing my rent doesn't cover is TV or Internet.

Plus, its like 5 miles to the closest non-white.

wow, that's insanely cheap. all of them.

[Devo37]

Yeah, the problem is that he max amount you can get (no matter how much $$$ you've made) with unemployment is something like $400/week BEFORE taxes. Way hard to live on that.

what i don't understand is how the government keeps taxing the same money over and over. isn't unemployment insurance part of the tax money that gets deducted from your paycheck? how can they tax it again when you actually get some of it back??? same with social security. it's ridiculous!

as a momentary thread-jack, how about lottery winnings. the government offers a prize of X dollars, then takes 50% of it if you win. if any private organization offered a prize and then only paid out half of what they promised, they'd be shut down for fraud!!!

oh, and then when you die, they take a cut of whatever you have left.

[DonInNC]

what i don't understand is how the government keeps taxing the same money over and over. isn't unemployment insurance part of the tax money that gets deducted from your paycheck? how can they tax it again when you actually get some of it back??? same with social security. it's ridiculous!



Employers pay unemployment insurance. But yeah, I've always thought it a little weird that it is taxed.

[Reephdweller]

It's also in my benefit that i am not in a position where leaving this job(or being forced to) would put me in debt or ruin me financially at this moment as i am in school still and this is just money to pay some bills.


I can tell you from a LOT of experience, especially union experience that knowing your job or doing your job very well, or even being the only one who knows how to do your job well means jack shit, especially these days. I am also losing my job, I haven't posted about it until now, but I can say for the longest time i was completely irreplaceable and it felt great, until times got to the point now where earlier in the year it was inevitable. For many they never get that warning and go through life thinking everything is safe and secure. I have a dear friend in this company who was secured a spot in the union with a bid award and a few hours later after fretting and sweating over her decision for weeks got to find out the company and the union screwed up the bid, the end result was she lost her job. Someone 18 years with the company and within a matter of hours all of a sudden no longer a part of things. It's heartbreaking, but I can tell you in all my time I always knew anything could happen at any moment, but it never sunk in as a reality until it actually happened. It sucks harder than anything.

I'd like to say to you that I hope it never happens, but the law of averages in todays work predict it will likely happen and it will also suck for you and you will come on here to gripe about it. I hope people will be sympathetic towards you because it is beyond awful.

[sailor]

what's a bid award?

[Reephdweller]

what's a bid award?

A bid award is where a shift or position becomes available at a location and is open to everyone on the local union who wants to bid on it. In this case it could have been that 10 people bid for the position but it would only get awarded to the person with the most union seniority.

In my friends situation there were bids for every available position in the entire area because they closed my office and another office in Paramus, plus they reduced the available jobs in each other location and so every employee in the area was effected. My friend put in a bid for a job in NYC and was awarded the bid. She was relieved and happy that she was safe. Only to find out a few hours later that someone else's bid was completely overlooked by the company and she suddenly got bumped out of that job and ended up losing her job entirely with the company. It's complete bullshit because the company and the union woul do absolutely nothing to help accomodate her at all even though they made the mistake. She needs to now get a labor attorney and fight to get her job back.