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Of course but how many are there that really can't find work? A small percentage of the pop. at most...Smurf said:There are a lot of people like that, but not all of them are.
Of course but how many are there that really can't find work? A small percentage of the pop. at most...Smurf said:There are a lot of people like that, but not all of them are.
I think I've been to more countries than you've listed there.Townsend said:Yeah, I need to get out more...
So how is it that a person is worldly and sheltered too?Smurf said:I think I've been to more countries than you've listed there.![]()
Now, I don't mean to say that you're not worldly, because obviously you are. Navy right? (He He I remember that thread where everyone was calling you a liar about that).
I CAN'T GET A JOB! I'M EMPLOYABLE!Townsend said:What I say stands....getting a job is a very simple thing for most anyone who is employable....
You can be sheltered from more than one thing.Townsend said:So how is it that a person is worldly and sheltered too?
Two supermarkets turn you down and you think that means you cannot get a job?Smurf said:I CAN'T GET A JOB! I'M EMPLOYABLE!
Two? No, just one was a supermarket. And I've been looking for a job since I moved here.... three weeks ago. (I'm starting to run out of moooonnneeeyyy)Townsend said:Two supermarkets turn you down and you think that means you cannot get a job?
That's okay, I'm sure they're saying the exact same thing about wealth.And I suppose I could be sheltered from the poverty of the world but I just don't see how I managed to miss it all these years.
*sigh* it shouldn't be this hard to get a job.Evo said:You'll find a job, getting a part time job in a college town can be tough. Like Bob said, you've just got to be in the right place at the right time.
Yeah, I know. How does one 'scope out' a business though? Keep in mind I'm not from town, I don't really know anyone.Bob's post was excellent advice, btw.
Walk around and talk to employees.....find out about the company...what their motto is and stuff like that. Then try to picture the perfect happy little Joe's Supermarket employee and then make yourself that person.Smurf said:Yeah, I know. How does one 'scope out' a business though? Keep in mind I'm not from town, I don't really know anyone.
Look them up on the internet.Smurf said:How does one 'scope out' a business though? Keep in mind I'm not from town, I don't really know anyone.
you could be a temp. Or you can pick up on criminal activitySmurf said:God damn crap **** ****. Even the local supermarket turned me down. Grrrrr :grumpy:![]()
I agree with Evo, Townsend, and StatutoryApe. Even being laid off from a construction job in a city ranked number one in the country in unemployment, I was able to find a job. Thankfully, I read the papers. When I read in the morning paper that a nightime gas station attendant was shot in the head and killed, I was there by 9 AM applying for the job.TheStatutoryApe said:I'll have to agree with Evo and Townsend, I've never known anyone who couldn't get a job that was actually trying. Not to say that you aren't trying but it shouldn't take too much longer so long as you're looking hard enough. When I was your age it took me quite some time to find a job. It's normal if you don't have much work experience and like Evo pointed out you're in a college town so the employers have a whole slew of kids to hire from. You could try a temp agency. I have a friend that hasn't been out of work for more than a couple weeks at a time in years by working through an agency. He just picked up a job starting at $17.50 an hour through an agency. He's not in school and doesn't even have a degree.
It's not that hard to find a job.
Yes. Which is why you should keep looking. Someone who wants a job will make his own "luck". There are ways of increasing the odds that you are in the right place at the right time. For instance, being first in line two weeks from now when the manager fires the other student. Another reason to be civil at all times - don't burn your bridges.Smurf said:That's what it was at the last interview I got. Lucky timing. .