I am dumbfounded when people say they can't find jobs or careers...

[The 2020 New Member]

Yeah, man. It's a way of life. If you have the balls to get on stage and be vulnerable, other parts of life become easier. And there's something special about connecting with people based on the way you think. And little moments of getting drunk, full and with a number are always cool perks. Good stuff, dog. Nice to have fellow comics on the Coli.

ima mos def have to stay up on the new coli. the comics gotta stay skrong. this is a funny ass forum. it'll keep us sharp, for sure.

 

[flusterose]

What were you hoping to achieve with a Master's in communication?

My dad has a masters in communication was very successful. he retired at 54 years old. what exacty are you trying to say? there are SO many things he/she can do.

 

[Hiphoplives4eva]

My dad has a masters in communication was very successful. he retired at 54 years old. what exacty are you trying to say? there are SO many things he/she can do.

So you should ask you dad to put you on. What i'm saying is obvious, there are thousands of communications graduates either unemployed or working in a field unrelated to communications. Not trying to knock your career choice, but the career opportunities for a communications major have always been slim.

Have you considered going into business for yourself?

 

[AquaCityBoy]

STEM or die

Aren't you a physics major tho?

 

[Serious]

Aren't you a physics major tho?

I lied, its biochemistry, but I'm deciding between going into medicine or going back for engineering...

There's a couple extra physics courses I've considered to taking. (quantum mechanics / astro physics related)

 

[AquaCityBoy]

OBVIOUSLY it's easy for the average Coli poster to find a job, what with their 47 IT certs and dual degrees in medicine and law, with a minor in engineering.

 

[flusterose]

So you should ask you dad to put you on. What i'm saying is obvious, there are thousands of communications graduates either unemployed or working in a field unrelated to communications. Not trying to knock your career choice, but the career opportunities for a communications major have always been slim.

Have you considered going into business for yourself?

you have me confused with someone else. i have a job in finance and i dont want anything to do with communications. i was just defending that person's post.

 

[www.THUG.com]

Or you can always give up and get on food stamps and disability. I mean its too hard to try to get something for yourself right?

..LOL

I told my story in another thread but I've been out of work since 2007. I've been winging it on temp work for the last 6 years. I've applied for jobs from coast to coast but after a total of 3 interviews during this 6 year slump, nothing has panned out.

My last temp assignment lasted for over a year. I assumed the company (a top 5 financial institution) would hire me but my CAC boss got envious, pulled a power move, and laid me off. Now I'm right back at square one.

Now my full time job is searching and applying for jobs day in and day out with no days off. I'm just letting yall know it's REAL out here and I'm feeling this heat HARD. It's a whole lot easier said than done.

 

[Rawtid]

My dad has a masters in communication was very successful. he retired at 54 years old. what exacty are you trying to say? there are SO many things he/she can do.

Communications degrees at the time you dad got his were a little more useful than they are now.

 

[Malik]

Position - Asst Mailroom Clerk D

Compensation - 10.66/hourly

Qualifications - Bachelors of Science in Business Logistics Mgmt, Procurement Administration, or Quantum Synergy Sciences - Corporate IN ADDITION to AT LEAST three years experience in a corporate environment with revenues exceeding seventeen billion dollars per annum in an administrative managerial function overseeing at least a region of employees to number no less than a US Army brigade.



Good thing finding and obtaining employment is easy.

Why the fukk do you need experience and a degree to sort mail? Three years experience and a Bachelor's degree for $10. Jesus. Id be salty as fukk racking up $30,000 in school loans for that shyt. I go on Monster/Indeed and its postings like this one everywhere...entry level positions wanting BAs, 4 years experience and a list of specialized skills for $12/hr. The Post Office pays more than that. fukk did we go to college for?

 

[Rawtid]

..LOL

I told my story in another thread but I've been out of work since 2007. I've been winging it on temp work for the last 6 years. I've applied for jobs from coast to coast but after a total of 3 interviews during this 6 year slump, nothing has panned out.

My last temp assignment lasted for over a year. I assumed the company (a top 5 financial institution) would hire me but my CAC boss got envious, pulled a power move, and laid me off. Now I'm right back at square one.

Now my full time job is searching and applying for jobs day in and day out with no days off. I'm just letting yall know it's REAL out here and I'm feeling this heat HARD. It's a whole lot easier said than done.

Hol' up, you live in DC and you have a Masters and you haven't been able to find anything? Daaamnn that's crazy AF.

What type of work experience do you have? I work for a contracting firm but they are based in Baltimore County. If you can stand the commute I could pass your info along.

Honestly you need to start lying on your resume...ok maybe not lies but straight up "enhancing" shyt. Have you gotten any professional help with your resume? I also know a few women in director positions mainly in the Columbia, MD area. Another works in DC for the FDIC. If you're not a troll, I will help you with the limited resources I have available.

It's not going to be in the Communications field but shyt at this point I hope you don't' give a damn.

 

[duckbutta]

Anybody can get a job...you just need to be willing to work for anything...and do...well anything...

Not everyone can have a career...hell most people don't even know what a career is...you need a college education or some sort of specialized training to have a career...you need a lot of dedication to have a career...rather you like the career you have or not...

A career has steps to it and a timetable to it...for IT you start at helpdesk...then after say two years you should look to move into admin...then say in two more years you look to specialize in something that you are already interested in ( say you are doing windows admin work and you want to specialize in Hyper V )...then after say 3 years of that maybe you get into management, or maybe you get into consulting...

Jobs don't really have a downside when it comes to stepping forward or backwards...you can bounce from job to job frequently and most of the time the person hiring won't care, cause he know it is just a "job" and knows people probably won't stick around long ( something like waiting tables or being a hostess...where someone will leave over 3 extra buck a day )....i know nikkas who have been waiters, bartenders, carpenters, roofers, and DMV employees all inside of 120 days...

A career absolutely does have a downside if you do not plan for it...once you go forward it becomes very hard to go backward, and if you go backward it will be frowned upon within the industry...for IT if you go from helpdesk to admin...you can pretty much kiss ever working in helpdesk again goodbye because once people see you got admin on your resume they are going to be like "he probably want's to much money to work helpdesk, or he probably doesn't want to work helpdesk" or worse you actually go back to it and then it becomes "oh he went back to helpdesk, he must can't handle the admin work"...A career has to be planned, otherwise a career can destroy your life...and if you spend a lot of time in a career it will be next to impossible to jump to something else without having some contacts in that industry...you been working IT for 6 years and get laid off and you think someone is going to trust you to do something that doesn't involve computers...pppffff

And for all the people saying "oh you can just teach yourself this and you can watch this video"...get the fukk out of here...nobody cares about your little video...or do you not understand that in the real world you will be competing against other people who have real degrees and real experience...and you think your youtube introduction to dreamweaver is gonna land you some web design job when the guy they interviewed before you graduated from north texas and has worked at microsoft, Sterling, and has a portfolio of websites he designed for his own personal clients......and you show up with your "initiative and self teaching and hard work"

I hate to discourage cats in this thread...but the truth of the matter is if you are going for a mature field that is a standard business job, self teaching and hard work is good, but it is highly unlikely that is going to be enough to get you buy. I would suggest that you take a class, got to some linked in group meeting, take advanatage of the cheapest education you can get...but don't realistically think that just because you are teaching yourself something someone is going to pay you money to do it...

And for all the people saying "just fine a job"...nikka this is not 1990...this isn't "i will just go be an RN or I will just get in IT"...a job is hard as hell to get...a career takes an extreme amount of luck, perseverance, and hard work...

"But you should just get on your ground and work hard and"

You shouldn't have to "get on your grind" to make enough money to barely cover expenses...you should get on your ground when you want to get ahead...you shouldn't need to if you just want to "get"

Plus, most of the time I've ever dealt with those "well i got on my grind blah blah blah" type nikkas I generally find out they either doing some straight up c00n shyt and they are around to just be a white man's pet...or they took a salary so beneath what the industry standard is they might as well work for free...

Don't even get me started on these "on my grind" nikkas...not a more useless group of people in this world

 

[www.THUG.com]

Hol' up, you live in DC and you have a Masters and you haven't been able to find anything? Daaamnn that's crazy AF.

What type of work experience do you have? I work for a contracting firm but they are based in Baltimore County. If you can stand the commute I could pass your info along.

Honestly you need to start lying on your resume...ok maybe not lies but straight up "enhancing" shyt. Have you gotten any professional help with your resume? I also know a few women in director positions mainly in the Columbia, MD area. Another works in DC for the FDIC. If you're not a troll, I will help you with the limited resources I have available.

It's not going to be in the Communications field but shyt at this point I hope you don't' give a damn.

I know right...DC of all places is giving me hell! I'm not trolling at all. It's just there is so much competition. I have Managerial, Banking, Administrative, Research, Project Management and Human Resources experience. These are great transferable skills for many industries and positions.

I have no issue with commuting to B'More. I've been applying there and I even took a temp assignment in Columbia before. Beggars can not be choosers.

I've had resume help from my schools. My resume is 2 pages and that's just the edited version. I can flex on my Federal resume which is 6 pages. I've taken some Coli advice and reformatted my Federal resume. This has upped my referral rate. I'm doing any and all that I can to get out of this rut.

 

[Rawtid]

I know right...DC of all places is giving me hell! I'm not trolling at all. It's just there is so much competition. I have Managerial, Banking, Administrative, Research, Project Management and Human Resources experience. These are great transferable skills for many industries and positions.

I have no issue with commuting to B'More. I've been applying there and I even took a temp assignment in Columbia before. Beggars can not be choosers.

I've had resume help from my schools. My resume is 2 pages and that's just the edited version. I can flex on my Federal resume which is 6 pages. I've taken some Coli advice and reformatted my Federal resume. This has upped my referral rate. I'm doing any and all that I can to get out of this rut.

That's good. I'm going to send you a PM in a bit (it may be after 12pm) and I'll see how I can help. I was in contact with a lot of recruiters when I was unemployed last summer and they still send things my way. The company I work for now is always asking for BA's or Project Managers...even if it's just a Jr. Position.

A friend of mine of mine just got on with Johns Hopkins and she told them she was in the process of obtaining her PMP (lying like a bytch) and they still hired her. Soooo. She gave me the name of her recruiter as well. We need to get you a damn job LOL!!

 

[Lýba'rhaésheýun]

It can be difficult to find work, I myself at one point was unemployed for like 6 years

No Skills, No Call Backs, Got Some Interviews but man... and I got layed off before that so... yeah it can be difficult.