Job hunting and career changes are DISCOURAGING
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I've been unemployed since 2007. I can't even estimate how many jobs I've applied to over the years. So far, I've only had 3 interviews with companies that I've found on my own and about 10 from staffing agencies. I've been making it (on a wing and a prayer) from jobs that the staffing agencies have hooked me up with.
Keywords is bullshyt! I have customized and tailored my resume for every job I've applied to and have received nothing other than the acknowledgement that my resume was received.
My last and final option is to join the military. My friends and family are strongly against this but they don't realize how bad my struggle for permanent employment is. My friends have stated that joining the military is exactly what "they" want but what is my other option? I've been waiting and applying like crazy but nothing is biting.
And Sallie Mae is eating half of my unemployment check
Breh what kinda degree did you get?
And where you live? I hear some parts of the country are more favorable to hiring brothers than other parts.
Rich Spirit
#LeveledUp
True, and the worst thing is that when you try to contact these people you network with, they never hit you back
TELL ME YA CHEESIN FAM?
I walk around a little edgy already
Go where jobs are
A job is not a birth right ..they lied to you
A job is not a birth right ..they lied to you
samtalksradio
Banned
Them cacs turned off my unemployment, I'm right alone with you brahs . I applied for jobs about a month ago, with my boy, and mother f**** still ain't call. looks like a n***** going to have to serve some weed now to survive.
. I applied for jobs about a month ago, with my boy, and mother f**** still ain't call. looks like a n***** going to have to serve some weed now to survive.
ThisIsLife
Energy ⚡
I have recently decided to switch jobs because I hate what I do now and right after I told myself Im switching jobs my hours get cut back tremendously. I've been looking for months and have been honest on my resume and applications. A friend of mine told me to basically lie on my resume about where I work and what I done, but don't they check that stuff out?
In the mean time I'm gonna get in contact with this Temp Agency I worked with before on Monday and try some online Freelance gigs.
In the mean time I'm gonna get in contact with this Temp Agency I worked with before on Monday and try some online Freelance gigs.
BrehETTE what kinda degree did you get?
And where you live? I hear some parts of the country are more favorable to hiring brothers than other parts.
I have an Associates in Criminal Justice, Bachelors in Mass Comm, & a Masters in Communications. I stay in Washington, DC so I've been applying to federal, corporate and non-profits heavily! I've applied for positions all across the country, even Hawaii.
I just took the plunge and applied for Correctional Officer with the Feds...but I want a job where I can go home in one piece and not in a coffin
Also, internship in college is fukking useless, unless your daddy knows somebody that knows somebody, or great grandfather funded the company
I don't think this is true. But I gotta wonder about where some of you went to school? A few classmates and I both got summer internships at the same company the semester before our senior years which turned into a full time offer after graduation. I went to an hbcu tho, you know those schools y'all like to shyt on so much but the teachers actually look out for you? That's the most important network to me, cause a lot of them are coming from these professional fields and they have all the contacts in the world.
playplayaj
Drumming genius
I think a big problem is that ppl get these degrees and try to stay where they are at (location) or where there school is at. A good degree within a saturated job market means nothing. I pretty much kno I have to move elsewhere when i graduate
How do you do this?
I think a big problem is that ppl get these degrees and try to stay where they are at (location) or where there school is at. A good degree within a saturated job market means nothing. I pretty much kno I have to move elsewhere when i graduate
I am also doing research on places to move once I grad.
Anyone know which areas in the country us brothers are doing best in?
DaChampIsHere
Survive the drought
Damn, is life really that hard out here brehs. 
I think that many of you should devote your time to building and learning specialized skills/trades
From the tones I'm getting in this thread, it seems as if a lot of people have very general/non-technical degrees, which is fine if you supplement that with a kind of "ability".
I'd also say look into entrepreneurial things as well. I'd recommend to even people who are working. I think it's always good to control your own money. Building up my skills and shyt now, I'd like to leave my job at least a year from now with the money saved and get something started up with some friends.
I feel bad for those who came out of school around 07-08 tho. That job market wasn't no hoe and people are still suffering from that. Hard to get a job when you never had one if you're not right out of college any more.
I think that many of you should devote your time to building and learning specialized skills/trades
From the tones I'm getting in this thread, it seems as if a lot of people have very general/non-technical degrees, which is fine if you supplement that with a kind of "ability".
I'd also say look into entrepreneurial things as well. I'd recommend to even people who are working. I think it's always good to control your own money. Building up my skills and shyt now, I'd like to leave my job at least a year from now with the money saved and get something started up with some friends.
I feel bad for those who came out of school around 07-08 tho. That job market wasn't no hoe and people are still suffering from that. Hard to get a job when you never had one if you're not right out of college any more.
playplayaj
Drumming genius
I am also doing research on places to move once I grad.
Anyone know which areas in the country us brothers are doing best in?
depends on your major. you gotta go where you in demand. or............gotta know how to get on these intanets and create a demand. make ppl feel the NEED you and your skills
I think a big problem is that ppl get these degrees and try to stay where they are at (location) or where there school is at. A good degree within a saturated job market means nothing. I pretty much kno I have to move elsewhere when i graduate
I agree, I try to tell my friends to move out of their comfort zone area, there are alot of jobs out there, but everyone wants to stay in the Hot City like NYC/ATL/DC/MIA which than becomes over saturated with too many people fighting for a small amount of jobs.
playplayaj
Drumming genius
Damn, is life really that hard out here brehs.
I think that many of you should devote your time to building and learning specialized skills/trades
From the tones I'm getting in this thread, it seems as if a lot of people have very general/non-technical degrees, which is fine if you supplement that with a kind of "ability".
I'd also say look into entrepreneurial things as well. I'd recommend to even people who are working. I think it's always good to control your own money. Building up my skills and shyt now, I'd like to leave my job at least a year from now with the money saved and get something started up with some friends.
I feel bad for those who came out of school around 07-08 tho. That job market wasn't no hoe and people are still suffering from that. Hard to get a job when you never had one if you're not right out of college any more.
you hit it on the head breh. I try to tell these dudes you can have a degree on a piece of paper and it means nothing. thats like reading a dictionary and learning 1000 words and cant use none of them words in a sentence