Long Term Unemployment

[JLova]

True. My boss was hiring for a mid-level job and he'd toss resumes with >6 months gaps, claiming "people who are good should easily be able to use their network/connections to find a job."

I'm not sure if I agree with that, but this is the way a lot of people think

He's wrong, but I feel where he's coming from. Why would I hire a dude who hasn't worked in a year over a dude who's currently employed? Give me one good reason.

 

[Da Jungles]

A lot of gems in here. Thanks!

 

[Majestic Pape]

He's wrong, but I feel where he's coming from. Why would I hire a dude who hasn't worked in a year over a dude who's currently employed? Give me one good reason.

Open/better availability. How you gonna expect 100% effort from someone already working another job?

 

[AgentGrey]

He's wrong, but I feel where he's coming from. Why would I hire a dude who hasn't worked in a year over a dude who's currently employed? Give me one good reason.

Good point.

I can't argue with that reasoning, but at the same time
most of us have been employees. You have to start somewhere,
assuming its not some high-end position.

 

[GollyImGully]

they say you're suppose to call them back but I feel like a desperate hoe doing that so I can't do it.

and wtf am I supposed to say?

i tried this once after i went in the store they told me to fill out their online app. I filled it out then called them immediately like "i recently filled out your online app whats the next step in the hiring process?"

i could tell the lady had the face on over the phone, she said "hold on" and i was redirected to a some H/R office. nikka picked up the phone and I told him the same exact thing I did her he had the then redirected me again thats where my call ended up to an answering machine

 

[Majestic Pape]

and wtf am I supposed to say?

i tried this once after i went in the store they told me to fill out their online app. I filled it out then called them immediately like "i recently filled out your online app whats the next step in the hiring process?"

i could tell the lady had the face on over the phone, she said "hold on" and i was redirected to a some H/R office. nikka picked up the phone and I told him the same exact thing I did her he had the then redirected me again thats where my call ended up to an answering machine

I swear these HR people are mostly punk bytches.

I remember taking a business class a few years back and the teacher was saying if someone gets hired at a place and they can't really do their job but they're a decent person that people like and nobody really wants to fire them, they'll just place them in HR. I don't know how true that shyt is or if it's even true at all, but it always stuck with me.

 

[aqualung]

...I spent all of my savings (which were reasonably substantial) on the bottle...

You spent your savings on booze?

What about self-improvement & suits & printing resumes?
Did ya read any educational books?
Not even a community college or online course?

Booze, n-word?


MPope:
Work at Krogers while you prep for computer certification tests. Then work in IT while you finish college. A mind is a terrible thing to waste. You need more mental stimulus and social interaction than you have been getting.

Professionals typically explain gaps in employment with classes taken & licenses earned and temp/contract/volunteer/pro bono work. NEVER stop grinding!

 

[beenz]

this thread just wreaks of

 

[TYBG]

GUYS PLEASE ANSWER MY QUESTION

I stopped working for a minute because I went back to school. I'm going to graduate NEXT year and after this summer, I'll be picking up an internship. Will I be OK next year?

I'm still young and my school was lagging because I went part time for my family (they had financial problems and I got brothers and sisters). I feel like I have a decent amount of history of employment/work experience. I'm scared about having that gap in my resume now.

 

[aqualung]

...
I stopped working for a minute because I went back to school....I'm still young and my school was lagging because I went part time for my family...I'm scared about having that gap in my resume now.

You do NOT have a gap in your resume if you were attending school during the time that you didn't work.

Ex: My friend worked at Goldman Sachs. He attended Yale Law School for 3 years (only worked during summers). After grad, he joined a hedge fund. Yale does NOT count as a gap, silly. He was enrolled in an advanced degree program. >:P

 

[TYBG]

Thanks aqua

 

[Majestic Pape]

You spent your savings on booze?

What about self-improvement & suits & printing resumes?
Did ya read any educational books?
Not even a community college or online course?

Booze, n-word?


MPope:
Work at Krogers while you prep for computer certification tests. Then work in IT while you finish college. A mind is a terrible thing to waste. You need more mental stimulus and social interaction than you have been getting.

Professionals typically explain gaps in employment with classes taken & licenses earned and temp/contract/volunteer/pro bono work. NEVER stop grinding!

I read plenty. I've read more than 70 books this calendar year alone.

And I shouldn't have said I wasted all of my money on beer, because it wasn't just alcohol. I should have just said on frivolous things - basically just going out four times a week, eating out, going to movies, all that type of bullshyt. I'm not really a candidate for alcohols anonymous (either that or I'm in denial ).

 

[Majestic Pape]

this thread just wreaks of

The response I got from this thread wasn't what I was really looking for anyway. I didn't really want advice on how to get a job, more like suggestions on shyt to do in leiu of having a job/school, pretty much how to kill the time. I should have just made a Random Hobbies thread or something.

 

[Soundbwoy]

from what i read so far, hobbies should be the last of your worries you need to step your game up,motivate yourself and lay off the booze

 

[Loose]

Get on unemployment , go to school(which some unemployment states will pay you as you go)