I've been in a similar situation a few times -- but not for long. With a wife and new baby, I've picked strawberries in the field and gone door to door to sell them; worked as a Fuller Brush Salesman; bought hoagies by the dozens sold them "door to door" in college dormitories, fraternities, etc.
Work (and reward) is there if you're willing to hustle.
This is what I would do if I were in the same situation and serious about finding work......not just a job, but work.
I'd put on my best suit and go to a church service and have a small 4x6" sign that I would stand outside after the service that says "I'm looking for work". I'd have a handful of business cards with my name and phone number ready to had to anyone who might take one. Next Sunday, another church.
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hershey wrote: This is what I would do if I were in the same situation and serious about finding work......not just a job, but work.
I'd put on my best suit and go to a church service and have a small 4x6" sign that I would stand outside after the service that says "I'm looking for work". I'd have a handful of business cards with my name and phone number ready to had to anyone who might take one. Next Sunday, another church.
That is likely some of the best advice I have ever read.
I am thankful for what I have had and believe that everyone needs a break from time to time.
It was a different world just a few years ago. I needed a job and had three to pick from by the end of the day in the early seventies.
My Daughter filled out numerous, in the hundreds perhaps thousands f on line applications(the new required method} and as many personal applications as she could. it still took her nearly two years to land a job. She has five years of college, is state licensed, and had 3 years prior experience in her field and several years references doing other jobs.
She is joyous that she found a job with benefits even though it pays less than 20.00 an hour.
You can't afford a home or a car today on 20.00 an hour. Who would have thought that in 2004.
I watched my 30-yr old college-educated daughter go through the same frustration for a year and a half. As she said, she wallpapered Michigan with her resume - she had first started looking for jobs in her field - clothing marketing/merchandizing - then kept spreading her net wider. Her biggest blow - having her application at WalMart turned down because she was overqualified.... by that point, she was willing to stock shelves....
She finally got her foot in the door when a local casino opened - started as a clerk, registering customers for Reward Cards. A year later - she had worked her way up to Marketing Manager. The pay is great, the benefits awesome - but she puts in a LOT of long hard hours - that she loves every minute of! I'm so happy for her - and hope someone recognizes your dogged determination, also!
Wow, that's a lot of applications. Good for you, keep trying. I eventually had to move to find decent work. I had no house, wife or kids tying me to one location which made it much easier. I am an Albertan now with a wife and 2 beautiful girls. Haven't been able to bring myself to buy a cowboy hat though.
When the local mines shut down, my father was in his 50's, had 3 kids in school (me in college, 2 sisters in high school), our house was paid for but worth next to nothing and he had worked in the mine for most of his life. All the other mines in the province suddenly had thousands of applications. Luckily his severance included "time" so he had enough years in to qualify for for early retirement.
The problem with the level of rejection many are experiencing looking for work is people try less and less until they give up all together. I saw it in my home town when the mines shut down. A few years later when Ontario implemented "workfare" where able bodied people were required to work with non-profit and charitable organizations in order to get welfare. Our local snowmobile club had a work crew for a few weeks cutting and maintaining trails. A few months afterwards, all but two had found work again, one had had a temp job and the other joined the military. They were grateful for the program because it really improved their self worth and got them motivated again. They didn't even realize that they had become that depressed.
fchammer1 wrote: I've been in a similar situation a few times -- but not for long. With a wife and new baby, I've picked strawberries in the field and gone door to door to sell them; worked as a Fuller Brush Salesman; bought hoagies by the dozens sold them "door to door" in college dormitories, fraternities, etc.
Work (and reward) is there if you're willing to hustle.
That's enterprising! Today, many ppl aren't as hungry as we used to be when coming up. I made a job for myself as I found that was the easiest and quickest way to the larger dollars. Minimum wage to me was like giving up.
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Many small business employers don't like to look at a resume with a lengthy period of unemployment. Trite as it is, I'd get on the payroll anywhere I could, at any rate of pay offered. If I saw a resume that said the guy earned 80k for years, got laid off and worked at McD's for 18 months while shopping for a decent job, I'd look hard at that guy's other qualifications.
It also gives one a reason to get up in the morning and S,
S, S and Shampoo. And most of those jobs are less than full time, so interview times likely don't have to interfere with that work.
Don't give up. Be flexible.
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down home wrote: It was a different world just a few years ago. I needed a job and had three to pick from by the end of the day in the early seventies.
My Daughter filled out numerous, in the hundreds perhaps thousands f on line applications(the new required method} and as many personal applications as she could. it still took her nearly two years to land a job. She has five years of college, is state licensed, and had 3 years prior experience in her field and several years references doing other jobs.
She is joyous that she found a job with benefits even though it pays less than 20.00 an hour.
You can't afford a home or a car today on 20.00 an hour. Who would have thought that in 2004.
Some of the people I know are making 12 to 15 bucks a hour. But, there not college graduates. They do have homes and cars but, things are a lot cheaper around here then in some areas. And, there homes and cars are not very nice. In my area if your making 20 bucks a hour I would refer to you as lower middle income.
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