why is it so damn hard to find a job?

[GonnaCatchABig1]

i agree... i just can't get the crap jobs at walmart or mcdonalds or anywhere. people just dont like me.
a year ago i even did the whole 'corporate makeover' thing. cut my hair all proper, shave, fancy smancy clothes for interviews.. only thing i've been able to get was a driver helper job with ups. which i kicked ass at. and got nothing but compliments from every boss in the chain, (my boss, my bosses' boss, my bosses' bosses' boss, etc) cause i was on the toughest route in the building, with the highest volume, and always got it done. even though i working on a broken right foot, and a sprained left knee. other helpers were quitting and getting injured left and right. i made it through the whole temp job. even took the time to ask questions and learn how to properly do everything, and how to pack the truck. was there anything waiting for me anywhere in the company after? noooope.

i dunno... i'm not a people person. i guess people just don't like me before i even open my big mouth. i've learned to just shut up. but thats not really working either. i need work badly or i'm out on my rear end again. i'm willing to degrade myself, but no one wants to give me the chance. it shouldnt be so hard to get in at the bottom. if i could afford schooling,both financially and time wise, i would go. but that brings up a whole nother set of issues, since i have absolutely nothing i could see myself doing for the rest of my life. seasonal temp jobs are more up my alley. i like change.
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[justplugit]

Originally Posted by GonnaCatchABig1

i need work badly or i'm out on my rear end again. i'm willing to degrade myself, but no one wants to give me the chance.
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I don't think any kind of work is degrading. Work, no matter what kind, gives a feeling of accomplishment and self worth. Sorry your having such a hard time when your trying so hard. You can take solace in that you're keeping on when others would fold or take the easy way out with hand outs. It's your willingness to work and continue to look that sets you above the average person. The best of luck to you, you deserve it.

[ProfessorM]

Originally Posted by justplugit

I don't think any kind of work is degrading. Work, no matter what kind, gives a feeling of accomplishment and self worth. Sorry your having such a hard time when your trying so hard. You can take solace in that you're keeping on when others would fold or take the easy way out with hand outs. It's your willingness to work and continue to look that sets you above the average person. The best of luck to you, you deserve it.

Dave is such a smart, good guy. With a pep talk like that you can't help but succeed in your search. Good luck to you. P.

[fishbones]

Originally Posted by GonnaCatchABig1

i dunno... i'm not a people person. i guess people just don't like me before i even open my big mouth. i've learned to just shut up. but thats not really working either.
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Maybe you should work on that first? Or get a job in a call center handling customer service calls. Those people are mostly a bunch of #^&#^&#^&#^&s.

[FishermanTim]

Since we as a country have abandoned the art of manufacuring and focused mainly of service, unless you are multi-lingual, don't mind menial pay and long thankless hours dealing with people that want everything done yesterday, and you don't mind the guarantee that your menial lousy service center job will be outsourced to a country 50,000 miles away then you're in luck!

The add bonus for us is that those that feel compelled to buck the system and try to start their own business face so much red tape and moronic regulation, fees and retarded beurocracy that they end up giving up after a year or so because they can't afford to be in business.

Take a look at your local town center. How often have the stores "changed" in the past 5-10 years, provided thwey weren't already boarded up to begin with?

Virtually every new venture in rural small town America begins in a deficit position because of the regulations, fees and red tape.
They are lucky, VERY LUCKY if they can just break even when they get out.

Mind you there are some businesses that can/will succeed, but the small businesses are those that truly sustain our lives and our economy.

With this in mind, I hope you are successful in your job hunt.