The Whining and Bitching Thread

[Srontgorrth]

<bitch mode on>

Why the fuck are all the jobs either some shitty McDonalds worker or required 5+ years in the industry? I graduated college in May and still don't have a job. Just three interviews in that span of time. All I want is something that pays 25-30k a year, isn't too terrible of a commute and preferably coincides with my finance degree.

Too much to ask for I suppose.

<bitch mode off>

Damn that sucks, try and see if any friends or relatives have connections, its at least somewhere to start.

Maybe consider working as a police officer or something? My uncle, despite having a Master's in Psych ended up becoming an officer and he makes around $60k not including overtime or something around that.

 

[BlackMetalWhiteGuy]

<bitch mode on>

Why the fuck are all the jobs either some shitty McDonalds worker or required 5+ years in the industry? I graduated college in May and still don't have a job. Just three interviews in that span of time. All I want is something that pays 25-30k a year, isn't too terrible of a commute and preferably coincides with my finance degree.

Too much to ask for I suppose.

<bitch mode off>

I know exactly what you mean. I was offered a job in late May or early June, so I told my former summer employers that I would not be coming back. Then my job offer was retracted due to an error in their computer system, so I tried to go back to my former summer jobs, but my positions had already been filled and I waited the entire summer for something to open up, but nothing did. Then the original job offerer called me to state that it was their mistake and that I was welcome to reapply, so I applied for three or four more positions, only to be called several weeks later and told that by "welcome to reapply" they meanth welcome to reapply after I work somewhere else for a year to gain experience. Their lack of perspective completely blew my mind. I don't know what made them think that I would have been desperate enough to apply to work for them if I already had a job. It was the professional equivalent of being invited to reapply at a community college after a year of experience at a real college.

EDIT: Oops, I don't know why I hit the post button, because I wasn't done yet. Unfortunately, that job was the only interview that I could get out of over a dozen or more applications that I filed. It took me four more months to get another interview with a job that advertised "competitive salary and benefits" in the local paper. I got the job with no problem, but I'm still pretty discouraged, because I disagree aggressively with whomever typed that ad. I expected to leave college and earn a minimum annual salary of $30,000 to $35,000, which I thought was a reasonable expectation. In fact, I was even setting my sights a little low, considering that the 2005 median individual income for a 25 year old male with a Bachelor's degree is just under $51,000. I'm currently making less than $16,000 per year

 

[damnromulans]

It is raining and I have to walk to the train station to meet people when I am feeling antisocial and just want to go home and listen to Tori Amos, and my apartment is a mess which must be cleaned by noon tomorrow and I am having raging jealousy issues over a complicated affair and just DGJGHJDFGSDHDDFF

 

[JGMetalhead]

<bitch mode on>

Why the fuck are all the jobs either some shitty McDonalds worker or required 5+ years in the industry? I graduated college in May and still don't have a job. Just three interviews in that span of time. All I want is something that pays 25-30k a year, isn't too terrible of a commute and preferably coincides with my finance degree.

Too much to ask for I suppose.

<bitch mode off>

Thats why you have to get a masters degree these days dumbass.

 

[damnromulans]

Nah you don't need a masters

 

[Manbient]

I am doing a masters in microseismic!! HOORAY!!

I also have an interview with Shell tomorrow at 1 pm. However yes, this job market is not as good as when it was at it's very best, i will agree.

 

[The Butt]

I am pissed off cause I've been having trouble cumming for like a week now

 

[JGMetalhead]

Nah you don't need a masters

Prove it.

 

[Manbient]

I've got a buddy who owns a dental software company, women find him witty and muscular and like to touch him on his leg when they are seated. He forgot to get a high school diploma, but women STILL touch his leg. QED

 

[JGMetalhead]

Thats called pulling a four leaf clover out of your ass.

 

[sevag00]

It's been like 3 weeks and i'm not able to go to the university. My doctor is forbidding me to get out of the house for my health issues. I am thinking i should drop this semester, and wait for like 2 years till my treatment is over, so i can resume my education.

 

[waif]

Shit, dude, 2 years? That's fucking awful. I'm half-way through a single year off and I'm already starting to go insane. Presumably it'll be even worse for you because you won't be able to do much. Dude, that really sucks. I really hope you can maintain your sanity.

 

[Dak]

Itt people are suddenly becoming aware that we are in a major economic downturn.

 

[sevag00]

Shit, dude, 2 years? That's fucking awful. I'm half-way through a single year off and I'm already starting to go insane. Presumably it'll be even worse for you because you won't be able to do much. Dude, that really sucks. I really hope you can maintain your sanity.

I can't do anything. I had registered to the 2009 fall semester, and i have attended only 3 times to my classes. If this is going to happen for the rest 2 years, me going to the university becomes pointless.

 

[mutantllama]

Shit, dude, 2 years? That's fucking awful. I'm half-way through a single year off and I'm already starting to go insane. Presumably it'll be even worse for you because you won't be able to do much. Dude, that really sucks. I really hope you can maintain your sanity.

Hey, I have a somewhat random question for you. Are you still glad that your taking a year off from school?

 

[Srontgorrth]

My girlfriends mom (whose family I live with) is about to die any day now, its a pretty shitty situation. Went to the hospital today, and the doctor and nurses had us in a room and basically explained that she's now going to pass very soon, and although her eyes may open here and there, she can't talk or anything. She had surgery about a month ago, and it was okay then, but then they found multiple brain tumors and after a week it got worse and worse.

 

[JGMetalhead]

Economy down the shitter = Need of higher degrees = better chance at getting a job = why you certainly fucking *should* get a masters degree or even better, a Ph.D

 

[The Ozzman]

If only people were actually able to absorb that kind of debt

It all comes down to experience really

 

[JGMetalhead]

Which is why you pay it off, because your going to have to in the long run. In some way of course. Better find a job whenever you can that is.

 

[The Ozzman]

<bitch mode on>

Why the fuck are all the jobs either some shitty McDonalds worker or required 5+ years in the industry? I graduated college in May and still don't have a job. Just three interviews in that span of time. All I want is something that pays 25-30k a year, isn't too terrible of a commute and preferably coincides with my finance degree.

Too much to ask for I suppose.

<bitch mode off>

What did you study?
What job are you trying to get?
Where did you interview?

When I was unemployed, I actually applied to work at Taco Bell and other fast food joints and never got calls back from people (presumably because I was overqualified for those positions).

This is probably the worst time to be job searching/graduating because the market is so crappy. You might have to make do with either a part time job or seasonal work until you find something.

Sometimes, it's also not what you know, but who you know. Knowing the right people can get you jobs that you might not previously have thought you could get. I got my current job because my girlfriend (who was only a friend at the time) dropped my name to some supervisors and told them to be on the look out for my resume to come up in the queue.