Employment Ideas??

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guitarplayer77

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Hello,

Me like everyone else, is looking for employment i have been unemployed since June i worked at best buy for 3 years and i could not take it anymore, it was not a healthy environment for me and they would not work with my school schedule, I worked in Media (Gaming Movies, Music), Car-Fi, and Computers (selling them not fixing them)) So i quit and got my bachelor degree last December. Technically it was the second time i quit) Any suggestions of other industries i could look at. I am good with computers but all the career counselors i meet with says i need relevant experience but do not have any recent experience in school or work with computers. I got a general studies degree at a school near my home, i went back to tie up loose ends to finish up and just took general classes but i was an Information Technology Major years ago at a different school back in 2003 which i left due to getting burnt out. So as you can agree i really do not want to return to the retail world i hate it beyond anything just the thought of it makes me really sick to my stomach.

So does anyone have any suggestions??
 
1. Practice English. Sounding like the Cookie Monster hurts your chances at most job interviews.

2. Learn humility. Accept a crap job and meditate on what you want to do with your life.

3. Budget on less. If you can make ends meet while flipping burgers, you'll be that much further ahead if you get a job making real money.
 
fatherofcaitlyn pretty much hit it on the head. A degree in general studies isn't going to open any doors for you, so you're just going to have to find what you can and try to get your foot in the door somewhere that you can move up etc.
 
If you had an information technology degree, I'm sure it would go further than a general studies degree. But hey, a bachelors degree is pretty much worthless these days anyways (with the exception of some majors--like teaching). I would say try being a receptionist somewhere or point you towards being a runner at a law firm or something, but if you can't write English very well, then one could deduce that you can't speak English very well either. This might be a hindrance as a receptionist or in the legal world.

You'd probably have better luck working at a grocery store or some such place as a stocker or cashier/bagger.
 
[quote name='RAMSTORIA']or learn english with cookie monster. [/quote]

I have to tell you. The opera version of "C is for Cookie" on the 35th Anniversary Sesame Street DVD is awesomely funny.

That's the first song I got my 2 year old to sing.

EDIT: Not to beat up on the OP some more, but it is better to NOT get a degree in something like General Studies. If you ever decide to get a BA/BS degree in something else after getting a degree, your only financial aid will be loans and you can't get a MS or PhD in General Studies.

I learned this after I went back for my BS in Computer Science after getting a BA in Biology. The only good thing about having a degree while getting another one is that you don't have to take all of those non major classes.
 
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You could possibly get into grad school in another field though...you're BA/BS doesn't have to be in the same area.

I got my BS in Journalism (with a minor in Sociology) and got into the top Criminology program. But it does depend on GPA etc. I had a good GPA, some scholarship awards, good work experience (though not related to Criminology at all) and good letters of recommendation.

Does make it tougher to get funded intially though. I had to pay the first year of my master's with loan's, but the subsequent 6 years have been fully funded (paid tuition and 20-30 hours of salary on top of it).
 
I am in the same boat. I worked a school district for 2 years on the computer labs. I have the experience but I don't have the education cause I got kind of lucky. I need to go back to school but I should have a few years ago. See California is in debt 45 billion and there is going to be huge cuts for community colleges and the amount of classes for state ran schools. Also there is going to be huge cuts when it comes to student aid.

Its a good thing I live with my parents still otherwise I would be straight out of luck.
 
[quote name='fatherofcaitlyn']12. Learn humility. Accept a crap job and meditate on what you want to do with your life.[/quote]

I agree 100%. In 2005 when i decided I needed to get my life 100% together, I quit my crap job (assistant manager at Wendy's) and dropped off the face of the earth for a while.

After about 2 months of playing music and partying I took the first job that called. I worked there for 2-1/2 years, looking for something else. I found a gig driving a forklift outside at a recycling center on the overnight shift, dragging metal around. Then as a stroke of luck, I found a job on careerbuilder designing buildings under an engineer with no degree or training, just my raw skills.

So I have to agree that you take what you can, then work from there. The hardest job you will ever have is finding a job.
 
So why not get some relevant experience? Assuming you're looking at a general IT area, I'd recommend seeing if your church could use an update to their computer network, offer to set up some computers and teach them at a retirement home, etc. If you're willing to dedicate yourself to your field outside of your job and schooling, it'll make you seem even more appetizing to potential employers.

It sounds like you're not even 100% sure if something along these lines is for you, so it'd be a good test without too much commitment (i.e., no calls at 3 am when the corporate network took a dump)
 
[quote name='burritoman']The hardest job you will ever have is finding a job.[/QUOTE]

QFT.

That's why I'm still at the job I'm at now (literally right now!), because I can't bring myself to do the whole job search after my last one...
 
[quote name='fatherofcaitlyn']1. Practice English. Sounding like the Cookie Monster hurts your chances at most job interviews.

2. Learn humility. Accept a crap job and meditate on what you want to do with your life.

3. Budget on less. If you can make ends meet while flipping burgers, you'll be that much further ahead if you get a job making real money.[/quote]

QFT, now is the time when you find A JOB. Then when the economy gets better you find a job you might actually enjoy.
 
[quote name='JolietJake']You're college educated and still write like that? Sheesh.[/quote]

You don't want to know JJ, trust me. Catch me on Live sometime, I'll tell you just how fucking stupid everybody is at the colleges around me. It's sad. Many of them think chatspeak translates over to their papers... oh do I feel bad for the teachers.
 
Fatherofcaitlyn pretty much nailed it. That said, if you're as skilled as you think you are, why don't you try being your own boss and start your own company? I guarantee you it's even harder than finding a job. But if you succeed, the rewards are infinitely better than any degree or job you get.
 
[quote name='georox']You don't want to know JJ, trust me. Catch me on Live sometime, I'll tell you just how fucking stupid everybody is at the colleges around me. It's sad. Many of them think chatspeak translates over to their papers... oh do I feel bad for the teachers.[/quote]
Well many of the people at my school are too, or at least they sound like it. Hard to believe someone could sound like a hick while speaking but write like Shakespeare. I guess i should be used to it.
 
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