So like so many other times in my life, I made a poor judgement call and quit my job. Mostly for mental health reasons. I figured, I’ll take a month off to get myself back together and get back to work. That was three months ago. Job hunting hasn’t been kind to me. Now of course, there’s the normal suckage of having no money. But you know what’s the worst? The absolute worst?
I can’t even wile away my days watching Netflix! Unemployment’s supposed to be the chance to watch new shows! Get caught up on old ones! The silver lining to the grey cloud of poorness! I’m living with my parents right now and they live in the boonies, aka only satellite net available. Which means, forget Netflix. I mean, come on. Am I living in 1997?
And of course, this is all slightly tongue in cheek. I appreciate my parents being here for me and my daughter. And I’m not really complaining about the free internet I’m getting. Well…maybe a little. I just really wanna watch Stranger Things guys!! lol
HAH! Joke’s on you! I already knew that! And I still wanna watch it! lol But yeah thanks for the well wishes, I definitely need them. I’ve had like eight interviews and nothing came of them. Which is kinda disheartening since I feel like I do well on interviews.
I don’t know what your field is, but job search agencies can help. I spent eight months out of work before I went to one in desperation. They found me a job within a month, and when I left that job two years later, found me another one almost immediately. You don’t pay them; the companies who are using them to find talent pay them.
When I’m between contract projects, it’s pretty much impossible for me to laze around because it can take such a long time to find another job these days. I’m very, very grateful that my current gig came through in only 2 months.
Well a lot of my problem is I’m only experienced in customer service/office work so that narrows down a lot. I’m also not able to look in the bigger towns around us or consider moving because of my daughter. I mean, I’ve applied for lots of jobs, I’ve gotten interviews like I said. And the interviews almost always go well. I feel like I provide good responses, I’m confident and often time everyone interviewing me is smiling or laughing so it feels like a good experience. So I don’t know if it’s just there’s always other people more suited than me or what. It’s definitely frustrating. Waiting back to hear from a local community college for a part time position I interviewed at and submitted some more applications this weeks so fingers crossed.
Tell me about it. That’s why I’m now self-employed.
If the OP isn’t heavily tattooed and pierced, s/he should, and then employers will trample each other to hire him/her. At least, that’s the way it seems around here. :dubious:
(Nothing against people who are tattooed and pierced, BTW. It just seems that nowadays, heavy and visible body art is a REQUIREMENT for a job, especially when you work with the public.)
Uhh I’m not sure if that’s directed at me but I feel I’m very employable. I have extensive experience in customer service/office work and I look presentable (no tats or piercings as someone else mentioned) and I’m very personable. I think the competition here is just really intense.
Bricker the reason I give is the commute. Cause it was a fucking awful commute. At least in these areas. It was like an hour or more sometimes. Cause I never know what else to say, as I do realize saying I left for it causing me severe anxiety/depression wouldn’t go over well.
**not what you’d expect **, I’m beginning to wonder that as well. I mean the only chance would be my previous employer. But they’re a major cell phone company so I can’t imagine them ever taking the chance of HR badmouthing someone. I’m wondering if it may be my lack of ‘good’ references. All I had until recently were out of state references. I did get two that are local now though, so maybe that’ll make a difference on future applications.
Crafter_Man Exactly what it sounds like lol Taking some time for yourself to try and get your brain in order. It wasn’t entirely successful for me but enough so that I’m not triggering a panic attack whenever I think about going to a job. Which was happening pretty much daily at my last place.
Actually the more you fill out applications and interview, the better you get at it!
Also note your past employers are NOT likely to tell future employers anything but your dates of employment and pay rate. So don’t volunteer anything negative about yourself.
You can also lie a bit. Everybody does. So don’t say you left for mental health issues, say instead you had a family emergency or something. That is all they need to know. If they ask, say it is personal and you would rather not talk about it - the problem has been resolved with the family member in question. (If that does not work, switch it to something different. Keep trying new things and asking for advice.)
Wrong. Add “effectively” in there to spare the feelings of those of us who are compulsive truth-tellers.
Yes, it was rather hard for me to find a job, but I eventually did with a firm that shares my same attitude towards honesty and I don’t have to worry about it.
It is hard work to find a job. Here in MN, anyone can walk into the state sponsored unemployment offices and ask for help to find out why you might not be getting jobs.
I suspect that it is because you quit your last job without having something new lined up. It makes it sound like you don’t really want to work hard if you can’t be bothered to sit in traffic. Seriously. Employers are looking for people who come across as eager to be working.
Lots and lots of people have long commutes. I hate long commutes too, but I’ve got one and am just grateful to be employed so I’m putting up with it. My team understands that if there’s snow during the morning commute, I will be working from home but otherwise I plan to be there every day. Why? Because the employer made it clear that they consider it important, even though I could do half my work from home.
Give them a more positive reason for leaving your last job. Did you take a class once you left work (“I left to attend school.”)? Did you tend a sick relative? I did this but my work gig had just ended so I didn’t quit. I’m not telling you to lie. In a smaller community, that might become embarrassing if they find out the truth. A “jobs club” of other searchers might help you compose good answers for such questions.
What I did was take my laptop to the public library, which was only a couple blocks away. After two years out of work, the internet is a lot smaller for me - I got all
the idle browsing out of my system.
