# SD Job-Seekers' Support Group **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [April 26, 2008, 11:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sd-job-seekers-support-group/446955 "2008-04-26T11:58:49Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 39
**Author:** ![Love\_Rhombus](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/love_rhombus/32/10694_2.png) [@Love\_Rhombus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Love_Rhombus)\ **Post date:** [March 26, 2009, 4:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sd-job-seekers-support-group/446955/761 "2009-03-26T04:25:59Z")
I’m surprised I didn’t find this thread earlier. My sad story: Got laid off Feb 18. They offered me leftover PTO time and severance (good), as well as the same health insurance (which I did not take, wanting to save money). Then about a week or so later, I get a pain which turns out to be appendicitis and get it taken out (thankfully I thought to sign up for the insurance the same day I went in to the hospital). Now I have ridiculous payments and rent and my roommate may be getting cut hours too, which will make things much more interesting. ☹ ---
**Author:** ![Love\_Rhombus](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/love_rhombus/32/10694_2.png) [@Love\_Rhombus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Love_Rhombus)\ **Post date:** [March 26, 2009, 4:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sd-job-seekers-support-group/446955/762 "2009-03-26T04:34:01Z")
Somehow an English degree isn’t the easiest to sell. If I had a time machine I’d just change it (or add a useful minor). ---
**Author:** ![Khadaji](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/9e8a1a/32.png) [@Khadaji](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Khadaji)\ **Post date:** [March 26, 2009, 12:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sd-job-seekers-support-group/446955/763 "2009-03-26T12:07:16Z")
Good luck **Love Rhombus**. Don’t worry, the degree doesn’t matter too much as long as you have experience. What do you do? ---
**Author:** ![Love\_Rhombus](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/love_rhombus/32/10694_2.png) [@Love\_Rhombus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Love_Rhombus)\ **Post date:** [March 26, 2009, 1:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sd-job-seekers-support-group/446955/764 "2009-03-26T13:48:44Z")
> [@Khadaji](#): > > Good luck **Love Rhombus**. Don’t worry, the degree doesn’t matter too much as long as you have experience. What do you do? My last job was in a clipping service, reading newspapers to identify articles that a particular client would want according to keywords they gave us. It was pretty interesting and I was content. Of course, it was dependent on newspapers, so… Now my resume looks better than it did when I first was let go. Pity about all the crappy ones I already sent, but ah well…Thus far I’ve had one interview and a ton of those insurance-selling “job” offers that tend to pop up in your mailbox a second after you put up your resume. That and a suspicious offer to give me a “high-paying job working from home” where one of the critical requirements is to “have a vaild US checking account to process incoming funds”. ---
**Author:** ![twickster](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/ec9cab/32.png) [@twickster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/twickster)\ **Post date:** [March 26, 2009, 1:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sd-job-seekers-support-group/446955/765 "2009-03-26T13:59:26Z")
> [@Love\_Rhombus](#): > > … offer to give me a “high-paying job working from home” where one of the critical requirements is to “have a vaild US checking account to process incoming funds”. Hey, I’ve heard there’s real money to be made with those. Not by you, of course … 😉 ---
**Author:** ![Love\_Rhombus](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/love_rhombus/32/10694_2.png) [@Love\_Rhombus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Love_Rhombus)\ **Post date:** [March 26, 2009, 2:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sd-job-seekers-support-group/446955/766 "2009-03-26T14:41:44Z")
> [@twickster](#): > > Hey, I’ve heard there’s real money to be made with those. > > Not by you, of course … 😉 That’s true. Perhaps I should apply for Nigerian citizenship… ---
**Author:** ![AngelSoft](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/angelsoft/32/440_2.png) [@AngelSoft](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AngelSoft)\ **Post date:** [March 26, 2009, 3:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sd-job-seekers-support-group/446955/767 "2009-03-26T15:14:44Z")
I’m still looking for a job…close to 50 resumes sent out so far. I got an interview two weeks ago for a job I am completely qualified for. I should have gotten it. There’s no way anyone in that tiny town had my qualifications. But the subject of me having a kid came up and I could see the look on his face change and he asked about daycare. I assured him it was well covered. Not two minutes later he suddenly had an ‘appointment’ and said he’d have a decision in a few days. Never heard back from him and I don’t even care about calling back to hear what bullcrap reason they’re gonna give me for not getting the job. ---
**Author:** ![bouv](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/bc8723/32.png) [@bouv](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bouv)\ **Post date:** [March 26, 2009, 6:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sd-job-seekers-support-group/446955/768 "2009-03-26T18:04:18Z")
God damn it. Had a phone interview on the 25th of Feb, and have been waiting for the next “round” of phone interviews. I was told the woman conducting these was on vacation from the 1st to the 14th of March. Well, she’s been back nearly two weeks now and no email or phone call…I even sent an email last week to the woman that did the first interview and haven’t gotten a response back. This company has been dragging it’s feet this whole process, and it’s ticking me off…and they were “planning”, according to woman #1, to get me into the training program for this position by mid-April, since it starts in late-April…I don’t see that happening, since after the second phone interview they said there’s also a face-to-face. ---
**Author:** ![Love\_Rhombus](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/love_rhombus/32/10694_2.png) [@Love\_Rhombus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Love_Rhombus)\ **Post date:** [March 26, 2009, 10:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sd-job-seekers-support-group/446955/769 "2009-03-26T22:05:40Z")
Well, I got a call about a possible position. It’s refilling those DVD machines you see in the grocery stores. Only part time, though, so I dunno. If it’s more than my unemployment allows, but not enough to pay mah bills, I’ll likely turn it down. I wish places would tell you when you don’t get a job instead of just leaving you hanging. ---
**Author:** ![Quartz](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/quartz/32/267_2.png) [@Quartz](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Quartz)\ **Post date:** [March 26, 2009, 10:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sd-job-seekers-support-group/446955/770 "2009-03-26T22:54:50Z")
And I had a “Thanks, but no thanks” from the school. ☹ ---
**Author:** ![bouv](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/bc8723/32.png) [@bouv](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bouv)\ **Post date:** [March 27, 2009, 11:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sd-job-seekers-support-group/446955/771 "2009-03-27T23:55:18Z")
Just to give an idea of the utter frustration I have with job listings, I found one for an intern, but an intern with a BS…odd, but I figure it’s good for me because I have a BS, and an internship would mean they don’t require as much experience. Man, was I wrong. > [@](#): > > • Experience with – > • Lasers or other light based medical treatments > • Endoscopic imaging systems > • New treatment or new product development > • Early stage medical treatment concept or market studies > • New device clinical studies > • Proficient in MS Office - Power Point, Excel, Outlook and Word > • Strong written and verbal communication skills ---
**Author:** ![Boyo\_Jim](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/87869e/32.png) [@Boyo\_Jim](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Boyo_Jim)\ **Post date:** [March 30, 2009, 11:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sd-job-seekers-support-group/446955/772 "2009-03-30T23:18:44Z")
Ok, now I’m stressing. I have two interviews Thursday for the job I talked about in [post 725](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showpost.php?p=10886814&postcount=725). One is with the Chief Medical Officer, the other with the Director of Quality Assurance. I don’t really have any idea why the QA person is in the picture. On the org chart, at least, there’s no connection between the two departments. As one of my co-workers said, “Boyo, now you’re going to have to back up that ‘best candidate ever’ crap you put in your cover letter.” I don’t think it’s crap, I think it’s true, but I’m not sure how convincing I can be. Also, I’m making these a bigger deal than I should, or maybe not. It has gotten into my head that the interviews for this job are the most important interviews I’ve ever had – because failing them almost certainly means leaving the company at the end of the year, and possibly all kinds of associated upsets. ---
**Author:** ![Khadaji](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/9e8a1a/32.png) [@Khadaji](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Khadaji)\ **Post date:** [March 30, 2009, 11:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sd-job-seekers-support-group/446955/773 "2009-03-30T23:30:57Z")
That’s great news! (Despite how you make it sound.) Good luck, let us know how it goes! ---
**Author:** ![Boyo\_Jim](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/87869e/32.png) [@Boyo\_Jim](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Boyo_Jim)\ **Post date:** [March 30, 2009, 11:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sd-job-seekers-support-group/446955/774 "2009-03-30T23:35:13Z")
> [@Khadaji](#): > > That’s great news! (Despite how you make it sound.) > > Good luck, let us know how it goes! Thank you, and you’re right, it IS good news. But I’ve always hated rejection, often to the point where I refuse to compete. And now I’m kinda forced to compete, for this and other jobs, because I know mine is coming to an end. And nothing about it feels good. ---
**Author:** ![Quartz](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/quartz/32/267_2.png) [@Quartz](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Quartz)\ **Post date:** [March 30, 2009, 11:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sd-job-seekers-support-group/446955/775 "2009-03-30T23:42:29Z")
I’m feeling very down: I haven’t had an interview in 6 weeks. ---
**Author:** ![Boyo\_Jim](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/87869e/32.png) [@Boyo\_Jim](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Boyo_Jim)\ **Post date:** [March 31, 2009, 2:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sd-job-seekers-support-group/446955/776 "2009-03-31T02:01:26Z")
> [@Quartz](#): > > I’m feeling very down: I haven’t had an interview in 6 weeks. I know that feeling. I’ve applied for a bunch of jobs without even a nibble, and aside from this current thing, I got a total of 2 phone interviews and got no farther. And I’ve been applying since last September. Job hunting is about the most miserable activity there is. Unless you’re at the top of your field and people are recruiting you – and that’s certainly not me. I have a strange collection of skills that doesn’t quite even add up to a “field”. ---
**Author:** ![Sir\_T-Cups](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ed655f/32.png) [@Sir\_T-Cups](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sir_T-Cups)\ **Post date:** [March 31, 2009, 3:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sd-job-seekers-support-group/446955/777 "2009-03-31T03:43:05Z")
I get the same response from everyone at work… "You graduated from college? What are you doing here?!?! (Here being hourly at Target by the way) “The economy man, no one is hiring…not to mention advertising is impossible to break in to” “I dunno, going to college you should still find something have you tried…” blah blah blah Yes I have tried, yes I am still trying, and no you aren’t making me feel better. Either give me a job…or shut up. ---
**Author:** ![Dusty\_Rose](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/ba8739/32.png) [@Dusty\_Rose](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dusty_Rose)\ **Post date:** [April 1, 2009, 2:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sd-job-seekers-support-group/446955/778 "2009-04-01T02:04:17Z")
> [@Boyo\_Jim](#): > > Ok, now I’m stressing. I have two interviews Thursday for the job I talked about in [post 725](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showpost.php?p=10886814&postcount=725). One is with the Chief Medical Officer, the other with the Director of Quality Assurance. I don’t really have any idea why the QA person is in the picture. On the org chart, at least, there’s no connection between the two departments. > > As one of my co-workers said, “Boyo, now you’re going to have to back up that ‘best candidate ever’ crap you put in your cover letter.” I don’t think it’s crap, I think it’s true, but I’m not sure how convincing I can be. > > Also, I’m making these a bigger deal than I should, or maybe not. It has gotten into my head that the interviews for this job are the most important interviews I’ve ever had – because failing them almost certainly means leaving the company at the end of the year, and possibly all kinds of associated upsets. Boyo, when you go to the interview on Thursday- act like you’ve been doing this job all your life. You will fool yourself into coming across as calm and capable. Trust me, it works. Good luck to you, and to everyone else on this thread! ---
**Author:** ![twickster](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/ec9cab/32.png) [@twickster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/twickster)\ **Post date:** [April 2, 2009, 8:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sd-job-seekers-support-group/446955/779 "2009-04-02T20:26:46Z")
The job I want that I’ve been going on and on about? blah blah blah blah blah blah blah – he was supposed to decide by last Tuesday whom he was interviewing – first thing Friday I emailed him and said “what’s going on – will I get an interview? if so, when? if not – pls. let me know that.” Didn’t fucking hear from him at all. Till two minutes ago – I’m interviewing with him (publisher) and the art director tomorrow at 11. Crank up the good vibes machines, s’il vous plais! ---
**Author:** ![Khadaji](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/9e8a1a/32.png) [@Khadaji](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Khadaji)\ **Post date:** [April 2, 2009, 8:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sd-job-seekers-support-group/446955/780 "2009-04-02T20:43:43Z")
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