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Post by laraann on May 16, 2009 15:21:08 GMT -5
I'm trying to get a job and I know its a tough economy, but I'm not even getting things I'm substantially OVERqualified for. I finally have a stupid bachelor's degree and I can't even manage to get a job running front desk at a hotel in a destination town! I'm applying to professional positions too with little luck, I was just hoping someone knew a trick or did something that got them a job that may work for me....
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Post by klein on May 16, 2009 18:47:08 GMT -5
I found that usually the best way to get a job is to know people on the inside. That's what helped me.
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Post by laraann on May 16, 2009 19:44:15 GMT -5
I just feel like such a massive failure, lol.
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Post by cayters on May 17, 2009 7:44:36 GMT -5
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Post by gogonutz on May 17, 2009 9:47:10 GMT -5
at the moment you also just gotta get lucky.. grab anything you can and then start looking for something better
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Post by laraann on May 17, 2009 11:51:07 GMT -5
grab anything you can and then start looking for something better That's the plan for right now, whether its staying here or going back home and looking from there (depending on money). I looked at that website, cayte, and there was a lot of good stuff on there. I think I'm gonna go into school's career services tomorrow and have them look over my resume just to see what they think and to ask if they have any ins anywhere.... |
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Post by cayters on May 17, 2009 13:02:38 GMT -5
ok, sounds like a plan lara.  |
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Post by FrancisMartin on May 18, 2009 16:45:03 GMT -5
GO IN to places. Ask to talk to the manager or HR. Avoid faxing/emailing resumes if you can. I completely agree with this sentence...Go in to places, that's the best way to show yourself. Do your best, showing interest and professionalism, you'll see you'll get the job you deserve...Just don't stop searching, fighting for it...  |
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Post by laraann on May 19, 2009 0:28:19 GMT -5
Thanks for all your help guys, and I'm working really hard but (warning, this is about to be a rambling rant) it just feels kinda useless cause even though most of my friends are behind me, I feel like my family isn't. my mom basically told me to give it up and come home, that i wouldn't be able to get anything here and if I did, it wouldn't be enough to support myself and that might be true, but if you knew my mom you'd think like i would which is that SHE failed at life and never left her town and she doesn't want me to be better than her. i know that's probably not the case, at least outwardly, but i know its in her head somewhere. it just feels like i'm putting in SO much work to find SOMETHING, not even something great yet, but i'm not getting anywhere. i mean, i have a bachelor's in psychology and i can't get a job as the night desk person at a fricking hotel. i don't expect the great job right away but the more i work at it, the more it seems like things are stacked up against me. i'm basically homeless right now, i'm living with a friend, still on school property, and the only reason i'm sure she lets me is cause everything cool in the house is mine. i was staying with another friend but she got a new roommate so i had to leave, and even if i get this hotel job, i don't know that it will pay enough to make rent anywhere and no one in my family will help. i can't find a roommate and the rooms for rent that I email people asking about don't call or email back. i'm trying to be positive and say that whatever happens will be right, no matter what, but if i go back home i'll feel like such a failure. i've worked SO hard for SO long, harder than a lot of people realize because of all the crap i'm always dealing with from so many angles and i have so much to keep going for but lately i just wanna give up and go home. i know that's wrong but i just feel like i'm up against so much. sorry this is so rambling, i just don't really have anyone else to talk to that won't be all super optimistic and will really just listen and you've probably given up reading at this point, I just had to get this all out cause its weighing down my soul and I feel like I can't breathe sometimes. i'm trying to be positive, its just getting really hard.....
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Post by cayters on May 19, 2009 7:11:19 GMT -5
aww, i kinda know how you feel, lara. it's really hard for me to find a job here too, because they have to prove they can't find anyone in all of europe to do the job first. i know it's not really the same though, but i have the same feeling of odds stacked against me now too. i guess all i can say is, just keep trying your best, and if you do have to go home, just know that you tried your best. maybe you'll have to be home temporarily, but then maybe after you work for a while, you can have some saved up and find your own place elsewhere. or when the economy improves, it should get easier. i know it's hard to get discouraged, because i am too, but i guess the best thing to do it to try to stay positive and believe that something will work out with enough persistence. |
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Post by adhara on May 19, 2009 8:50:29 GMT -5
I found that usually the best way to get a job is to know people on the inside. That's what helped me. I agree with this. Unfortunately, getting a job is more about networking than anything else  . |
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Post by Deleted on May 19, 2009 10:03:55 GMT -5
Awww...Laura....I read what you wrote. I don't have much advice, but I can really sympathize with what you are saying. I know what the economy is like around here and even though my company is doing fine, we are not hiring new people right now and had to put a freeze on giving raises and such. My brother in law is facing getting laid off again, too. It's just tough times all around. So, it's not YOU....it's just how it is around here. Massachusetts is an expensive place to live, too. I think even though you might feel confused, from what I read, you know exactly what you need to do to feel good about yourself and I bet you'll figure out a way! We're all rooting for you if that helps. But if you have to move back with your family, it'll just be temporary...there's nothing wrong with that. When I was first married, we moved back in with my parents for a year to save up enough money to buy a house. It was hard, but it was the smartest thing we did. Perspective is going to be everything...but it's too hard to see that in the midst of the storm. Everything will work out.... some failures are sure to happen along the way, but that's how we learn and grow. Are you planning to use your psychology degree for counseling? I know that there is a "Parity" bill in the state senate that would, if passed, expand insurance coverage for people with various mental health issues such as autism and schizophrenia to name a few. To me, that means that there will be a sudden increase in the number of people served which may in turn overload the current staffing needs and eventually lead to more jobs for mental health professionals. Just a thought. Also....sure you already do this, but Craigslist has been awesome for me in recruiting staff and I always appreciated people who posted what kind of work they were looking for. I was able to find matches based on people posting what type of work they were looking for. Best wishes! Keep us posted..... Hey.....and Lifehouse should be coming soon! So, nothing can be too bad then. Haha.... When ARE they coming to Boston? LOL |
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Post by cayters on May 19, 2009 17:57:38 GMT -5
When ARE they coming to Boston? LOL hopefully this summer when i'm there. |
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Post by laraann on May 20, 2009 13:54:01 GMT -5
If I don't hear about the hotel tomorrow, I'm going back home. I don't really want to, but it is the smarter thing to do. I've applied for a bunch of professional positions so hopefully I won't be there long, but if I'm trying to be grown up about this, it is more responsible to go home and work and look from there than to stay here, almost homeless and out of money. Not my favorite choice, but it is the smartest thing....
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Post by Deleted on May 20, 2009 14:38:07 GMT -5
"Sometimes the hardest thing and the right thing are the same...." As for Boston this summer.....yeah....it would be great to see Lifehouse and meet all of you from around here. Double bonus....great band and great fans! LOL |
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. I'd also like to know if anybody has an HD copy of Lifehouse at Pinkpop 2003. BY far their best concert ever