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#1 Golevka
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I am. And I know that jobs are hard to come by (At least here in the Tampa/St. Pete area) but I feel so useless. Anybody else having trouble securing a job?

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#2 Pirate700
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Sadly yes. Still.

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#3 Witchsight
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Actually i am posting from work. Are you not amazed?
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#4 FragStains
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Nope. I've been employed continuously since August of 2000 with a short hiatus for 4 months in 2007.
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#5 Pirate700
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Actually i am posting from work. Are you not amazed?Witchsight
Amazed, no. Envious, yes.

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#6 UbiquitousAeon
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Yeah and I don't care at the moment, I'm not going to look for a job till next year.

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#7 Aquat1cF1sh
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I'm working part time. Fun stuff.
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#8 Witchsight
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[QUOTE="Witchsight"]Actually i am posting from work. Are you not amazed?Pirate700

Amazed, no. Envious, yes.

Its the type of position i would quit if it were 5 years earlier... But the idea of job hunting now is daunting enough to keep me around :o
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#9 Golevka
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[QUOTE="Witchsight"]Actually i am posting from work. Are you not amazed?

Do you happen to have any income from this job that you do not want?
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#10 rawsavon
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No. I have been employed for the last 13 years.
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#11 Darthmatt
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No, I am currently over employed.

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#12 Witchsight
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[QUOTE="Witchsight"]Actually i am posting from work. Are you not amazed?Golevka
Do you happen to have any income from this job that you do not want?

Negative, but i have lots that i do not use :P
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#13 JayneDee
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Posting from work...
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#14 Big_Bad_Sad
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I am part time employed. Looking for full time work.
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#15 Mochyc
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I'm still a student, so yes.
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#16 Golevka
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Even bottom end service jobs like Mc Donalds and Publix are hard to come by here. I may have to move back to Dallas soon to live with the Mom :/ (who I just left not to long ago) What really upsets me though is not none place Ive applied to has called me back. I've checked and double checked with many employers about my application but everyone says they are reviewing all applications and then I never hear back from them
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#17 psychobrew
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I was unemployed for 15 months. Finally found a job in January.
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#18 Golevka
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[QUOTE="Golevka"][QUOTE="Witchsight"]Actually i am posting from work. Are you not amazed?Witchsight
Do you happen to have any income from this job that you do not want?

Negative, but i have lots that i do not use :P

Okay just PM me and we can discuss how much you want to give me. Thanks so much :)
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#19 weezyfb
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no got one recently
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#20 comp_atkins
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nope. working full time
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#21 rawsavon
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Posting from work...JayneDee
Same here...paid to post FTW
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#22 Jing16
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Ugh dont remind me...one reason why Im considering the Army.
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#23 Quaker-w00ts
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i am unemployed but i have an interview at the wawa up my street :)

i had one at target yesterday, but when i got there, there was a line of 5 people and one guy said he has been waiting for 2 hours

so i was there for a good 2 mins and i got up and left :lol:

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#24 deactivated-6016f2513d412
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Yeah, I don't have a job at the moment. I really ought to start looking.
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#25 psychobrew
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[QUOTE="t3hrubikscube"]Yeah, I don't have a job at the moment. I really ought to start looking.

Wait until the Flyers win the Stanley Cup. You don't want a job interfering with your ability to watch the series, do you?
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#26 tocklestein2005
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No, thankfully I have been employed since 1998.

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#27 FragStains
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i am unemployed but i have an interview at the wawa up my street :)

i had one at target yesterday, but when i got there, there was a line of 5 people and one guy said he has been waiting for 2 hours

so i was there for a good 2 mins and i got up and left :lol:

Quaker-w00ts
You'll definitely get a job with that kind of perseverance.
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#28 Ontain
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been working at my current position for 5 years. will be looking to jump soon though.
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#29 Ontain
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[QUOTE="JayneDee"]Posting from work...rawsavon
Same here...paid to post FTW

High Five!
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#30 GazaAli
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I have never had a job before. Im 22 and my parents still give me money. Its quiet embarrassing, but jobs are so rare around here that nobody gives a job to a student. I so want to get a job and be independent, I applied to this cool internship, which is actually my first time being a professional environment. Im so excited.
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#31 Ontain
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I have never had a job before. Im 22 and my parents still give me money. Its quiet embarrassing, but jobs are so rare around here that nobody gives a job to a student. I so want to get a job and be independent, I applied to this cool internship, which is actually my first time being a professional environment. Im so excited.GazaAli
22 and still getting money? I know ppl that stayed at the parents house while they paid of college debts or between jobs but yeah you need to get a job. the job market is getting better again. heck just get anything while you look. I hope you at least help out cleaning and other stuff around the house.
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#32 carlandcarl
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yeah I am but I will be getting a job for the summer at the moment with my studies I have no time for a part time job

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#33 Golevka
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[QUOTE="GazaAli"]I have never had a job before. Im 22 and my parents still give me money. Its quiet embarrassing, but jobs are so rare around here that nobody gives a job to a student. I so want to get a job and be independent, I applied to this cool internship, which is actually my first time being a professional environment. Im so excited.Ontain
22 and still getting money? I know ppl that stayed at the parents house while they paid of college debts or between jobs but yeah you need to get a job. the job market is getting better again. heck just get anything while you look. I hope you at least help out cleaning and other stuff around the house.

That's what I've been doing as "payment" to live with my Aunt while I job hunt. But when I do get a job I will still help out on top of payment. Common courtesy :)
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#34 Quaker-w00ts
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[QUOTE="Quaker-w00ts"]

i am unemployed but i have an interview at the wawa up my street :)

i had one at target yesterday, but when i got there, there was a line of 5 people and one guy said he has been waiting for 2 hours

so i was there for a good 2 mins and i got up and left :lol:

FragStains

You'll definitely get a job with that kind of perseverance.

o im so bad that i didnt want to wait 4 hours to get a job at a Target.. that i mite not actually get because there was 4 more people in front of that guy.

im not wasting my whole day sitting somewhere when i can be looking for a job somewhere else....

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#35 one_plum
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Can't find one; that's why I'm wasting my days on OT.

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#36 DMAngara90
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Currently unemployed. Looking for a part-time job.
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#37 FragStains
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[QUOTE="FragStains"][QUOTE="Quaker-w00ts"]

i am unemployed but i have an interview at the wawa up my street :)

i had one at target yesterday, but when i got there, there was a line of 5 people and one guy said he has been waiting for 2 hours

so i was there for a good 2 mins and i got up and left :lol:

Quaker-w00ts

You'll definitely get a job with that kind of perseverance.

o im so bad that i didnt want to wait 4 hours to get a job at a Target.. that i mite not actually get because there was 4 more people in front of that guy.

im not wasting my whole day sitting somewhere when i can be looking for a job somewhere else....

Well, did you go look for other jobs?
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#38 jubino
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I've been unemployed for two years. I've only had a few interviews in the last year, and the last one I went to was a group interview. There were 13 people, but only one open position. Quite lame. It seems like with any decent jobs, even low level ones, they all want experience. How does that work? If no one hired anyone without experience, then eventually you're not going to have any "qualified" candidates left for the position. We all have to start somewhere :P

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#39 psychobrew
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[QUOTE="GazaAli"]I have never had a job before. Im 22 and my parents still give me money. Its quiet embarrassing, but jobs are so rare around here that nobody gives a job to a student. I so want to get a job and be independent, I applied to this cool internship, which is actually my first time being a professional environment. Im so excited.Ontain
22 and still getting money? I know ppl that stayed at the parents house while they paid of college debts or between jobs but yeah you need to get a job. the job market is getting better again. heck just get anything while you look. I hope you at least help out cleaning and other stuff around the house.

Where he lives, the best of times are much, much worse than the worst of times in the west. How do you find a job with a 50% unemployment rate? Even the worst jobs would be impossible to land.
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#40 Golevka
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I've been unemployed for two years. I've only had a few interviews in the last year, and the last one I went to was a group interview. There were 13 people, but only one open position. Quite lame. It seems like with any decent jobs, even low level ones, they all want experience. How does that work? If no one hired anyone without experience, then eventually you're not going to have any "qualified" candidates left for the position. We all have to start somewhere :P

jubino
Never made sense to me either. A lot of low end jobs you either have to experience or have "hook-ups"/inside sources.
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#41 DMAngara90
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[QUOTE="jubino"]

I've been unemployed for two years. I've only had a few interviews in the last year, and the last one I went to was a group interview. There were 13 people, but only one open position. Quite lame. It seems like with any decent jobs, even low level ones, they all want experience. How does that work? If no one hired anyone without experience, then eventually you're not going to have any "qualified" candidates left for the position. We all have to start somewhere :P

Golevka
Never made sense to me either. A lot of low end jobs you either have to experience or have "hook-ups"/inside sources.

BestBuy is the worst about that, at least in my area.
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#42 clayron
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Yep. I am as useless as one can get. But, hopefully something will turn up in the next few weeks. I hate sitting at home doing nothing but looking for employment.
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#43 psychobrew
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I've been unemployed for two years. I've only had a few interviews in the last year, and the last one I went to was a group interview. There were 13 people, but only one open position. Quite lame. It seems like with any decent jobs, even low level ones, they all want experience. How does that work? If no one hired anyone without experience, then eventually you're not going to have any "qualified" candidates left for the position. We all have to start somewhere :P

jubino
My boss received over 150 resumes for the job I landed in January. When former senior VPs are applying for entry level positions, you know times are tough. I had to go down a number of pay scales (was looking for a senior position too), but I'm happy with what I got.
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#44 rawsavon
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Yep. I am as useless as one can get. But, hopefully something will turn up in the next few weeks. I hate sitting at home doing nothing but looking for employment.clayron

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#45 Golevka
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[QUOTE="Golevka"][QUOTE="jubino"]

I've been unemployed for two years. I've only had a few interviews in the last year, and the last one I went to was a group interview. There were 13 people, but only one open position. Quite lame. It seems like with any decent jobs, even low level ones, they all want experience. How does that work? If no one hired anyone without experience, then eventually you're not going to have any "qualified" candidates left for the position. We all have to start somewhere :P

DMAngara90
Never made sense to me either. A lot of low end jobs you either have to experience or have "hook-ups"/inside sources.

BestBuy is the worst about that, at least in my area.

Yup. I have a friend who is an assistant manager of a Best Buy in the northwest Dallas area and he basically told me that's the only way to get a job there. Too bad he isn't national staffing manager otherwise I'd have a job right now :)
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#46 jubino
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[QUOTE="Golevka"][QUOTE="jubino"]

I've been unemployed for two years. I've only had a few interviews in the last year, and the last one I went to was a group interview. There were 13 people, but only one open position. Quite lame. It seems like with any decent jobs, even low level ones, they all want experience. How does that work? If no one hired anyone without experience, then eventually you're not going to have any "qualified" candidates left for the position. We all have to start somewhere :P

DMAngara90
Never made sense to me either. A lot of low end jobs you either have to experience or have "hook-ups"/inside sources.

BestBuy is the worst about that, at least in my area.

Don't even get me started about Best Buy. I applied there several times without so much as a phone call back from them, so one day I cornered someone in the store to see if I had even passed the evaluation portion. After a few moments they returned and said I had passed, but they were putting my application aside because I did not have "full availability". My schedule only permitted me from working 9-1 MWF. Mind you, this was for a part time cashier position.
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#47 tofu-lion91
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Nope I'm currently employed. I don't really like the people there and I spend most of my day being pretty miserable but I get paid well so I don't mind
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#48 MissLibrarian
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Nope, in fact I got my temporary contract made permanent yesterday :D Yay! Full-time permanent Children's librarian.

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#49 Karl319
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Yup, unemployed, and with unemployment here in my part of the land being as high as it is, it's not too easy to get something when there are hundreds of more qualified people struggling for even low paying jobs.
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#50 one_plum
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Yep. I am as useless as one can get. But, hopefully something will turn up in the next few weeks. I hate sitting at home doing nothing but looking for employment.clayron

I feel your pain.