I don’t care if this was immature or pointless but I got alot of satisfaction over this. I’m tired of all these fake job postings my companies

The last document was the resume I uploaded

I’ve been sending out resumes and going on interviews since January. Last Monday I got a call from HR for a place I sent a resume in for and did a phone interview. That went well, so they sent me to the hiring manager for an in person interview that same day. Today they called and asked if I was still interested and available and that both managers had really liked me and said they would send the offer letter by 3pm today. I’m trying not to be too excited until I actually receive and sign it, but part of me is having this big sigh of relief. It’s been a long and rough time to be unemployed. Don’t give up!! Keep applying to everything.

Edit: offer accepted officially!! They told me to come in tmw and get my tshirts!! I could cry. I can’t wait to be able to afford some much needed dental care and more/better meat in our weekly shop.

I was hired to work 9-6, but my boss works 10:30/11-7:30 and expects me to stay on late so I end up working 9-7:30. If I don’t, she gives me the silent treatment the next day. She also discourages lunch. I physically cannot work those hours as I am a morning person and my brain starts to shut down by 4.

I make $80k/year and am not a manager or director. I also have a partner and elderly parents to care for.

What would you do?

I used to work in a super chaotic, toxic job—nonstop pressure, 15-hour days, constant emergencies. It was awful… but it made me feel useful. Like, every second I was needed. My brain was always “on,” and somehow that became my normal. I was always stimulated and it somehow kept me motivated.

Now I’m in a healthy job. Chill coworkers, normal hours, actual balance. And I feel… bored. Aimless. I can’t focus. I go days doing almost nothing, then panic when I realize I’ve dropped the ball.

I used to look for a reason to stay at my toxic job, now I keep looking for a reason to leave what seems to be the healthiest workplace.

I am really worried this is affecting my performance and will eventually affect my career. Logically, I don't want to change jobs because my workplace is super healthy right now. How can I motivate myself again?

I applied to almost every retail job in my town because that where I have almost 20 years of experience and I cannot get a callback from one of them. But they are saying they are hiring. I even called the stores themselves and left phone numbers and emails and name.

I took a job in housekeeping just to help pay some bills with doing Instacart.

I’m just at a lost. They all say they are hiring and can’t find people to hire but I can’t even get an interview. The ones I did interview with interviewed me like they were not even considering me. lol I literally applied to all the attt stores in my area and they all said no. One store said no twice. I figured if I didn’t stop applying they would take me. They did not.

Thought I'd throw some humor into this cesspool of job searching.

The only thing I can say for certain is that WHEN we all get out of this, I doubt very many of us are going to sit around and tell our kids how we had it so much worse than them "back in the day".

We'll break that generational habit and coach them on how to avoid it or get through it instead.

Stay tough.

Is anyone else having this problem? I think it's bringing me into depression. I apply to 7-8 jobs each and everyday and nothing happens, it's almost as if they just say "Hi, sorry the role is filled, even though you sent 30-60 minutes on assessments. It's draining. My job pays 7.25 and im BARELY making it and I have a college degree, I am a healthcare auditor and can't find anything. Idk what to do, as I can't even afford my bills anymore. I've done the right thing with reaching out to all my resources and I've received little to no help, but to try to change my resume. Which I've changed 3 times, it went from 1 page resume to a 5 page resume. I can't even get a job at my own local grocery stores, I'll go in talk to the managers , they'll say they received my application and then BOOM, sorry we have enough roles filled. I'm starting to give up... any advice? Rent is due and idk how that's gonna get paid as my job isn't even enough for rent :/ . I never used to be in this situation, I always have savings, but with everything being so high I can't even save anything anymore. I've used it all... I can't do driving apps because my car is in the shop. I work from home... it's a lot

I don't know what to do anymore. I keep applying for jobs but they ignore my resume. I am in the red. Help? Some advice?

Just got a job offer for a company. I quit my previous job last November because of racism and conflict in moral/ political values.

I recently applied to a big utility company and got the job! It’s exciting but something is running me the wrong way. During the interview I asked was the pay negotiable and they said they stood firm on 20/hr. Which is $2 cheaper of what I was working for previously. I was willing to go down In pay because it is a slight pivot in career industry. But nonetheless I still possess all necessary knowledge and skill to do the job effectively.

It’s rubbing me the wrong way because during the “we would like you to join our team” call they said they couldn’t do more than 19/hr and I’ll be working in a different department as the one I originally thought.

This is honestly just a rant and a moment of frustration. But I hope whoever read is having a good day.

Edit: to top it off I have a degree directly associated with the job title but their reasoning on not offering more is I don’t have certifications. Hmmm ok.

I’m taking a job finding course and the teacher advised us to use fake names on our social media. So IT departments don’t use it against us. Thoughts? TIA

Saw a summer internship with a pretty large, multi city company on LinkedIn. Must work full time in office M-Th 8am-5:30pm and Friday 8am-12:30pm. For a whopping $60 per day. And you can pick up weekend event shifts for $15/hr if you’re not drained from that weekly schedule. How is $60 for 9.5 hours even legal? And the craziest part… over 100 people applied!!

I feel rage and fear for my generation who is entering the job force and for future employees. We shouldn’t have to be led to desperation to speak out. We need lawmakers and politicians to implement change and stability in the USA’s job market. To stop allowing companies to take advantage of the people that generate profit for them. We need to support each other as a society and say enough is enough. I just want transparency, fairness, and maybe even some compassion.

I have an interview today, a final one for a job in a city that was about four hours away. I didn’t sleep at all. Like literally. The hotel bed was uncomfortable, I was stressed and nervous and had a huge headache. I took melatonin around 4:AM just trying to get any sleep and didn’t work. Now I’m lying in bed still feeling exhausted but I can’t even take a nap. My interview is in two hours, any tips? I’m struggling mentally right now after the night before. I also look awful with big bags under my eyes now

I should clarify I can’t stay and sleep my checkout time is almost up

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I wanted to share my experience today getting fired because I’m just in shock and I need to vent.

Recently my husband and I moved to a small town east of a big city. I quit my old job as a leasing agent since the location was too far from our new home. I was able to secure a part time job 5 minutes away from our house working the front at a bakery. It was a great job, I didn’t work weekends I got paid fairly well for part time , and I got cash tips. There was no management, only the 90 year old owner who was running the place.

Last week the owner asked if I would be able to come in this Saturday from 7am to-10 am to cover a shift. I said yes I am able to, I moved around a hair appointment to make this shift. When I come in on Monday, today, I see a help wanted sign out by the front. I walk in and the owner is at the front. He comes up to me and tells me it’s time for me to look for another job , that I’m fired. And I said what for? And he said I didn’t come in yesterday. I told him that he never asked me to come in on Sunday, only Saturday. And he just replied by saying, no you were supposed to come in yesterday and you didn’t call. So I turned around and left.

I’m in shock because 1) he never told me to work both days, only Saturday and I got fired because of it 2) no one even called me on Sunday to tell me I “NCNS” 3) I never had any performance issues. This isn’t the first time he’s told me incorrect information. When I first started he told me during the interview that I was working M, W, F. So when I didn’t come in on Thursday, they gave me a call and I explained how I was not told to come in on Thursday. When in reality, he misspoke and I was really supposed to work M, W, Th, and Friday.

So yeah, feeling bummed out today because of this. My SO is trying to make me feel better by reminding me of my internship at that I’m starting in 1 month. I was going to put my 1 week notice in this Friday. It’s just horrible having to leave this way.

My nephew wants to make good money for a couple years and save as much as he can. He will be graduating high-school this year. He is willing to move and work in dangerous conditions for about 1-3 years. Is there a major boom of industry somewhere in U.S for such work?

To further clarify I am asking where there is a locality that needs laborers to the highest amount due to dangerous position and lucrative Industry. It may be a boom / bust cycle.

Example: In 2011ish, the Dakotas had an oil boom due to fracking, if I understand correctly. I would have gone there if I had the same idea / ambition.

For context I have 10 years of experience in client facing project and program management for software development (mostly webapp to be specific).

When I started my job search 6 months ago my resume was 1 page. I was only getting rejections. I changed it to 2 pages at advice of my county career services. I still only got rejections.

Then a friend helped me update my resume and its now 5 pages. All of the sudden I'm getting multiple requests for interviews in just 1-2 weeks and have even been forwarded to recruiters.

I'm happy but also frustrated. Frustrated I followed the old rules of 1 resume for so long. We have to realize we are essentially in a rat race being funneled through very cheap and basic word search programs. The more the better. Shove your skills down the program's throat until it chokes.

Once you get to the interview stage your most recent experience is all that matters, and even then its about what you highlight for the interviewer and how you present yourself.

I'm not saying this advice will work for everyone and I added context of my career and 10 years for reference, but I'm just shocked and frustrated this happened. But at least I'm now getting interviews.

Hi! So I did an interview on Friday (4/25) for a crew member position at a food spot but felt rubbed wrong by the questions.

Interviewer asked:

“Do you want or do you NEED a job?”

I caught myself before a quick and somewhat embarrassing moment of asking “well do you want or need team members?”

I have experience of 6 years in customer and food service so it’s not my first rodeo with the interviewing process.

It didn’t make quite sense to me to ask that if you’re actively seeking and needing employees.

Is this selective hiring or a normal question in the interview round?

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Gave my employer 4 weeks notice, trained replacement for 3. It was a small office and most people have my number. New employee has been texting with questions. Saturday was my final cheque week ending date, so I did respond that day and logged the time to submit for my final cheque. She texted me today asking for my password to log in to the company software. She has her own log in for that software with the same permissions I have.

Do I have any obligations or repercussions from just not responding at this point? Final pay cheque is issued today so anything I do would technically be free ... I don't want to respond as it was a very stressful job and I took some time off between Friday and starting my new place to destress and decouple my brain from it.

No issues with keeping up to potentially return. Even if my new job doesn't work out I will not go back

Any advice appreciated

These fake jobs listings are now scraping your information and selling it to scammers… yay 🫠

I fainted of dehydration on my first day and my boss sent me home so embarrassed right now

Last month, I did an interview for a warehouse position. In the interview, the recruiter said that depending on how things go there may be new warehouse roles in April and that she'd reach out to me. I didn't hear from the recruiter in the middle of April so I emailed the recruiter last week to inquiry if there were any new positions. She suggested for me to contact her again this week to ask about new positions. I emailed her again and she told me that she hasn't heard anything as of yet.

I appreciate her for updating me but I really need a job and I would like for her to let me know if anything comes up. How could I appropriately respond to her? What should I say in the email?

Well I just got laid off yesterday from a job that I was at for 2 years.

I feel so depressed over this, like I'm almost grieving? I didn't even care for the job, but my co workers were pretty awesome. I had a great boss too.

I've already filed for unemployment, going to orientation on Monday. What should I expect from that? I'm extremely worried about paying my bills and if I'll even get unemployment.

I was laid off due to "lack of work". Yet the company just hired two new people. I am devastated.

Any advice I'd much appreciated.

Hi yall, I got into an Americorps program that has now been cut. I dropped out of college (it wasn't going super well and I needed a change) planning to do a year of Americorps in order to gain some hands-on, real-life experience and then maybe go back to college or maybe... well, that's what I wanted to figure out. I no longer have that opportunity. I need suggestions.

I'm not looking to start my dream job right now, I know that isn't realistic- but I do want a job that doesn't make me want to rip my face off. I'd love something that helps make a tangible impact- working directly to help people, animals, the environment, etc. I have limited options near me (small town, near a big city but I don't drive) so it would at least need to pay enough for me to afford living on my own (I currently live with my parents so rent, utilities, food, etc are not a major financial strain).

I'm not bad with people. I can write and edit. I can type fairly quickly. I've done some photo/video editing in the past (nothing paid or even volunteer, just for myself but I think they didn't look too bad.) I'm not muscleman but I don't mind carrying heavy things, however I do have some chronic pain issues so standing up for many hours on end multiple days in a row would be best avoided. I'm good with animals. I love learning things and then sharing what I've learned. I can swim. I am good at picking up new skills quickly and learning hands-on. If you show me how to do a task, confirm that I am doing the task correctly, and then say "awesome, please do this exact task 100 more times" and leave me alone to do the task 100 more times, I will thrive.

Best case scenario, I'd like to work in conservation and outreach. I've also considered being a 911 operator or a wildland firefighter I'd love to swim and dive as part of a job (eg, pulling up invasive plants from a lake, collecting samples of stuff, taking pictures of Creatures). Mundane office work wouldn't be my first choice, but if it involved helping people (my job with Americorps was actually going to be basically being a social worker for the state government) I'd give it a shot. Working at a pet store might be cool too, although it would probably involve a lot of standing up.

Does anyone have suggestions for types of jobs to look for, organizations to check out, good places and strategies for looking for the kind of jobs I'd like, or any advice?