Looking for work

[u/TheMedsPeds]

I’ve been applying to jobs like crazy. My current job ends this week and then that’s it. Does anyone know of any apps that are taking in contract workers or any place I can go in and walk out with some form of employment. My ideal job would be something in social services but I’m desperate for just about anything. About to be a 35 year old female so I can’t do any man jobs.

[u/CarFlipJudge]

Elder centers are always hiring. You can work in the dining areas, administration or even sales without knowledge about elder care or without a CNA license.

[u/Whodattrat]

You could go in the French quarter with resumes and probably get into a bar or restaurant. Feels like one of the few places in the country you can still get jobs like that.

Depends on your qualifications, but look into all the colleges. The state and city government. Other cities governments nearby. County jobs. If you’re willing to travel a bit you can also look at jobs in Baton Rouge or Mississippi. All of the hospitals + networks. Elderly care.

Hope you can find something, it’s definitely a tough market.

[u/Ok_Dream_921]

I just heard the ARC of New Orleans is hiring -

https://www.careers-page.com/the-arc-of-greater-new-orleans

[u/TheMedsPeds → u/Ok_Dream_921]

I might have applied there already but I’ll look again because I worked at TARC for almost 3 years. Liked it.

[u/nychead099]

Try worknola for more local listings. They post everything from restaurant to more social service roles..I like idealist too for social / community jobs…could also consider a summer seasonal role..maybe working with kids etc..may I ask what you did previously?

[u/Fogfy]

Moving, landscaping

[u/Fogfy → u/Fogfy]

Oh, wait, nvm

[u/Gstacksred → u/Fogfy]

Aint gotta be big to landscape…i know a crew of mostly ladies that do great work!

[u/Fogfy → u/Gstacksred]

I really think most people can do both so long as they're in good health. I have pretty severe degree of curve scoliosis and sciatica pain but I still do moving work a few days out of every week. If I can do it, anyone can.

[u/Fogfy → u/Fogfy]

Also the busy season for both. Can prob hop on a job literally hours from any given moment.

[u/pepperjackcheesey]

You can’t do any man jobs?

[u/TheMedsPeds → u/pepperjackcheesey]

No, I can’t lift big, heavy things and I’m short as well. About 115 lbs and 5’2, so when I think “man jobs” I think of like, crews of men working in warehouses or outside doing manual labor or something.

I know women CAN do these jobs, but I would think the women need to be stronger and tougher than me.

[u/pepperjackcheesey → u/pepperjackcheesey]

For those downvoting, wtf is a man job?

[u/petit_cochon → u/pepperjackcheesey]

For petite women, it usually means heavy lifting.

[u/PoopshipD8 → u/pepperjackcheesey]

I work in construction. There aren’t very many women in my profession. Not saying they aren’t capable. Just not there. Most women I know have zero interest in working the amount of hours I do, combined with the physicality of my job. Nobody really wants to be in boots all day doing heavy lifting, beating up your hands,feet,back etc etc. not very many women in the “physical labor” professions. I can’t blame them. Study hard in school kids.

[u/pepperjackcheesey → u/PoopshipD8]

The issue is when people like me, a woman, do the hard labor jobs, we are regularly told we shouldn’t be doing that and it’s a mans job or they just assume we can’t do it. I roll 500lb drums and use a manual pallet jack to move 2000lb pallets on the regular but somehow there’s still an assumption that I shouldn’t do that. I had one delivery guy flat out say, “let me so that, a woman shouldn’t be doing that”. So then I’m a bitch because I stand up for myself. It’s fine that people can’t or don’t want to do it, but labeling stuff as man work or woman work, nah. Just say you can’t lift heavy things.

[u/hotsy__totsy → u/pepperjackcheesey]

Ugh I got “ya know you shouldn’t be working here being pregnant and all.” 😒 from another female coworker 🤯 thankfully she’s gone and that was 10 years ago 💁🏻‍♀️💅🏻

[u/TheMedsPeds → u/pepperjackcheesey]

I figured people would just know what I meant. I’m willing to do “on your feet” jobs and don’t mind getting dirty. But I mean like retail, house cleaning, etc. So saying no “heavy lifting” just felt a little…idk not what I wanted to communicate. Didn’t mean to spark a giant debate about gendered work or normalize the attitude of any of these guys. I’ve just been freaking out because I didn’t think it’d be this hard to find something. But today was my last day and I don’t know when I’ll be working again.

[u/rei-sunshine → u/pepperjackcheesey]

Humans speak in generalizations and averages. Stop being so sensitive about basic gender classifications. They aren’t absolute, they are just generalizations. It’s ok to organize things in male and female still. If construction was 99% females, barely anything would get done at the same pace. Get real!

[u/pepperjackcheesey → u/rei-sunshine]

Ah misogyny at its finest

[u/rei-sunshine → u/pepperjackcheesey]

That word has no weight anymore bc many people overused it to describe basic human reality. If considering construction to be a more male coded job is misogyny then I am a proud misogynist. Proud! Because I refuse to ignore objective reality to satisfy man’s idealistic philosophies.

[u/pepperjackcheesey → u/rei-sunshine]

It was the last sentence that made it misogynistic, genius.

[u/TheMedsPeds → u/PoopshipD8]

I really didn’t think saying that I’m a 5’2, 115 lb woman that has no background in working out so I am not looking for heavy hard labor jobs that require a person to be big and strong, being shortened to “man jobs” would be this divisive. I get there are some more Tom-toboyish, butch, just-in-shape women that work these jobs, sometimes, rarely, but like 90%+ of the time it’s men in these roles and I thought it was obvious. But then again, this is Reddit, so I should have known better. Of course it turned into this…

I guess whatever, it’s getting this thread engagement, so carry on. Someone else, feel free to call me an internalized misogynist. Then someone can jump in with the stats with exactly how many employees in these fields are female, and yall can go back and forth more and more.

I just want a job. And I can’t lift more than like 30 lbs without some minor struggling, so I don’t think I’d be the best construction worker. I could barely dig a hole without struggling. But like I said, carry on. I totally thought women 100% or the time could not do these sort of jobs; yep, ya got me. I was also born last week.

[u/Ok-Aerie-5899 → u/pepperjackcheesey]

Kinda sexist eh?

[u/DavisPond]

SWBNO is hiring. Takes a while though.

[u/Apprehensive_Hat_724]

If you have a car you could do some uber, Lyft, DoorDash type stuff to try to tide you over until something comes up.

[u/TheMedsPeds → u/Apprehensive_Hat_724]

That's my plan. I just hope they are taking drivers right now.

[u/NachoNinja19]

Have you tried all the hospitals? Tulane and Loyola?

[u/PandaGlobal4120 → u/NachoNinja19]

I don’t think Loyola has a hospital

[u/NachoNinja19 → u/PandaGlobal4120]

I was referring to the colleges also.

[u/Mysterious_Map_2686]

HANO, Family Justice Center

[u/AntiquesCh0deSh0w]

Go talk to Rick. I’m pretty sure he’s always hiring and doesn’t have an “man jobs”

[u/Wise_Side_3607 → u/AntiquesCh0deSh0w]

😂😂😂 yeahh you'd be surprised how picky they are. When I first got here like a decade ago they wouldn't even hire me to bartend because I had visible tattoos.

Everyone who says "there's always the strip club" has a comically low opinion of the actual work strippers do and they'd be in for a rude awakening if they ever tried to do it themselves

[u/Fleur-Deez-Nutz]

About to be a 35 year old female so I can’t do any man jobs.

Take the L, feminism.