Venting job hunting???????

[Vesiira]

having to "hunt" for a job is terrifying. i've had jobs before, but never for a long amount of time. i don't even know where to start anymore. i have been unemployed since the beginning of 2022. i helped my parents for a while at their office until they retired, but since then my health (mentally and physically) got worse. everything just kept getting shittier. half the time i laid in bed wondering if i would ever get better. i still don't feel like i have. there's always been this ticking clock on my back that i have been chasing after. i feel like i should be further than i am. people think i make excuses at times, when they aren't excuses at all. some people don't understanding how paralyzing depression and anxiety can be. i am so scared of even trying to find a job, because i feel like i am not good at anything anymore. i'm tired of trying to act like i have a future, when i was always sure i wouldn't have one. i really don't want to have one.

 

[Kit1]

Do you mind if I ask you which country you live in?

 

[TheSpookyNameGuy]

So much rigmaroll just to get a body and say "do this shit, ill pay you"

All this shit like asking for hobbies and why you want to work here and what do you think of x and y, bitch fuck off.

I want money, HELLO MOTHERFUCKER.

This is why i work seasonal lower paying jobs, i walk up put my name ect, bank details on the paper to be paid and just work.

 

[BlockHammer]

Your situation is kindda similar as me, eventough my depression get worse after getting rejected or ignore again and again when applying for jobs. Im graduate at the end of 2022, i've actively searching for an engineer job(cause im a engineer graduate) but probably cause of lack of connection from the inside company and also my mid GPA. They still ignored me until now

Currently i take some language courses to spend my time in a productive way and also learn to used this engineer software, but it wouldn't be enough if im still stuck with my parents

 

[Vesiira]

So much rigmaroll just to get a body and say "do this shit, ill pay you"

All this shit like asking for hobbies and why you want to work here and what do you think of x and y, bitch fuck off.

I want money, HELLO MOTHERFUCKER.

This is why i work seasonal lower paying jobs, i walk up put my name ect, bank details on the paper to be paid and just work.

No honestly all I want is money, why do they need to know more? It's so tiring and ridiculous. That makes complete sense, maybe I should start with that. We shall see!

Your situation is kindda similar as me, eventough my depression get worse after getting rejected or ignore again and again when applying for jobs. Im graduate at the end of 2022, i've actively searching for an engineer job(cause im a engineer graduate) but probably cause of lack of connection from the inside company and also my mid GPA. They still ignored me until now

Currently i take some language courses to spend my time in a productive way and also learn to used this engineer software, but it wouldn't be enough if im still stuck with my parents

I'm sorry you're going through something like this too. It's so hard to find a decent job because they want years of experience. Why do you think I'm getting a job? To get more experience. It makes no sense! That's good that you're occupying yourself and being productive. I try and do the same, but it does still suck having to live with parents. Hopefully someday we get out of it!

Do you mind if I ask you which country you live in?

The US! It sounds ridiculous that I say this since there are lots of jobs here. Unfortunately, not much in my town that I qualify for.

 

[dragonofenvy]

Oof, yeah I feel you. 2 Years ago I had to get help from a social worker because I had fuck all on my resume and the dozens of places I applied to wouldn't respond. By help, I mean they contacted some factory and I got put in there and was told by them that this was the job I was going to work and that I was going to like it. I'm sure the factory got a tax break from it or something since it was a social worker from the government who got me that job.

I quit a month ago, and have been dealing with all the job-hunting bullshit. I'd get emails asking to schedule an interview and would reply within 15 minutes to 3 hours, and would often get ghosted. A couple of places phone interviewed me and I did one in-person interview, and man that was fucking dumb. It was a food manufacturing plant, and I have experience in food service and manufacturing so you'd think I'd be great right? They asked me shit like "where do you see yourself in 5 years?" and about my hobbies and things and barely touched on my experience. I can maybe see why the first question is somewhat relevant (it's a factory job, what exactly do you want me to say? that I'm gonna be running the factory?) but I really don't see how asking what my hobbies are or why I want this factory job is relevant. But sure, I'll give you the bullshit answer you want. I think I got screwed out of that one because I went to school for computer science but my education never ended up working out to get those kinds of jobs, so they thought "wow this guy is overqualified and fucked up his major, what a slob! Guess we'll pass."

I did get lucky recently and got a job where the manager just said "okay yeah you're hired this is an entry-level position I'm not gonna bother with the interview because they're bullshit, what hours can you work?" Man if only more places could be like that instead of making people waste 3 fucking hours on an interview, a tour, and tons of paperwork only to not offer the job. I doubt my new job's gonna be any good though but at least it's something different from being in a hot ass factory every day.

Most places are "urgently hiring" but then cherry-pick people if they aren't exactly perfect or can't be perfectly controlled. Man, imagine not being an ideal candidate because you want something more for yourself and aren't willing to give total obedience. I swear you're nothing more than a tool that they're shopping for instead of a human. They have to find the best quality tool for the lowest price, and then they will break that tool, discard it, and buy another one without a second thought. Sometimes I wonder if it's actually better to just give up on it if this is how we get treated.

 

[Praestat_Mori]

Most places are "urgently hiring" but then cherry-pick people if they aren't exactly perfect or can't be perfectly controlled. Man, imagine not being an ideal candidate because you want something more for yourself and aren't willing to give total obedience. I swear you're nothing more than a tool that they're shopping for instead of a human. They have to find the best quality tool for the lowest price, and then they will break that tool, discard it, and buy another one without a second thought. Sometimes I wonder if it's actually better to just give up on it if this is how we get treated.

That's why I'm not applying for jobs at all aside from the fact that rejections would be depressing for me and that is sth I do not want to deal with anymore. It's useless and I'm not the one they can cheat and abuse to become richer while there's no real advantage for me.

 

[grungy自殺]

It's been hard for me to get a job. And for the longest while, i've been crippled with low self esteem that prevents me from attempting to figure out how interviews work, being employed and asking for the right answers, understanding the job application with applying with a resume, chances to get employed by someone, having a understanding of were to apply, and how to get job as a whole. And i only sadly know all this the hard way.
It doesn't help the fact that, when i finally left high school at 19 it's been incredibly difficult on how to get a job and where to seek one since i wasn't in the know where to do it as no one in school really help me get a head start and it took over a whole year and a half to finally be able to secure one. At first i thought that it wouldn't be possible for a person like me to be put into the system as i don't think i have the essential skills to perform it. but oddly enough i was immedately taken to a orientation instead of an interview and at first it didn't seem like i felt deserved to have it but i was rather lucky since there wasn't a huge amount of screening applicants with the job that i applied to. It was fine that i had a job, but the fact that i didn't earn enough money to help with my needs,waking up too early as 3 am and subsequent resignation was very displeasing to me.

 

[The Schizoid]

In your situation the only reality is starting from the bottom doing admin assistant or even dishwashing or shelf stocking until you work your way up.

 

[Slow_Farewell]

Can relate.
It's come to the point of google and yahoo sending me an email saying that they are going to deactivate my mail box because of no activity(the ones I use for job hunting).
Even my accounts for job hunting sites have started sending "we miss you" emails due to not having logged in them for a long time.
It is.. scary? and the funny thing is I haven't really experienced being this apprehensive before.
Last time i did an interview was last year (Jan) and I know I can handle myself in an interview. But now? I dont understand i'm like this, to be honest, and as much as I would like to blame society/my upbringing/my previous job/etc, it all comes down to being unemployed just feels better because there's a sense of freedom attached to it. False freedom, sure, because someone else is paying the bills, but false none the less.