Random Fail: First World Problems

[NynJa]

In the 6 months ive been in calgary, ive been unable to find a well paying permanent full time job, and due to that, my moms been linking me to these fucking stupid articles about having to go to school and how to edit my resume and what not and telling me that my sleeping havits of going to bed at 2am and waking up at 10 are "not normal and are completely detrimental to you finding a job", its really fucking annoying. Considering people she works with have told her that my situation isnt uncommon and there people whove moved here and took 2+ yrs to find that "well paying steady job", she just doesnt listen. Last night i got one saying "Pains me to say thus but u r doomed. Wise up please", and my reply may have crossed the line.

"K then im obviously clearly a failure and ill just kill myself, shit...like what do u want me to say to that?"

[Vendog]

Shes right when i was sleeping in and then going to look for a job i never had any results. But when i got out there at 7am i had a interview and a job in a week.

[Sepukku]

Shes right when i was sleeping in and then going to look for a job i never had any results. But when i got out there at 7am i had a interview and a job in a week.

To be fair though, its Nynja. I wouldnt hire him either. hes probably rude as hell in the interviews. But it seriously is how it goes, it took me awhile to get the career train to start to move and build speed out of college, worked a couple different jobs before finally finding an office job with acceptable fresh out of college pay and even this is considered a spring board by a lot of people for even more future success due it to being a volatile high turnover job since home appraisal volume is directly tied to increasing and decreasing mortgage rates.

[Aksannyi]

Job hunts do suck. I'm in college right now so I'm not looking for the job of my lifetime, just something for the next year or two while I finish my degree, so I went through an agency. Not the right route for everyone, but I make plenty, I like my job and coworkers, and they understand that when I graduate, I'm gonna jet.

[NynJa]

But when i got out there at 7am i had a interview and a job in a week.

Is this supposed to imply that most companies now dont do online applications? Or am I completely missing something here with this whole "get out there at 7 am"? Its not like if someone actually called back and scheduled a 7-9 am interview I'd say "shit sorry bro, I'm sleeping then".

so I went through an agency.

I'm applied for a couple agencies, but they just offer up shitty 4 week temp jobs, which is incredibly shitty for the current meh job I have, since I cant really afford to quit them for a 4 week job, then I'm fucked. When the flood hit calgary, I had one call me up offering "we need help with the cleanup in high river (which is about an hour away), you have to drive yourself there, its from 7am to 7pm, and we will pay you 10$/hr (LESS than my current job)".

[Vendog]

No it implies you need to get out there with some facetime to show them you have the drive to get what you want.

[Rooney]

Is this supposed to imply that most companies now dont do online applications?

Most companies do of course. But it's also a great way to make sure you get lost in the mass amounts of online applications companies get. Unless you are fantastic at guessing the keywords your application needs to have, you're much better off skipping the online application and the HR department (if applicable) and talking to the head of the department you want to work in. Face time and personal contact are very important for a quick job search.

Also going to echo Vendog's statement about time of day. Most managers I know associate later interviews/phone calls with the lazy people in the company. The people that constantly walk in right before they need to be there, take extra long breaks, and generally work slowly. That's not an absolute of course, but don't disadvantage yourself if you don't need to.

[Guitarman]

On the flipside of that, I know at my job we're so fed up with walk ins that there are times the people doing the hiring will flat out toss an app if the people walked in and asked to talk to them. When there's 300+ people for a position, it gets really fucking old quick for random jackoff #231 to interrupt your day. So it's a "damned if you do, damned if you don't" type of situation. You just have to hope you do the right thing at the right time.

[Vendog]

So your saying the people that do the hiring at your company are a bunch of douche bags......gotcha.

[Zeb]

So your saying the people that do the hiring at your company are a bunch of douche bags......gotcha.

Find me a company where the people in Human Resources aren't douchebags.

[Anoat]

Offered my "services" to a lady at the bar, no strings attached. Got denied. WHY GOD WHYYYYYYY

I reserve the right to edit this tomorrow when I am sober.

[NynJa]

So your saying the people that do the hiring at your company are a bunch of douche bags......gotcha.

Or theyre with the times and do online apps...

Hell, even when i had the temp job, lookin for a permanent position i was told to go check online and make reference that ive already worked there as a temp.

[Myrrh_Quetz]

GOD FUCKING DAMN IT. Why didn't people warn me that a tattoo would feel like third degree fucking sun burn while it heals. I just want to scratch the shit out of my arm. AHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH.

[Kerberoz]

Oh, just wait until the scabs start flaking off. Worst temptation ever. My first one has a few raised spots in the outline where I couldn't resist picking, damnit.

[BaneTheBrawler]

speaking of awful sunburn: when i was a kid i had myself convinced i would tan eventually and stop getting sunburned, so i would subject myself to sunlight. i wore sunscreen and shirts, but still always got burned (just not as bad as it would have been). When I was like 6 or 7 my family went to Wisconsin Dells (huge collection of water parks and river attractions, with a sprinkling of carnival parks) and I had a blast in the Wave Pool. The big huge one that simulates ocean waves. As I climbed out, my back hurt. Look around, there's a huge ass bubble of skin under my T-shirt, easily the size of a baseball. Turns out soaking wet white T-shirts don't block the sun as well as you might think. after carefully peeling my shirt off, we went home. the bubble popped on the way home, but with some care it healed nicely. A few years later, I was hanging out with my niece and nephew and their friends, and we decided to go swimming in one of the friends' pool. No sunscreen available. I figured what the hell, I'll just wear my shirt. Again it failed me. I got burned over pretty much my entire body, but my back was the worst. The first day it was just sore. The second day it started to peel aggressively, and itched like crazy. The third day the peeling turned to flaking and the itching turned to constant ungodly pain. That state lasted for three more days. After that I concluded I was never going to tan and never do any prolonged outdoor activity without ample sunscreen.

tl;dr: i don't tan, i crisp

[Xantavia]

Oh, just wait until the scabs start flaking off. Worst temptation ever. My first one has a few raised spots in the outline where I couldn't resist picking, damnit.

I've found at that point to pat it down with water works for a little bit. Don't scratch, just kind of pat it down and let it air dry. Relieves some of the itch.

[Brill Weave]

I remember on my honey moon in Punta Cana I kept telling my wife my back was burnt. Whole time she says it was a little red but nothing to worry about and stop complaining. Next day we're having a chicken fight with my buddy and his wife and I feel my entire right shoulder blade tear. A six inch page of skin ripped off. It was awful. That was the second day of our trip. The rest of the time it felt like the skin on my back was too small to cover it. It sucked ass. I've always burned easily but that was just crazy.

[Niiro]

White people problems.

[Mojo]

Once it starts to peel, cover your entire burn in duck tape to pull the remaining dead skin off.

Also, don't actually do this.

[Melena]

At least out here in the bay area unless it's some mom and pop shop it seems they don't even take paper applications/resumes. It's all straight up online. Hell my wife's current job with Hendrick Motorgroup was found via craigslist.