Dumpster Diving (Tips and such)

[notorious bum]

They are always hiring because they get suckers through the door. Oldest scam in the book. How naive do you have to be to think all these shitty fast food and retail chains that have "Now Hiring!" in their windows are actually hiring? lol

[hey]

They are always hiring because they get suckers through the door. Oldest scam in the book. How naive do you have to be to think all these shitty fast food and retail chains that have "Now Hiring!" in their windows are actually hiring? lol

I've gotten this a lot. I go in, and ask if they're hiring. "nope". Meanwhile there's a huge sign saying they are hiring for all shifts on the door.

[AidenCarby]

You don't ask if their hiring, you ask for a job application. It shows you're determined to work and not some timid weenie.

[Ksandra]

Texas, eh? I'll get right on that.

ya friend of mine who works there told me about it. Seriously, it's probably the best fast food place to get a job at. The company is really on the level with their workers. If you stay long enough you can work your way towards being a manager and they make 100k a year.


Only thing is they really demand you to be a good worker. None of this McD's lazy teenager half asleep shit. If you manage to get an interview be as energetic and happy as possible.


For the texas thing I don't think they've started opening their stores yet so they should still be in the mass hiring process. It should last awhile as they will probably keep adding more and more stores there.

[Furionstormrage]

Regarding the "Now Hiring", I work for Autozone corporate, and the stores are required by company policy to display "Now Hiring" signs even if they're not hiring. Don't ask me why, but any store not displaying the sign gets in trouble.

[notorious bum]

You don't ask if their hiring, you ask for a job application. It shows you're determined to work and not some timid weenie.

No, the best way to get hired(before the retail/service industry went to shit a long time ago) is to ask to speak with the manager, see if they're hiring, hand them your resume+the application you filled out on the spot. It's the best way to atleast make an impression, even if your application will most likely be filed under 'Z' with every fucking app they've received in the past 3 months lol

Hell, most places will give you the ol' "we ran outta applications" bit, even if they're supposedly required to give you one by law.

The best advice, realistically, is DON'T apply in-person for any shitty part-time, slave labor job. You will waste tons of gas money or bus money on it, trust me. A white boy with 6yrs in customer service, dressed in his sunday best, handing out resumes in-person, sometimes getting mini pre-interviews and still could not land 1 of those shitty jobs after months of grinding.

You gotta think, even if they ever do get an opening, they will hire within 99% of the time if they have the option, before even looking at those apps.

[miokomioko]

You gotta think, even if they ever do get an opening, they will hire within 99% of the time if they have the option, before even looking at those apps.

Yup. 99% of the time employers will first ask their best employees for recommendations before dipping into applications from randoms that no one can vouch for.

This is the unfortunate truth of the working world... it's who you know, not what you know.

[Roranora]

or your willingness (or lack thereof) to go where the work is..

you people (generalization, yeahyeah) are ridiculous to talk about there not being work. At a minimum, several large industries simply cannot get enough help in certain areas


fucking ridiculous

I know archie is archie and shit, but dude is right on for some things. it really is that simple; will yourself to professional success and grit your teeth in some positions/geographic location/whatever needed/etc for a bit

then you won't even have to think about whether or not McD's or AutoZone's Now Hiring sign is legit



edit: patience is powerful

[Cream Soda]

lol I was under the assumption that a lot of people in a position where they find themselves filling out apps at target, walmart, and McDonalds wouldn't have the resources to move (let's say they live with their parents, or relatives for the time being and would have to move out in order to relocate)

[Roranora]

companies will relocate you, pay you while you get a CDL or whatever is needed.. and then you'll make 80k - 120k working in a less-than-desirable location. if you can't put life together in a hurry like that.. then i dunno, you wouldn't be one of those laid-off high school teachers from North Carolina now working for the energy sector in Williston, ND or something. (don't get me started on the Bakken formation) he sends his family mad cash every week, doesn't see them super often, but at least 1-2 times / month.

I'm not saying make this your life. I'm saying.. will yourself to professional success.

No offense Cream Soda, love you and all BG and everything.. but you are probably not an appropriate audience for this real talk job talk wutev

dumpster diving?

I watched Dive! pretty entertaining 52 min; thanks for the mention uuuuu peeps ~

[notorious bum]

Man, I live that glass is half full mentality, but you gotta look at shit realistically. You don't give people that 'Pursuit of Happiness' speech when looking for jobs that you have a chance in hell in getting(and when you DO get that callback, have fun with working min. wage, PT and a 3 month probationary period where they could just fire your ass anyways).

If you've never been in that position, then chill with the mentoring. The best advice for the struggling unemployed is go back to school, even if you think it's a waste of time. Apply for those grants and scholarships, apply to the shit jobs on your free time if you want, just don't spend all your freetime on it, that shit will only make you depressed. Ebaying shit from thrift stores will probably net you more than a PT job ever will, if you're not bus-bound like I was in that situation.

[Roranora]

If you've never been in that position, then chill with the mentoring.

So I can keep mentoring? W2ing < 10k is ruff; damn sure not anymore. how did I do it? stop letting latitude/longitude bind me. go fucking earn a paycheck. (I do miss my tax rate when the W2 said 8k though ._.)

job searches are not hard. job searches within 8 mile radii are hard

[notorious bum]

All the positive thought in the world won't change facts in the job market buddy. I'm a skinny white boy, but work is something I don't get picky with, I did day labor everyday for a month straight, pretty sure I earned that paycheck. Nobody said job searching was hard. You're kidding yourself if you think anybody without the technical training already can just land a job purely on willpower(truck driving is a bad example btw, not everyone can do that shit, hats-off). You gotta think long-term and realize searching for months to get those scraps isn't worth it.

You can't find a job after months of hitting the pavement? Play your cards at a tech school and return to the search, go back to school long-term, or abandon the fail-wagon and move to another country with whatever savings you have, as my brother has done, successfully, in China.

[hey]

companies will relocate you, pay you while you get a CDL or whatever is needed.. and then you'll make 80k - 120k working in a less-than-desirable location. if you can't put life together in a hurry like that.. then i dunno, you wouldn't be one of those laid-off high school teachers from North Carolina now working for the energy sector in Williston, ND or something. (don't get me started on the Bakken formation) he sends his family mad cash every week, doesn't see them super often, but at least 1-2 times / month.

I'm not saying make this your life. I'm saying.. will yourself to professional success.

If you know where i can find these magical companies that will pay me to relocate, including everything i would need to survive with the current $150 i have to my name, despite only having an HS degree, having never had a job, having fairly significant medical problems (standing through an 8 hour shift would be difficult for me, much more than that would be impossible), then i'm all ears.

[Meresgi]

Sure there are jobs out there, but realistically the market is so saturated with the unemployed that employer's qualifications now are just out of this world. Entry level positions requiring 3+ years experience and a Bachelors in some places that I have looked. Most job openings I see right now are in real estate and cold call sales because it's all commission based. Hopefully once I finish my associates in network engineering I can land something down here around DC/Baltimore in the government sector but who knows honestly what the job market will be in the next 6 months let alone a year, shit is crazy.

Why would you ever want to get perishable/refrigerated items out of a dumpster? Once that shit gets out of the cold zone, bacteria starts to grew fast.

Cold zone being what? As in thawing out or just not in a fridge? Because you don't take meat and shit that has thawed out obviously, but during the winter time that shit stays very cold and you can snag a shit ton. Had it been winter a week ago I would have come home with around 35 pounds of burger/steak/fish, sadly it was too thawed out due to the heat.

[Kalmado]

If you know where i can find these magical companies that will pay me to relocate, including everything i would need to survive with the current $150 i have to my name, despite only having an HS degree, having never had a job, having fairly significant medical problems (standing through an 8 hour shift would be difficult for me, much more than that would be impossible), then i'm all ears.

If your medical problems are that serious, and if you haven't already, you should look into disability and medicaid. I can't say I've heard of any regular joe blue collar retail job that pays for relocation either.

Regarding the "going back to school" bit, I'm really torn on that myself. I chose to get involved in insurance sales as it seemed like the best money I could make for my current situation, but I can't see myself staying in this long term. I have no clue what I'd go to school for though. My mother, which is 56, has been doing massage therapy for the last 8 years, but has rheumatoid arthritis severely and some days has trouble even getting out of bed because of her joints hurting so bad. She is very distraught over her income and can't come up with anything she could do to make a decent living given her condition currently.

[Meresgi]

Regarding the "going back to school" bit, I'm really torn on that myself. I chose to get involved in insurance sales as it seemed like the best money I could make for my current situation, but I can't see myself staying in this long term. I have no clue what I'd go to school for though.

This is the hard part about "going back to school" because you dont know if the shit you are going back for, will even be needed when you get out. Unless you go for something in the medical field you really gotta research your shit and see how saturated the student body is for that degree. I remember when I went to college I looked through a lot of shit and saw that web design/multimedia was going to be this huge market...flash forward to graduation and there are shit loads of fresh graduates with the same degree all looking for jobs...and then the economy implodes on itself. So now i'm back doing a network engineering degree and hoping for the best, if this shit doesn't work then I might just go for nursing or who knows.

With how much college costs nowadays, the whole "just go back to school" is still risky, because you need to pay for that shit when you get out.

[AidenCarby]

Get into trucking, all you do is sit and make bank.

[Kalmado]

My wife just started her new job as a CNA. She's always wanted to be in nursing so this is the first stepping stone. It took her about 2 months for the night class she attended to get the cert. from the school. After passing the state exam for licensing she landed a job within a week for $13.10/hr ($12.60 w/50 cent shift diff.) and 32+ hours a week. Not the greatest, but not terrible either. We live in a lower middle class town overall so living expenses and property doesn't kill us. My mother on the other hand lives in Venice, Fl and unless you want to live in a roach infested apartment, you're paying $500+ for a shoebox apartment.

[Kalmado]

Get into trucking, all you do is sit and make bank.

I'm scurred to drive anything bigger than a F150 lol