19, never had a job?

[lePobz]

I'm 22 and i've only had one previous job to the current one. I'm like you Feath - I don't go out and look for work, I wait for it to come to me.

I guess when I need a full-time job (career style) i'll have to go out on the hunt for it, but that's not till I finish uni (2 weeks away at least :|)

 

[jimbo118]

21 and haven't got a job. I hate the process of looking for a job. If someone comes up to me and says "Want a job?" I'll say yes. But I hate ringing up people and asking for a job.

It doesn't mean I'm lazy.

good luck getting a job then, do you expect people to just give you a job?

edith i see your other post, why did tesco not hire you?

 

[Chris D]

I'm 22 and i've only had one previous job to the current one. I'm like you Feath - I don't go out and look for work, I wait for it to come to me.

I guess when I need a full-time job (career style) i'll have to go out on the hunt for it, but that's not till I finish uni (2 weeks away at least :|)

Yeah, I've settled down now. I always knew what I wanted to do and that was to get into the IT industry. Now I'm doing that in a first level technical support role where I occasionally provide second level support for new people in the company and good promotion prospects.

Also you have lots of fun. Normally along the lines of me saying "Right, can you start tapping F8 please?" with the customer responding "What, one key after the other?" :flame:

 

[marksmanHL2 :)]

I had an interview with Tesco once, but didn't get the job.

Once someone says that they don't think you're good enough to stack shelves, you kinda give up trying.

Heh, well maybe there was some looser that applied that they thought they could pay less or something.


I wouldnt worry about not getting a job at a supermarket, people apply there all the time. Some people have to miss out.

 

[Asknoone]

I've been working since I was 13

 

[jimbo118]

I've been working since I was 13

thats coz ur a rentboy :naughty:

 

[Feath]

good luck getting a job then, do you expect people to just give you a job?

edith i see your other post, why did tesco not hire you?

What I mean is that the process for looking for a job is something I hate. I have nothing against working. I obviously don't expect people to offer me a job.I don't like people who say "You haven't got a job? You're so lazy." It's not that I'm lazy, it's that I hate looking.

I don't know why Tesco didn't hire me. I've got arms. I'm sure that would've made me perfect for the job.

 

[Feath]

Heh, well maybe there was some looser that applied that they thought they could pay less or something.


I wouldnt worry about not getting a job at a supermarket, people apply there all the time. Some people have to miss out.

I blame anti-English bias.

 

[jimbo118]

What I mean is that the process for looking for a job is something I hate. I have nothing against working. I obviously don't expect people to offer me a job.I don't like people who say "You haven't got a job? You're so lazy." It's not that I'm lazy, it's that I hate looking.

I don't know why Tesco didn't hire me. I've got arms. I'm sure that would've made me perfect for the job.

yeah but everyone hates looking for a job, its a real self confidence killer, 'selling' yourself etc sucks particurly when you only want a part time job for the summer etc yet you get the usual 'what can you give to the business' blabla, even if its only hmv or sumit. they think your applying for the greatest job ever invented, you just have to swallow your pride n stuff.

i just give in cvs and wait n see if they call.

 

[marksmanHL2 :)]

I blame anti-English bias.

Anti-English bias?



Dunno what you mean? lol.

 

[Chris D]

I think I know what you mean Feath.

 

[marksmanHL2 :)]

I think I know what you mean Feath.

Care to share

 

[Dekstar]

I've had one job, but I don't like to talk about it...

Uuuhm, I would, however, like a job in It, or somewhere like where ComradeBadger is working. That sounds like utter fun, and I know a fair bit about computers

 

[Feath]

I think I know what you mean Feath.

I wasn't being totally serious.

 

[Chris D]

I wasn't being totally serious.

I think you're right to a certain extent though in an entirely non-prejudiced sort of way. Anyway, we won't get into it here otherwise we'd turn it into a politics thread

 

[Anticitizen]

I'm 20, and I got my first job late last year. Data-entry. Anyone else done that? It's mind-numbingly repetitive, but the pay-rate compensates (20 Australian dollars an hour, pre-tax). I quit a few months ago. Couldn't reconcile the shift-timings with other priorities.

A guy once mentioned to me, concerning that kind of work: "It has an effect on how you perceive things to be funny". And it did. Two weeks in, I was laughing at people who'd written the number 9 with it's head to the right side, or the number 8 as two disjoint circles stacked on top of each other.

I'd encourage people to get jobs as early as possible. Not just for cash, but for the experience (the nature of which can vary, depending on various factors). I became particularly well-acquainted with the mindsets of Human Resource consultants/managers... that's a big plus, if you're going to have to deal with these creatures later on.

A poison-zombie has nothing on an HR Consultant. Just read Dilbert.

 

[jimbo118]

i dont think its laziness for people at 19 etc not having jobs either, i have mates who are more active than me and dont have jobs, they do the odd bit in their local sports club bar but nothing else, some of them have well off parents but others dont and just dont have the need for money. they dont drink or smoke and get by on what they have. i dont really need the money, its nice to have n' all as i can buy stuff but it wouldnt be a major biggie if i didnt have it to get things, its mostly just so i wont get bored over summer sitting about.

 

[lePobz]

The problem with not having a job from like 17 onwards (if you're not in education) is that it's the first question the interviewees will ask you when you try and get your foot on the career ladder when you're finally needing a job (at 22 or whatever age)... if you don't have a good reason, they'll think you're lazy or not motivated enough to do anything ...
To employers, education means nothing these days - Experience means everything.

 

[StardogChampion]

That's the thing, I'm doing a 2 year course on illustration and design. It takes from 9am to 4.15pm each day. That's almost as long as a full time job, yet people expect you to do that + have a proper paid job. Also, most of the work on my course has to be done at home which leaves even less time, and when you're doing illustration it can take 3 hours + to finish a final piece.

 

[ACLeroK212]

Man, I thought I considered myself to be a lazy person, yet I've had a job since one month after I turned 14 and have had 4 steady jobs in the last 8 years since.
Worked in a grocery store --> mowed lawns for an air force base --> university audio tech crew --> currently a CAD technician.

heh, the air force one was interesting. It was a summer job while I was in high school. My boss told me to go mow a patch of grass next to the F-16 hanger, which had a thick red line painted around the perimeter that you weren't supposed to cross if you didn't have clearance. He was just like, "Yeah, don't worry about that. The MPs usually don't pay attention. They only saw me once. Althought the next thing I knew I was surrounded by 4 MPs with guns drawn. But you should be fine, so have at er." Needless to say I was freakin flying on that mower.

 

[jimbo118]

That's the thing, I'm doing a 2 year course on illustration and design. It takes from 9am to 4.15pm each day. That's almost as long as a full time job, yet people expect you to do that + have a proper paid job. Also, most of the work on my course has to be done at home which leaves even less time, and when you're doing illustration it can take 3 hours + to finish a final piece.

you shouldnt work with that amount of work unless you absolutely have to, for the cash n stuff, do you plan on working for the summer though?