Getting a Job

Professor Snugglesworth

Quite self explanatory. I've been unemployed for nearly a year, I'm attending some University classes now, and with the economy reducing my chances to get so much as a job at Starbucks or Best Buy, I need some advice on what's the surest way to get a job right now to pay the bills.

In case you haven't heard, I work with approximately six websites covering game reviews and news. Ironically, none of them pay (a couple sites are "planning to" though). Point being, I'm wondering if working on the internet is the best way to make money right now. I've seen plenty of "work from home" ads but also know that 99% of them are bogus. And yet, I was hoping if anyone knew about reputable online places that are legit.

Anyway, I could use all the advice you can give me, but what I'm looking for most of all are the names of companies, agencies, or places that could help me get work.

And before you mention Work Study, I'm already scheduled to meet someone in my campus tomorrow to see if they can find something for me. But I still want advice to fall back on in case they don't have anything available.

MoSiAc

There is always work to be done in manual labor. Even with a bad economy someone could use help building something, tearing something down, clearing their yard. When times are tough for me I have never had trouble finding a job working my ass off for a little cash. It might not be fancy or fit well on a resume, but sometimes you need money.

The internet as a money maker is always an iffy situation.

anoffday

Sorry. I'm a jobless, poor college student too so I can't help much. But out of curiosity, what sites do you write for?

Auntie Shibby

I was jobless for 6 months this past year. A family friend said I should apply at a company that trims trees near the power lines for that areas power company. Since I've been there, there have been 6 new people added to the the yard I work out of.

What I get out of that is that they're always hiring. They're also always taking on more work orders, so there is never a shortage of work.

The company I work for in the North San Diego County area is called Davey Tree. There is another company called Asphudal(wrong spelling for sure. I've only see their trucks a couple times), and they do the same work in South San Diego County.

Maybe you should look into something like that.

Professor Snugglesworth

I really don't want to resort to physically exhausting labor, since I feel I ran that course when I worked five years in a grocery store. If it was truly a last resort, I'd do it, but at the very least I deserve to work in an indoor environment with air conditioning.

anoffday wrote: »

Sorry. I'm a jobless, poor college student too so I can't help much. But out of curiosity, what sites do you write for?

Just some independent gaming websites. You can see the links for those sites and everything I've written for them on my blog.

Penguin_Otaku

Grocery store is now considered manual labor? Good God.

Professor Snugglesworth

It's probably fine if you're a cashier, but a bag boy (especially a 6'4 bag boy like me)? Get ready to step out that hot/raining parking lot and bringing in a huge row of wobbly carts past some oncoming traffic.

Tomanta

Call centers aren't a bad option. The work can often suck (especially if it is telemarketing or collections), but there is high turnover, so you can usually get hired, and the pay isn't bad. They may or may not be willing to work around a school schedule, though.

Penguin_Otaku

Prof S: Ya, I did the bagboy thing. I stocked as well. Hardly what I'd call manual labor.

MoSiAc

You're a student, what about campus jobs? Some of them are pretty laid back. Like secretary to the football coach. I worked IT and fixed their computers, I am almost positive they would break the computers when the coach asked them to work, those peeps did nothin, and made the same as me.

If your college hires ticket writers for parking zones, thats a great way to make enemies but the pay is somewhat higher with what you have to put up with.

Stale

Society always needs dudes to wear t-shirts and carry heavy things. This is a truth. This will always be a truth. Guess what.... those dudes earn a hell of a lot more then you think, and are generally a better quality of people to work with. They won't step on your neck to succeed.

You need money? Swallow your pride and get a shitty job. You are not entitled to jack.

Invisible

Try posting your resume on websites like Careerbuilder and Monster, making sure you update it every month. You probably won't find many leads from their listings, but there are some companies out there that are hiring and will contact you.

You will have to wade through some shit from pyramid schemes, but there are several nice jobs available.


Beyond that, if you live in a major city and they're not facing a hiring freeze, they usually have several part time job openings for things like library assistant and other entry level jobs. You'll have heavy competition for them though and if you don't know someone on the inside your chances significantly decrease (hell, I knew several people, was overqualified for the position and personally met with the head of HR and I've been on a waitlist for nearly six months while waiting for them to end the freeze on the position, fortunately I'm currently employed).

Death of Rats

Pizza Delivery Driver.

Seriously, if you have a car look into it. I'm making mad bank right now, and pizza places are always looking for drivers with clean records. It's not that hard (especially if you have a GPS device), and depending on where you live you can completely live off of your tips.

mooshoepork

Penguin_Otaku wrote: »

Prof S: Ya, I did the bagboy thing. I stocked as well. Hardly what I'd call manual labor.

Obviously you didn't work in the fresh produce department.

We move about 6 ton of fruit a day. Sometimes double that.

MoSiAc

Spend a summer building a maxium security wing to a federal prison, and then we can talk about manual labor.

mooshoepork

Spend a summer building a ladder to the moon, and then we can talk about manual labor.


...Are you serious? I wasn't even talking to you. I wasn't trying to whip out my e-manliness-dick or anything...just saying some work in supermarkets can be manual labour. Especially in terms of deliveries and storage.