Lejuan
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First thing to do is do something pro-active, anything. School, training, work, volunteering.
Holes in your CV are not a good look.
Holes in your CV are not a good look.
Been unemployed for a long time and brooding quietly in my room
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ChunkyZergling
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Lying
Lejuan
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OK...
Mr. Green
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Cv. ?
Mr. Green
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https://jobsearch.about.com/cs/curriculumvitae/f/cvresume.htm
Basically CV is like a resume but more detail. It is suitable for people with more education and long career. A high end position, like a principle or CEO, would want a long resume.
Basically CV is like a resume but more detail. It is suitable for people with more education and long career. A high end position, like a principle or CEO, would want a long resume.
fosing
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No free internet too.
but i'm not suggesting he enlist in the Democratic People's Republic of Korea.
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ChunkyZergling
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DinoDB1975
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If you're going to be a barista to get through temporarily now, might as well be one for Starbucks. unless I heard/ read wrong, their employees get free education through the University of Phoenix (online).
WHAT?
SnakeDoctor
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Couple of suggestions. First, look closely at the people you're spending time with. People tend toward the attitudes and behaviors of those they spend the most time with. If you spend time with bitter people, you'll end up bitter. If you spend time with people whose attitude sucks -- people who let life happen to them rather than the reverse -- your attitude will suck. If you spend time with broke people, unemployed people, unmotivated people, etc. ... same principle. Don't spend time with people who are like you ... spend time with people who are like you want to be.
Second ... you need a plan, both short-term and long-term. Whining about the lack of opportunities does not create opportunity. Movement does. You need a short-term plan to get yourself a job. Literally any job. Doesn't even have to be a good one, it's just temporary. Something that gets you off the couch and into the habit of being productive again. Anything with a schedule and a paycheck will suffice. The pay will suck. The work will suck. But, the idea is to get you moving, and to motivate you to take the next step. So, embrace the suck. Pain is a solid motivator. Set a goal to put in two or three applications a day until you find something.
For the long term, you need a very specific goal, with a very specific set of steps to take. Despite your bitterness, minimum wage jobs are not the only opportunity out there. You just don't know where to look, or what you'd do if 'opportunity' smacked you across the face. Opportunity typically doesn't come knocking on your door looking for you. You have to find it. You have to create it. You have to do the work ... it's not going to just come to you.
Third -- and to that end -- read a lot of nonfiction. Particularly in the areas of personal finance, career, personal responsibility, etc. I'd suggest '48 Days to the Work You Love' and 'No More Mondays', by Dan Miller; 'Quitter' and 'Start' by Jon Acuff; 'The One Thing' by Gary Keller; and 'QBQ: The Question Behind the Question' by John Miller. Maybe 'The Four Hour Work Week', by Tim Ferriss. Also, pretty much anything by Dave Ramsey to get your finances under control. Listen to some podcasts by people who have figured it out. Start flooding your mind with the ideas and habits of people who succeed, and you'll start figuring out how to get there yourself.
These are the kinds of books that will teach you to take control of your own life, and recognize opportunities that are out there.
I don't know what your aptitudes are, so I can't give you a destination ... but, I can tell you from experience that taking decisive action intended to change your circumstances is far more important than what specific action you take. You will make mistakes. You will have false starts, or go the wrong way. All that can be fixed. But, you can't make-up for not moving. It's easier to change the direction of a moving object than to overcome inertia and get a stationary object moving. So, goal number one is overcoming inertia. Get moving. Today.
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Second ... you need a plan, both short-term and long-term. Whining about the lack of opportunities does not create opportunity. Movement does. You need a short-term plan to get yourself a job. Literally any job. Doesn't even have to be a good one, it's just temporary. Something that gets you off the couch and into the habit of being productive again. Anything with a schedule and a paycheck will suffice. The pay will suck. The work will suck. But, the idea is to get you moving, and to motivate you to take the next step. So, embrace the suck. Pain is a solid motivator. Set a goal to put in two or three applications a day until you find something.
For the long term, you need a very specific goal, with a very specific set of steps to take. Despite your bitterness, minimum wage jobs are not the only opportunity out there. You just don't know where to look, or what you'd do if 'opportunity' smacked you across the face. Opportunity typically doesn't come knocking on your door looking for you. You have to find it. You have to create it. You have to do the work ... it's not going to just come to you.
Third -- and to that end -- read a lot of nonfiction. Particularly in the areas of personal finance, career, personal responsibility, etc. I'd suggest '48 Days to the Work You Love' and 'No More Mondays', by Dan Miller; 'Quitter' and 'Start' by Jon Acuff; 'The One Thing' by Gary Keller; and 'QBQ: The Question Behind the Question' by John Miller. Maybe 'The Four Hour Work Week', by Tim Ferriss. Also, pretty much anything by Dave Ramsey to get your finances under control. Listen to some podcasts by people who have figured it out. Start flooding your mind with the ideas and habits of people who succeed, and you'll start figuring out how to get there yourself.
These are the kinds of books that will teach you to take control of your own life, and recognize opportunities that are out there.
I don't know what your aptitudes are, so I can't give you a destination ... but, I can tell you from experience that taking decisive action intended to change your circumstances is far more important than what specific action you take. You will make mistakes. You will have false starts, or go the wrong way. All that can be fixed. But, you can't make-up for not moving. It's easier to change the direction of a moving object than to overcome inertia and get a stationary object moving. So, goal number one is overcoming inertia. Get moving. Today.
SnakeDoc
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DinoDB1975
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https://qz.com/377889/starbucks-ple...as-long-as-they-enroll-in-one-online-program/
Starbucks will reimburse anyone working over 20 hours a week.
ive always wondered, what happens when a person has not worked like for 5 years and then they try to apply for a job after having that hole in their resume.
are they screwed?
DinoDB1975
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You have to be able to explain why you weren't working for an extended period of time.
In June 2014, I was laid off from my employer of 10 years. Totally blindsided. My wife had been out of work for 7-8 years; after our second child was born, we decided to forgo the second income for her to stay at home with the kids. If she had continued working, basically her income would have paid for child care. It made no sense, as she be tired from her job and the money would go to childcare anyways. Anyways, she was worried that the hole in her resume would be a hindrance to her job search, but she was able to find a decent admin position.that helped us through a rough time.
In June 2014, I was laid off from my employer of 10 years. Totally blindsided. My wife had been out of work for 7-8 years; after our second child was born, we decided to forgo the second income for her to stay at home with the kids. If she had continued working, basically her income would have paid for child care. It made no sense, as she be tired from her job and the money would go to childcare anyways. Anyways, she was worried that the hole in her resume would be a hindrance to her job search, but she was able to find a decent admin position.that helped us through a rough time.
ChunkyZergling
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ChunkyZergling
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Ummm. Thank you for caring and taking the time to write all that but, I don't find it helpful.
so they didnt mind the gap? thats kind of my biggest fears and why i kept jobs that were abusing their workers, or stealing paychecks. because that gap worried me
Might be to late, but the best advice for anyone is to do good throughout high school (or community college) and try to get accepted into a top world university. Gotta work hard from a young age for it to pay out in the future. Get a masters or PhD from there and you can write your ticket to a 60k/70k job coming out of school, which will eventually bump to over 100k and hopefully a job with a pension.
This is my plan.
This is my plan.
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