I can't get a job.

[ScottyB]

I have two B.A. degrees (English and Telecommunications) with a 3.43 GPA, and I cannot find work anywhere. I have been applying for work all summer; the only thing I found was 20 hours/week at the cafe in a Sam's Club. I just don't know what to do.

My lease is about to expire and I will be forced to move back with my parents to a villiage with 500 citizens (where the biggest city nearby has just over 2,000 people). I certainly won't find work there.

My only option is to move to a larger city, but I have no savings to move. So if I do get a job, I can't get an apartment. Also, I plan on applying to grad school for the Fall '07' school year; so if I do move, I need to move soon.

What is one to do in my situation?

 

[miri]

I have a BA as well, currently waiting tables but im moving to California next month

 

[jlbenedict]

Go dumpster diving and find lost bonds.. I've heard rumors the payout is about $100

 

[maximus maximus]

Have you tried looking in sites like dice.com or monster.com?

 

[jinduy]

you might have to start looking outside of michigan.

 

[ScottyB]

Originally posted by: maximus maximus
Have you tried looking in sites like dice.com or monster.com?

Yes.

 

[krunchykrome]

Stay with friends in another state and live there+work until you have some savings to move out.

 

[ruffilb]

Originally posted by: jinduy
you might have to start looking outside of michigan.

 

[Gravity]

I heard that the MI economy was robust, what gives?

 

[Modular]

What jobs are you looking for? I'm just glad I live near Chicago.

 

[woowoo]

Lower your expectations.

 

[maximus maximus]

Is there anyone is ATOT who works in similar fields who can help out ScottyB?

Since AT is such a diverse community, I am sure someone can help you with something. Unfortunately, I do not have any contacts in telecommunication industry, otherwise I would have asked for your resume.

Good luck.

 

[miri]

Originally posted by: woowoo
Lower your expectations.

hes working at a cafe, I think he already has

 

[iamme]

i hear ya

 

[ScottyB]

Originally posted by: woowoo
Lower your expectations.

Lower them? I have applied to 20 - 30 just-over-minimum-wage jobs this summer, plus many good ones. They are as low as they get. There is just no work.

 

[miri]

Originally posted by: ScottyB

Originally posted by: woowoo
Lower your expectations.

Lower them? I have applied to 20 - 30 just-over-minimum-wage jobs this summer, plus many good ones. They are as low as they get. There is just no work.

have you tried craigslist? its updated often with positional needs

 

[Fingolfin269]

You may not want to hear it but it looks like you may need to move somewhere else.

 

[JS80]

Originally posted by: ScottyB
I have two B.A. degrees (English and Telecommunications) with a 3.43 GPA, and I cannot find work anywhere. I have been applying for work all summer; the only thing I found was 20 hours/week at the cafe in a Sam's Club. I just don't know what to do.

My lease is about to expire and I will be forced to move back with my parents to a villiage with 500 citizens (where the biggest city nearby has just over 2,000 people). I certainly won't find work there.

My only option is to move to a larger city, but I have no savings to move. So if I do get a job, I can't get an apartment. Also, I plan on applying to grad school for the Fall '07' school year; so if I do move, I need to move soon.

What is one to do in my situation?

There's your problem.

Go to law school.

 

[maximus maximus]

Originally posted by: ScottyB

Originally posted by: woowoo
Lower your expectations.

Lower them? I have applied to 20 - 30 just-over-minimum-wage jobs this summer, plus many good ones. They are as low as they get. There is just no work.

I think it is fair to say that he has lowered his expectations. I do not expect him to lower it anymore.

 

[JS80]

you can get a major in telecommunications?

 

[sonoma1993]

Originally posted by: ScottyB
I have two B.A. degrees (English and Telecommunications) with a 3.43 GPA, and I cannot find work anywhere. I have been applying for work all summer; the only thing I found was 20 hours/week at the cafe in a Sam's Club. I just don't know what to do.

My lease is about to expire and I will be forced to move back with my parents to a villiage with 500 citizens (where the biggest city nearby has just over 2,000 people). I certainly won't find work there.

My only option is to move to a larger city, but I have no savings to move. So if I do get a job, I can't get an apartment. Also, I plan on applying to grad school for the Fall '07' school year; so if I do move, I need to move soon.

What is one to do in my situation?

What part of michigan do you live at?

I'm up in the port huron area.

 

[DougK62]

Well what do you want to do? What did you do while getting your degrees to help you out once you graduated?

I find that most people in your situation just didn't plan well for the "real world". It doesn't help that you have two degrees that give people the yawns.

 

[PingSpike]

Open a penis pill spam and google click fraud business. It seems profitable. Everyone wants penis pills...and...click fraud?

 

[fitzov]

apprenticeship

 

[TraumaRN]

Originally posted by: ScottyB

Originally posted by: woowoo
Lower your expectations.

Lower them? I have applied to 20 - 30 just-over-minimum-wage jobs this summer, plus many good ones. They are as low as they get. There is just no work.

Where are you at in MI? If and/when you can afford it come to SE thehospitals around here are hiring like mad for every position under the sun. Especially Telecom/IT I work for the Detroit Medical Center and we're in the middle of transitioning to fully digital and electronic patient medical records which requires much IT/telecom work. It's worth looking into in other parts of the state as well.