How Long? (1 Viewer)

[rumour]

To anyone who has recently gotten a job:

How long were you job hunting, before you found a job?



I've been trying for about a week now, & still nothing!!

 

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3wks


but thats cos i apply everything

from mcdonalds to coles to woolworths to car washing

 

[rumour]

Okay, so did you take the first job offer you got or did you wait for something better?

 

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i always wanted to work at coles cos its close to me and for the discount card! =D

so yea, as soon as coles rang, i told the rest i've got a job

 

[superbird]

i'd take wateva comes to u first. u gotta start somewhere

 

[Ziff]

Eight inches.

 

[Not-That-Bright]

I walked into an opening resturant, told them i'll work harder than anyone else they could employ.

I quit 3 weeks later.

 

[braindrainedAsh]

Um a week isn't exactly a long time.... give it a bit longer before you get concerned!

 

[hipsta_jess]

I need a job.

 

[rumour]

Um a week isn't exactly a long time.... give it a bit longer before you get concerned!

Okay


I applied at a chicken shop, I don't know why, but they were the only ones to call back & I turned them down. What if I get no more call backs ?

 

[braindrainedAsh]

Jess, if you need a job if you move to Albury, and are willing to work from 11pm-7am on weekends, and can wash dishes and have customer service skills, PM me hehe.

 

[Not-That-Bright]

If you're willing to suck dick for cash and split it with me, pm me.

 

[braindrainedAsh]

rumour, just keep applying! Don't stop applying at places until you get a job, it's that simple!

 

[rumour]

i was applying since before hsc began... about two weeks before... i got a job today

So like a whole month?

 

[iambored]

lol a month is not much rumour, it's christmas so you'll have more of a chance but if you happen to just miss the christmas casual hiring rush you could be waiting 6 months to a year

i know that will make you disheartened and whatever but luckily people on this board talked some sense into me last year. look at my thread http://www.boredofstudies.org/community/showthread.php?t=19056

it doesn't mean you won't get a job before christmas. you should go and apply everywhere. even better apply where they are advertising - you know they need people. the job will come eventually. the more you put in, the more chance you have

 

[rumour]

Well actually it is a week today ,

but I applied everywhere!!

 

[hipsta_jess]

people go months (or even years) unemployed, and you expect to find a job within a week?

 

[Suvat]

Took me 4 months... but then again I only applied 2 places

Last year I extremely desparate for a job and found one wthin a week, but that was through connections... *sigh*

 

[LeftrightOut]

It's worse if the job is advertised at an online job site because people just spam their resumes to all the latest positions.

But using the shotgun approach seems to work for a fair few people, you'll hit something somewhere.

 

[rumour]

Like on the Myer site?


cause I applied for a lot of positions there