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Dread Moores

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424 Applications later...
« on: July 14, 2012, 12:43:07 PM »
And no, that number isn't a joke. While the job isn't what exactly what I'd want, after four months of no income, nearly two years without work, and only 11 interviews out of 424 applications...I'm finally employed again. Part-time, but at least it means I can pay for the bare minimum bills. This is about the greatest birthday present I've had in a decade.
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Re: 424 Applications later...
« Reply #1 on: July 14, 2012, 07:24:29 PM »
The fact that you kept trying and did not give up under extreme circumstances is testament to your character.  There are many other who would have given up long ago.

Congratulations.
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Re: 424 Applications later...
« Reply #2 on: July 15, 2012, 08:38:44 AM »
Wow may things only go upward and onward
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Re: 424 Applications later...
« Reply #3 on: July 15, 2012, 04:50:46 PM »
Congrats Dread!
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Re: 424 Applications later...
« Reply #4 on: July 15, 2012, 05:15:43 PM »
...I had heard, but...  Its so hard to believe the US is being hit so badly.  I almost didn't believe it when I read on Yahoo how people were giving up because of the long job hunt.

In Saskatchewan, Canada, my house is STILL valued at $223,000 - I paid $69,000 in 2001!  The province is becoming the most popular destination for immigrants.
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Re: 424 Applications later...
« Reply #5 on: July 15, 2012, 05:21:19 PM »
Got room for me and my clan up there
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Re: 424 Applications later...
« Reply #6 on: July 15, 2012, 07:08:43 PM »
My great-grandparents left Saskatchewan a hundred years ago to escape the constant threat of frostbite and hypothermia.  Maybe they should have stayed; or at least stopped in North Dakota to get in on the oil boom.  Of course that $223,000 is only $112,000 in real money. :P

Anyway, congrats DM.  I'm working 2 part time jobs while I wait for someone to retire or die in the local community/junior college system.  Its looking like the motto of history instructors is, "Death before retirement!".
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Re: 424 Applications later...
« Reply #7 on: July 15, 2012, 07:19:18 PM »
Congrats on the job DM, I know how it feels to be bored silly without a job not so much fun
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Re: 424 Applications later...
« Reply #8 on: July 16, 2012, 04:32:46 AM »
Quote from: Dread Moores on July 14, 2012, 12:43:07 PM
And no, that number isn't a joke. While the job isn't what exactly what I'd want, after four months of no income, nearly two years without work, and only 11 interviews out of 424 applications...I'm finally employed again. Part-time, but at least it means I can pay for the bare minimum bills. This is about the greatest birthday present I've had in a decade.

Congrats mate

I went through a similar experience about a year ago and patience and perseverence paid off for me too.

Now nearly back on our feet in the real world, so keep up with the p&p and it will pay off ;)

Cheers

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Re: 424 Applications later...
« Reply #9 on: July 16, 2012, 08:15:55 AM »
Wow, the job market is so bad right now. Good stop gap but keep at it DM until u get the career u want. Good luck!
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Re: 424 Applications later...
« Reply #10 on: July 22, 2012, 01:59:08 PM »
Congratulations DM.
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Re: 424 Applications later...
« Reply #11 on: July 23, 2012, 02:10:25 PM »
Congratulations.
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Re: 424 Applications later...
« Reply #12 on: July 24, 2012, 12:45:22 PM »
Jumping Amish barn on a stick. I've been a spoiled white collar worker for a LOOONG time. I didn't even know muscles could hurt in some of these places.
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Re: 424 Applications later...
« Reply #13 on: July 25, 2012, 12:10:57 AM »
...So what are you doing?  Please tell me it isn't FedEx - that job nearly killed me.
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Re: 424 Applications later...
« Reply #14 on: July 25, 2012, 02:58:51 PM »
Overnight stocking in a grocery store. For a rather overweight, 30-something person who spent his life fed on an Amish farmer's diet and in front of a computer, working desk jobs mostly...it's an interesting (and slightly painful) change of pace. But in some ways, it's also rather nice to see direct results of your work, something that most desk jobs never provide. The slow increase in physical fitness probably doesn't hurt either. Or will stop hurting, eventually.
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