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"hang in there, you'll find a job"....

This has single most handedly become the most insincere sentence in my life. It's the epiphany of perfunctory conversation, which (probably unintentionally) avoids helping me find a job when I talk to someone about it. It goes like this:

"What do you do for work?"
Me: "Oh I'm unemployed, still looking"
"What do you want to do?"
Me: "video production, music editing, or neuroscience, or other research or related fields"
"Hang in there you'll find something"

How is "hang in there you'll find something," helping me find a job? No shit if I hang in there I'll find something. That's like saying, "hang in there you'll get hungry." No wait, it's more like running from store to store during a rain shower and every employee says to me, "hang in there you'll find an umbrella," and no one has an umbrella. This sentence makes no attempt to actually resolve the situation, but it's a thoughtless way to ameliorate my stress over looking for a job. What most people don't realize is that since nearly everyone else says this it has no effect. Similarly the sentence, "hi how are you," doesn't mean, "Hello, I want to know how you are doing." It's just a polite way to say, "I vaguely acknowledge your existence. Now reply back to me right now with, 'fine thanks,' or else I'll think you're strange for deviating from this propriety."

Sorry just had to vent. I know I'll get flamed for this, but at least it'll put me in a better mood

hang in there dude

NOOOOOOOO I stopped hanging. Now what do I do? And why are you in North Carolina?

Because I like the scenery and retarded hicks.

It's probably better than Los Angeles that's for damn troof.

Hang yourself, you'll never find a job.

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Originally posted by Meat187 Hang yourself, you'll never find a job.

+10

That's exactly what people SHOULD be saying instead! I love you for keeping it real.

I'm in the same boat. My only advice is to keep doing stuff. I'm not going to be someone who has nothing to show for my time off apart from the dime-store psychology tips and lethargy induced weight gain obtained from the brutal constancy of mediocre daytime television.

I got a job for ya. *points at crotch*

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Originally posted by jennypie I got a job for ya. *points at crotch*

*faints*

I hate that shit...mindless talk.
STFU and look the other away if you aint got something constructive/ entertaining to say to me

/postal rage

When it rains...it pours.

Haha.

have you thought about the gov't ? i don't mean the military per-say; but ...

http://www.usajobs.opm.gov/

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Originally posted by tubularbills have you thought about the gov't ? i don't mean the military per-say; but ... http://www.usajobs.opm.gov/

Jake is not black

quote:

Originally posted by leph555 Jake is not black

well....actually...

Have you tried hand jobs? Seriously, sux being out of work.

Re: "hang in there, you'll find a job"....

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Originally posted by Jake Benson "What do you want to do?" Me: "video production, music editing, or neuroscience, or other research or related fields" "Hang in there you'll find something"

How about, just get off your fat arse and do something.

You don't walk into any industry unless you've got some kind of massive skill set and verified references and then get plonked into the position you want. Start at the bottom in a relevant field, network, make friends, get promoted and at some point, probably when you're completely flogged to death and disillusioned you might end up where you originally thought you wanted to be.

I too have been out of work for quite some time. 8 months.
I guess when people say "hang in there" they are assuming that you apply for jobs on a daily basis like me and they are optimistic that one of those jobs will call you back.

you're a jerk

repost.

Re: Re: "hang in there, you'll find a job"....

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Originally posted by Lilith How about, just get off your fat arse and do something.

I am and have done exactly what you said. I'm aiming for the bottom entry-level position at any production group or research lab. My responses are, "oh you don't know anyone in the industry. You have a lot of credentials, but yeah we're looking for someone whose already friends with us." I try to make friends and I get, "oh hang in there you'll find something."

get an minimum wage job to support yourself while you're hanging in there.

edit: why can't bas get you a job at Fox?

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Originally posted by igottaknow edit: why can't bas get you a job at Fox?

My roommate actually works for Fox animation. I took a tour and met all the producers. Emailed 5 of them. All said, "sorry nothing available now" and my roommate was like, "they just hired a bunch of people because they're friends of the producers."

Here's what you do:

Find out where the hiring manager, for the place you're applying, lives. If they have a dog, abduct it while it's out in the back yard. Hold onto it for about a week. Then refuse to accept the reward money when you return the 'lost' dog but give them a sob story about how you've been looking for work but no one will hire you.

Say, "I'm already in enough trouble not being able to find a job. I don't think I could look an interviewer in the face having accepted reward money from nice people like yourself." Then they'll ask what kind of work you're looking for and when you tell them, they'll think God let Mr. Pup'n'Stuffs out of the back-yard to go and find them the perfect employee.

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Originally posted by EddieZilker Here's what you do: Find out where the hiring manager, for the place you're applying, lives. If they have a dog, abduct it while it's out in the back yard. Hold onto it for about a week. Then refuse to accept the reward money when you return the 'lost' dog but give them a sob story about how you've been looking for work but no one will hire you. Say, "I'm already in enough trouble not being able to find a job. I don't think I could look an interviewer in the face having accepted reward money from nice people like yourself." Then they'll ask what kind of work you're looking for and when you tell them, they'll think God let Mr. Pup'n'Stuffs out of the back-yard to go and find them the perfect employee.

listen to this man, he helped me with all my job troubles

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