Unemployable with No Job Prospects :(

Nick9075

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I feel unemployable after almost exactly TWO YEARS of searching for a full time job with nothing. Only scattered temp work during this period which didn't end well.

I have a BA in Accounting, MS in Finance and progressing toward CPA and feel totally unemployable.

Meanwhile, severe and massive depression & anxiety has taken over my life. I have no motivation to do anything and I always feel pissed off, agitated and angry. I try to act happy & smile at an interview but just told they went with someone stronger
 

MikeyC

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Getting a job is hard. Too hard. I know a few people who are unemployed and they're struggling. One of my friends only got a job as a pizza delivery driver because I know the manager of the store and I got them together.

I'm the same, mate. I have a job but I'm getting increasingly tired of it...but I have no other options. So it's basically stick with this or have no job.

It's a frightening prospect and future generations will struggle even more than we are right now.

I will say that you should keep at it, Nick, but job-hunting destroys your self-esteem (I know), and each rejection is another punch to the throat. If you have family or friends that can hook you up, definitely ask them, as knowing people is just as important as having the right qualifications.
 

Deus_Ex_Lemur

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I know I'm in the same boat, graduated last spring... living at home, unemployed and no school has made my anxieties/depression/avoidance issues skyrocket. And I know anything in my "field" is broad - and inconsistent - I really don't want to work at some side job like a retail store or something but may have to for a while. Which I suppose better than wasting away again in what is totally not Margaritaville. :)

So hang in there...
 

JamesSmith

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People in your situation are having to drop down to the lower wage jobs if you can't get work on the higher wage jobs. It's very, very tough right now to even find work in this ridiculous economy.

You're lucky you have a degree. I have a high school diploma, that's it. I'm basically stuck with low wage jobs. I guess I'm okay with that because I'm not planning on having a family.
 
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I feel unemployable after almost exactly TWO YEARS of searching for a full time job with nothing. Only scattered temp work during this period which didn't end well.

I have a BA in Accounting, MS in Finance and progressing toward CPA and feel totally unemployable.

Meanwhile, severe and massive depression & anxiety has taken over my life. I have no motivation to do anything and I always feel pissed off, agitated and angry. I try to act happy & smile at an interview but just told they went with someone stronger

Wait they told you that they went for someone stronger?
 

Necrucifer

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I been in the same boat I had my first job at age 18 at walmart for 3 monthes...work harassment so I left due to management not doing anything...2nd job was last year was 22 worked at krogers for 3 monthes, work harassment...

I did what one manager told me to that was over the rest and also wasnt noticed of not having to speak to any of them until union was there which I worked when they werent...it sucks honestly...I work my hardest and get screwed over and I have a G.E.D..didnt finish high school for specific reasons nothing to do with my SA.

I feel unemployable to so you're not alone and with the went for someone stronger...yea I know how that feels I had this woman at a factory say she did not think I was serious...really? I went in all acting happy telling her I would be able to work anytime needed or giving...I rarely call in let alone slack...I just think she wanted someone more qualified...
 

razzle dazzle rose

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I know I'm in the same boat, graduated last spring... living at home, unemployed and no school has made my anxieties/depression/avoidance issues skyrocket. And I know anything in my "field" is broad - and inconsistent - I really don't want to work at some side job like a retail store or something but may have to for a while. Which I suppose better than wasting away again in what is totally not Margaritaville. :)

So hang in there...

I am in the same boat. I have been unemployed for over a year, and prior to that I was working a meaningless retail job. I graduated from college five years ago, and all this is so upsetting. To say the truth though, I haven't really been trying to get a job. The whole interview/rejection process takes so much from me, and there doesn't seem to be anything available other than fast food and retail jobs. I don't look down on such jobs; but the pay is crummy and the customers treat you like ****. Makes my anxiety skyrocket. Your BA in accounting and MS in finance seem more marketable than my liberal arts degree for sure. Keep trying!

A lot of people have been telling me to volunteer and that is what I am going to do. I have too many blank spaces in my resume and I need references as well. I also need a paycheck...but hopefully, soon, I will be able to get that too. Maybe you could volunteer as well. It does seem like a good way to occupy our time meaningfully. And you know, a lot of people do find jobs this way, so there is always that.
 
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coyote

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the only thing that remains constant in life is change

do what you need to do in order to make a living

it doesn't have to be permanent

in 5 years, when a better opportunity comes along - will you be more employable if you spent those five years doing nothing?
 

Nick9075

Member
Wait they told you that they went for someone stronger?

Several interviews I thought went well but I was not selected. Only feedback I got from the recruiter was they selected someone stronger for the role.

Meanwhile the Wall Street journal has an article about how many employers cannot find qualified workers and how many jobs are left unfilled.


I have some money in investments so I can survive for the next 3 years but essentially I feel unemployable.
 

MikeyC

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Meanwhile the Wall Street journal has an article about how many employers cannot find qualified workers and how many jobs are left unfilled.
To fill those jobs, people need qualifications. To get qualified, people need money. To get money, people need jobs.

See the problem here?
 
To fill those jobs, people need qualifications. To get qualified, people need money. To get money, people need jobs.

See the problem here?

Exactly :s
Also, many of the job advertisements say they only want people with "experience". They miss out on hiring many potentially great workers because of this imo.
 

MikeyC

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Exactly :s
Also, many of the job advertisements say they only want people with "experience". They miss out on hiring many potentially great workers because of this imo.
I absolutely agree, and that is one reason why finding work is so difficult for an average person. I hate it. The system is going to fail soon enough....
 

fitftw

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I haven't had a job in 2.5 years. I barely scrape by. Why people still have kids I have NO idea. We're screwed, the next generation is even MORE screwed. I'm just coasting, waiting to die.
 

MikeyC

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Why people still have kids I have NO idea.
Perpetuation of the species...or something. ::p:

We're screwed, the next generation is even MORE screwed.
As technology gets more advanced, machines will take over more roles that humans currently do. Some jobs will become obsolete from this, too, so there's more redundancies. The world's population is increasing, with a figure of 10 billion people by 2050. There's going to be less jobs then than there is now.

More people to fill less available jobs.

This is not going to be pretty.

As you can tell I think about that sort of thing regularly. ::p:
 

fitftw

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It's totally natural to think about destruction of the species. Everyone who is having kids should think about how ****ty their kids lives are going to be when they turn 18.
 

MikeyC

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It's totally natural to think about destruction of the species. Everyone who is having kids should think about how ****ty their kids lives are going to be when they turn 18.
People who have children don't think about that, really. It's just to continue the family line and what-not.

I'm not interested in having kids in the slightest but that might change in a couple of years time.
 

fitftw

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**** continuing the family line. What's the point of that? Why raise children? Why not have pets instead? They're cheaper, and they don't **** up and make you want to kill yourself for being a ****ty parent. You don't have to wake up at 3am to a SCREAMING insane baby. etc etc having kids is a mistake and not worth it whatsoever.

I'll keep that million bucks it costs to raise a child up to 18 years of age, thanks.
 

awkwardamanda

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I can totally relate. I have a degree in applied math and feel unemployable too. It's not a useless degree. There are jobs out there. I just feel incapable of obtaining one. I finished university two years ago and I'm still slaving away at the same old retail job I've had for years. I've hardly tried to find something else. I just have no motivation. I'm depressed and have no energy. No confidence either. I'm afraid to even apply for jobs because I dread the interviews and the phone calls and above all, having to find references. I feel awkward about asking my supervisor to give me a reference because I'm looking for another job.:confused: I had a summer job a couple of years ago which went alright and they seemed to like me, but I neglected to ask anyone for a future reference because I was too shy and afraid to.::(: Kinda screwed myself over there. That's the biggest roadblock for me. If I knew I had a couple of people to use as references, I probably could have had a new job a while ago. It's also discouraging that so many job ads say they're looking for someone who's organized, energetic, motivated and outgoing. I am none of these things.::(:
 

MikeyC

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I finished university two years ago and I'm still slaving away at the same old retail job I've had for years. I've hardly tried to find something else. I just have no motivation. I'm depressed and have no energy. No confidence either.

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It's also discouraging that so many job ads say they're looking for someone who's organized, energetic, motivated and outgoing. I am none of these things.::(:
That sucks, Amanda. I can relate to what you're saying, so I can't really offer you any quick fix for your predicament. I dislike those job ads, too, saying you need to have all these prerequisites to even think about applying. I just don't look anymore because it's not worth the pain in the chest for each ad I can't apply for.
 
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