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I work too much. Air traffic controller related technical systems. ILS, radar tracking, metrological systems, air to ground and ground to ground radio communication systems but lately mostly managing the servers and networking infrastructure to keep all the information needed flowing. My salary is crap for this amount of responsibility but I'll never be out of work unless I want to :P

Edit: I don't get why so many put value judgments in their polls. Not that it's particularly important but it makes it hard to pick an appropriate answer if one wanted to. I have a wee bit of a problem saying that I work hard. I working quite a lot at times but I wouldn't say it's particularly hard work.

I would like a job but minimum experience required is 5 years in my industry for all jobs and it's ridiculous.
Additionally, I recently got fired so I'm terrified I'll never be able to find a job again. :/
I'm definitely trying, though.

I hope your interview goes well.

I wish everyone else luck! ♥

I've studied modern literature after highschool, went through it until the 1st year of Master (4 years in Uni) and dropped, because I realized the only thing I could do would be teaching and that's something I don't want. Then, I studied other things,dropped everything and was unemployed for quite some time.
I got the chance to apply for a job in a research centre as a secretary/research assistant - they were looking for some kind of glorified secretary, able to speak english and with at least a Licence (so, 3 successful years in Uni). First, they said no - my bf was working there and they didn't want us to work together, or so was I told. I hit rock bottom, went through "I can manage this situation" to a "I'm worthless".
6 months later, this centre called me again... They couldn't find anyone, went through "real" secretaries who didn't fit what they wanted and I was hired.
It's far from a dreamjob but some things in there are really interesting - not the secretary stuff, that's the awful part of it - but I do translations, I organize meetings, got to go to conferences...
After a few months here, I started to get sad again, started to picture myself 10 years later as a secretary and that drove me mad. So, I tried to put everything in perspective with some help and figured out that the research part of my job was something I'd like to do more.
So, after talking to my boss about it (I'll need a much shorter contract regarding hours if I'm really doing this) I've applied to Uni (again!)

Sorry, it took so long - what I wanted to say is: I'm not sure a lot of people know what they want from the start, sometimes you have to try things, fail or not, you'll figure it out someday... Hell, I went from studying literature to working in a mental health research centre (with some shitty fastfood jobs along the way)...

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Wish you the best of luck for friday, really hope it will go smoothly and you'll get the job!

Good luck on friday! I wish you all the best!

I am also working, being a student abroad, my parents can't afford to help with my expenses, but I am doing pretty good on myself, so far, I found a good paying job in a JYSK wearhouse and this summer I'm trying to save as much as I can xD

I am finishing my first year at Software Engineering and also started a few days ago to learn Android, my dream is to make a life from apps.

I literally just got my new job since I moved to Florida in February 2 weeks ago, working at a gas station training to be assistant manager. It's not bad, the people are pretty nice, and the money (once promoted) will be better than I made as the assistant at a dollar store back in Michigan ($1 more an hour plus less taxes). Since I was a kid until now I have had MANY professional dreams. I wanted to be a teacher, fashion designer, home designer, cake designer, baker, bakery owner, restaurant owner, chef, and gamer/streamer/youtuber. As of right now, I want to be all EXCEPT any owners of stores or a teacher. But yeah.. I'd love to do any of the others still :3 I'm trying to work on the last one, once my boyfriend and I get enough saved up for our own place again then I will work on streaming and making youtube videos again. But yeah... I doubt I'll ever have a job that I love again (I was once a seamstress and LOVED that job but boss screwed me over financially). But, hey, I'm only 21, I have a lot of time to see what life gives me!

Don't have, hold me back in pretty much everything and is depressing. I already deal with chronic depression so its pretty much 'raining on wet' (trying an probably failing to translate a brazilian saying). At least my meds help.

I failed at getting my design degree by very little but with that lost my scholaship so i have to pay part of my debt while finding a job without a degree(always harder as OP said). Design should have been a field where degree was less of a matter but turns out many opportunities good for starters are run by old fashioned people where degree counts a lot- and spending my entire time studying my ass off i simply didn't agregate any portfolio of worth.
It will be a slow crawl.

Due to familiar reasons (I'm not evil lol), I barely could leave the house. In 2016 I begin to trust my parents that if I'm not in home, they wouldn't kill each other (literally). My brother has some type of Asperger (don't know exactly the medical term of his condition), so, I had/have the responsabilty to ensure my brother's present and future.
So, I risked my future for the present from 2009 to today, and now I find it real hard to insert myself into the society and get a job, do stuff that normal people do.

might as well

wanted to do an Ausbildung as an IT guy, didn't work out cause I started applying too late, more or less average grades and miserable application writing. worked at the factory where my dad was working for a few months, earned some serious dosh but I knew that I need that Ausbildung for the future, so I decided to go into a program that supports young people who have difficulties finding an Ausbildung
ended up as micro technologist, almost done with my first year, still think I am messing everything up, but it works out quite nice actually.

and yes, getting "we are sorry, but..." over and over fucking depresses you to shite

will add definition of Ausbildung later if wished

beekeeper. started 2 years ago with 1 bee hive, now i have 16. though to be legally recognized as one you need to have at least 40 bee hive, so im technically unemployed for the state. started this activity after doing any kind of jobs since I was 17, after my father got ill and was unable to provide for the family (which forced me to drop school). i did pizza maker, dishwasher, chef assistant, leafleting, farm worker (most likely the hardest one), warehouse worker, construction worker, and others. anything was good. after years of temporary jobs i had a decent amount of money saved for the future, so i decided to invest them, hopefully by placing the foundation for building a better future for me and the people i love.

good luck for the interview

still in school and may I say uni is expensive as fuck

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Ever since Im done with school, I didn't had a job, and now Im getting my 3rd profession (is this the correct word?) in hope so I can get a job.

Finally found a job after 3 years of searching... Starting tomorrow... for 500 euro a month... 16h work shift... only 1 day off a week... please kill me

Yes, part-time CS. The only reason I applied was because it's a work-at-home position so my social awkwardiness doesn't get in the way too much. Both a blessing and a curse - I'm more comfortable at work than if I had any other job, but I also reduce my human interaction to a minimum so I'll never get comfortable around people.

Still though, I actually got better at the whole "people" thing since I got my job almost two years ago. Yay me?

Depends a lot of your country...sadly :(

I recently started a job at my college's scholarship office and it pays minimum wage but it'll go up to $10 in July. I went through about 4 interviews and 15 applications before getting accepted. I thought I'd never get a job for the summer, but I kept applying and going to interviews and now I have this super laid-back job. I'm still in college finishing my degree but front-end web development is my dream position.

My advice would be to keep looking no matter what. I have a weird trait of refusing to stop even if I feel defeated. I got rejected at 3 jobs but for some reason I kept going and landed this job.

First off, good luck for the interview, Lugum! :-)

Originally I wanted to do something maths related, but with the IT sector booming in the late 90ies that desire moved towards this. But since my parents weren't able to pay for studies and didn't even discuss that reason with me then, I had to leave school with just a secondary school certificate. Limited by this I applied mostly for bank, authority and office jobs, and finally ended up in a training at our local employment agency. While my interest on the job was growing over the time, the training itself wasn't well organized (mostly theoretically, rarely practicing). After I had passed the exams I got an indefinite contract (one of the few advantages within the public service) and was working nearly four years there. It really helped me to improve on working with customers and also sharpened my social skills.
But limited by laws and sometimes bad instructions it can be very frustrating to see motivated people trying to find just any job, while others abuse the system by not doing anything or even working illegally. And like everywhere else, the team structure and the atmosphere are important. In the first two years after the training I worked in a small agency with mostly young and motivated colleagues. After that I got back to the central office with the typical authority feeling (long and depressing corridors, everyone working on its own in his/her small room).
In the end I noticed that I couldn't do this for the rest of my life and therefore planned to go back to school, get my A level and try to get into the IT sector. However, I had other issues at that time and totally underestimated the effect of even a small unemployment break (and I really should have known better). Instead of two or three months it became a whole year (had a few unskilled jobs, but nothing mentionable). Luckily one year later I was still able to get a place in a school and I passed it way better than I'd have expected it before. The applications for another training as computer scientist were without success, so I started to study informatics. Since I couldn't afford it and had no side job at that time, I applied again the next year and finally found a company which still offered trainings for people at an age of 25 or more. I passed and got an indefinite contract again, though I had to leave my home town (I expected and wanted this to a degree) to a customer's headquarters town (not expected). I've been working on this job (application support, originally only tendered for alums) now for more than five years and I love it for its complexity. The atmosphere is good and working in shifts has advantages and disadvantages. From a financial view it's great, but the location still often annoys me. I haven't become a developer, but at least I made it into the IT sector and I wouldn't want to miss the earlier experiences.

I am very fortunately to have a job (in IT).
Best of luck to you, Lugum, and to anybody else looking for a job.

And, a giveaway.

I'm not really sure what you want to hear.

I've been working since I was 12 years old, fling stuff in an office. In between, I did everything from warehouse laborer, beach-bum, ice cream maker, airline catering, athlete (didn't do very well), writer, musician, actor, voice actor, entertainment, insurance, finance, business consultant, tech/IT, and a whole lot more.

Today, I'm a lawyer, I spend part of my time doing educational seminars for the general public, and part of my time figuring out how to help people not get screwed by the government.

I am a NOC technician for amazon. I have several certs in different areas and have worked various roles in the IT field. However, I am transitioning into the 3D modeling/visual effects since my wife has a career in VFX.

Right place right time (era) for Me.

Discuss, if you have a job what do you do for a living,

I am a Technical Director for a major televison broadcast network. I'm one of the folks who sit in the spaceship looking room with monitors and glowing buttons from floor to ceiling. The job encompasses a variety of responsibilities between Master Control Operations and Engineering. Examples include: live on-air newcasts/events, ingesting of commercial and promotional materials, preparation and segmenting of syndicated programming, automation operations (curating the on-air playlists), various signal tuning, live severe weather and special report cut-ins, as well as general problem solving related to making a myriad of systems communicate with each other effectively. I currently run 6 channels simultaneously (2 major and 4 ancillary). It's high pressure, but I really enjoy it.

is it what you wanted to do?

Good question. I wasn't really aware of the TV industry, despite my Mass Communication degree. My main concentration was Cinema, so while I was technically proficient in a studio setting, I had never experienced the pace of 24/7 television. In 2011, I started working in TV about a year after graduating, freelance editing and substitute teaching just weren't cutting it financially. After a few years and several promotions, I really grew into the work. About this time last year, I switched networks for the killer position that I am in now. For the first time in my life, I can say that I am very comfortable both economically and career-wise. I have plenty of upward opportunity available in my current position, as well as the general ability to utilize this skill set and job experience almost anywhere in the world. This certainly isn't what I set out to do when I was 18, but it's a place I am quite happy to have ended up. I definitely see myself staying within the industry for the foreseeable future. I think a big part of finding your "dream job" is being open to parallel opportunities and the willingness to try new things. Chances are, your "dream job" will look a lot different during the various stages of your life.

Does not having a job holding you back in other things in life (like a relationship), does it depress you?

Most definitely. I have felt the crushing anxiety that comes along with unemployment, it is a vicious cycle that quickly leads to depression. It puts unhealthy financial pressure on every single relationship in your life. I think this is a crucial problem with our capitalistic mindset. There is a societal tendency to dismiss unemployed people as lazy, dumb, and altogether sub-human. Which is silly, because nearly every person is only a few bad breaks away from unemployment. Instead of being honest about this, a lot of people prefer to pretend that they are "temporarily embarrassed millionaires." Again, this is merely a symptom of the larger problem with our unsustainable economy.

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I've made a cheap GA train a few days ago where i said i dont have a job and i'm searching.
Today i will go to an interwiev. :)
I'm so excited. It's a internet marketing job. And it is in my city. So it would be really cool. :)
Heads up everybody. Miracles can happen! :)