Careers & Employment - August 2006

Considering most businesses prefer not to keep employees around as to avoid having to pay them pensions and 401k's.

2006-08-22 15:54:58 · 10 answers · asked by Anonymous

2006-08-22 15:47:53 · 6 answers · asked by Tinkerbell 1

2006-08-22 15:39:38 · 9 answers · asked by Anonymous

hii..I want to work online as in any typing,editing,rating and rading and all this stuff. to make some moneu but donno how to go bout it..what sites are authentic???

2006-08-22 15:38:13 · 10 answers · asked by gary 2

Just wanted to know, why is it that you don't see any foreign people working at Abercrombie & Fitch and AE? Is it cause they don't hire them? I’m not raciest or anything but I noticed that last time I was there… I have never seen any foreign people working there…I know it's not because they don't apply cause they love shopping there...so if anyone knows, plz let me know.

2006-08-22 15:15:32 · 3 answers · asked by Anonymous

I want to study a good career,a career with prestige.I like electrical engineering and law(to be a lawyer).I like these careers and I think that are very interesting.But I'm confused and I don't know which is better.I don't know which career I should study,so please give me an advice,what do you think is better,which one have more jobs opportunities???????????THANKS A LOT.........

2006-08-22 15:12:20 · 6 answers · asked by The Apostle 2

UNEMPLOYED

Hey there to all. I would like to tell you a story.

Okay. So, I am unemployed. This is by choice. I could be working right now but I chose to leave my job. This is a story about why I left my job, and an amazing reality in which many people probably stay in situations such as mine and do absolutely nothing. Did I do the right thing? Judge for yourself.

HOW ABOUT THIS?
You work in an office, no physical labour, no work to do – ok you answer the phone and transfer calls – but there are hardly any calls, you work 8 hours a day, no one to talk to, but you have people check up on you once in a while to make sure that your not goofing off for example: reading a book, listening to music…etc. Anyways, you go home at night feeling unfulfilled, like you accomplished absolutely nothing and that you feel like your life is meaningless, and you honestly question why you are on this earth.
STORY BEGINS
I had a job working in an office like this. At first I didn’t want the job, I had a bad feeling about it. I should have not taken the job, but out of desperation I did. I stayed for about 7 months and then decided that it wasn’t for me, for my own reasons, good ones that it would be better for my mental health to leave.
This is what a typical day entailed:
•Get to work, check the fax, check the email, get the mail
•Start my computer, if it even gets used
•Answer the phone the way the boss so distinctly preferred, i.e.: Like a robot/answering machine, then transfer the call (by the way the phone hardly rang)
•Clean my office (just for something to do)
•Wait
•Wait
•Wait
•Oh and go on the internet (which was only accessible on a computer in a separate room) and check the job bank about 10 million times a day – so I could get the HELL out of this place!

Let’s put it this way my job was sooo monotonous that I literally would sit there by myself and wander into my own mind…oh what a dangerous place. I had no one to talk to because my office was secluded and I was not aloud to leave my office because I would get into trouble. I had to be by the phone at all times (in case it rang). I asked for things to do during the day even though I would try to find things on my own but that was kind of hard at times and as always my requests fell flat. My boss treated me like I was dumb, he picked at everything I did……and I didn’t do much, the job description was pretty bleak. Like I wasn’t answering the phone the right way - the 2 minute long intro that I had to say which every caller interrupted – I would try to shorten it, he didn’t like that even though I explained to him why I shortened it; I wasn’t picking up the mail early enough in the morning – even though he was hardly ever there and it was usually at times where there were meetings so of course I was unable to pick it up right away; I wasn’t stamping the ‘received date stamp’ on the mail in the right spot – even though you could still see it and it was just a stamp that said when the mail was received and sometimes I would miss stamping a piece of mail by accident and he literally said that he was thinking of firing me before my three months probationary period were up, during an evaluation the one day ALL because I missed stamping the ‘received date stamp’ on a piece of mail a couple of times and it would be a piece of mail so stupid like a flyer. I found that to be pretty damn petty. He was anal though. In any case, I did what he asked, improved my errors and sucked up and kissed ***, but for whatever reason I just didn’t hit his radar in the way the other girl in the office did who I feel was favoured.

THE OTHER GIRL
The other girl in the office who started the same time as me had a more advanced job in the office, one that I too was capable of doing but with brief training because I am at the entry level. Her office was conjoined, so she was able to socialize with other people during the day and she was always somewhat busy because she actually had work that needed to be done, even though all she did all day was talk either on the phone or to other people. Me, I was down the hall in what I call my ‘prison’ office, alone with nothing to do. Anyway, the other girl was more liked, and I think it was because she was older (30) she was a loud mouth, bossy and chatty, her job was more ‘important’ and NEVER repeat NEVER did she get into trouble for talking even though that was all she did all day with the boss’s son. While I would sit in my office, listening to them chatting and laughing down the hall, all I could think was ‘damn, if that were me, the boss would be having a **** fit and he would pull me into his office and have the talk’ – like he had already done to me before. But no, he liked her, she could do no wrong. I still can’t figure it out.

Anyway….continuing…..
I think that because I am young, quiet, short, skinny, pretty, blonde I was considered a dumb, ditzy blonde, in which I was paid no respect. I am however, smart, have education, experience and many skills to offer in the administrative field. Working at this place made me feel like I was good for nothing and would be better off pouring coffee - at least I would feel like I had accomplished something during the day!

THE BREAKING POINT
The one day the boss asked me to make travel arrangements. I had never traveled myself, nor had I made travel arrangements for anyone else in any of my previous jobs. So, I told him that, and asked him how he would like me to make his travel arrangements. He told me through ‘Travelocity’. I was not familiar with ‘Travelocity’ then (even though I use it now and think it is awesome). So I told him that I was unfamiliar with ‘Travelocity’ and asked him if he could go over with me for the first time making his travel arrangements just because I had never done it before. He took one disgusting look at me (shaking his head and furrowing his eyebrows) and said, “SO, you don’t know how to use a computer then. I see.” ME, dumb founded, my jaw dropped, I wanted to pulverize this *******. I had 3 interviews that were each 1 hour long, it took them 5 weeks to hire me, during each interview I was asked the same questions over and over again, and I was even given tests. Never in my life have I went through so much ******** for an interview for a job that a monkey could do or a good answering machine JUST to answer a god damn phone…SO what is the point that I am trying to get at here…WELL on MY resume and during MY interviews with this jackass I told him and he read for himself about all of my computer expertise, programming experience etcetera AND that I created and designed a website ALL BY MYSELF for the first company I worked for. NOW, DO YOU THINK THAT I CAN’T USE A COMPUTER **** FACE!!! That was what I wanted to say. But instead I took it, he was the boss right!!! And that was just one of a number of times that this mofo insulted me and my intelligence. Finally, one day I had had enough of the ******** and called him on it, hoping that he would just fire me because quitting at this point in my financial state would have made it easier, for him to just fire me rather than me quit. The one day he insulted me about my math skills, because I couldn’t do this one math equation in my head and he is very good in math. So anyway, he insulted me, I took it, he walked away and I cried to myself (literally, I quietly bawled by myself in my office, he made me feel that stupid and that small and worthless). It was at this point that I decided to speak up. I knew that from this point on that speaking up and standing up for myself to him was something that I had to do but I also knew that it would make things awkward, however I had to do it. So when he came back into my office to get something I made myself distant with him, he asked me if there was something wrong and I told him. I said, “You made me feel very humiliated and ashamed of myself because I couldn’t do that equation in my head. I just want you to know that I am not stupid and that because I am slower at doing something it doesn’t mean that I can’t do it. You really offended me, and it wasn’t just what you said it was how you said it, if you really feel that I am not performing up to par and that I am incompetent then maybe I should get another job because right now at this point, I feel that you don’t want me working here and that I am not doing a good job, and frankly if this is the way its going to be I would rather work at KFC.” Though, this move however courageous or stupid, it made me feel better, but unfortunately it didn’t quite change the situation. The awkwardness became worse and he still picked at me. I felt like I was walking on egg shells around him, and sticking up for myself really didn’t make anything better. SO, I gave up and left the job.

YOU BE THE JUDGE
Many of you may think that I am an overly sensitive person, and that I should have stayed at the job, and not taken anything personally. Believe me being unemployed right now without work, knowing that my EI is about to end, I definitely think about that and question my actions. What you also don’t know is each and every moment that occurred in the 1200 hours out of the 7 months that I spent working there, there were many things like the files that the other girl found (or as I call snooped for) about our interviews and how she had nothing but check marks beside the questions they asked her and mine had question marks, and then beside the project on my resume ‘designed and created website’ it had a note: Call this employer to make sure that she actually made a website. This FLOORED me! Not only that but also she bragged that she only had a 15 minute interview and was hired the next day and me well you know (3) - 1 hour interviews and 5 weeks. Now you may be one of those people rooting for me saying ‘You go girl!’ But I just want to say that I have a great sense of humor, I can take a joke and I can also take constructive criticism, heck I welcome it, what I can’t take is direct digs from someone that insults my integrity and intelligence. The point I am trying to make here is that if you are doing something that is making you unhappy to the point that on the way home from work you hope someone hits you or you run into a tree then you need to make some changes. I am not mentally ill, nor have I ever been. I will be honest, I have had a tough road growing up, but I am an educated person with commonsense and an intelligent human being with feelings. I don’t think anyone could have stayed where I was for much longer. I guess what I am trying to do is convince myself that it was okay to quit a job even though society will judge me and may not understand what I did. I don’t think it is good to regret decisions you make or actions you take, I do think it is right to analyze them later on, but what you do at the time you usually do because it felt right at the time. I quit for my mental health reasons. My doctor even said that anyone being alone for 8 hours a day with nothing to do, with someone picking at them is not a healthy situation. I know that I did the right thing, but sitting at home, waiting for the perfect job and taking a factory job in the mean time I found not necessarily worse than where I came from but pretty damn equal, which seems to ask the question of myself, did I do the right thing? I know I did, but of course I am human and that is why I question it.

You be the judge, what do you think? I welcome your comments. Not that it will change how I feel, what happened or what I have done – but I am curious to see other peoples’ opinions.

2006-08-22 15:12:03 · 12 answers · asked by dreamgirl47315 1

I am going back to school and would like to get a part time job in the computer lab - I will be talking with them tomorrow and I don't know what to list as my job objection on my resume. I am getting a culinary arts degree so the computer lab job has nothing to do with my career goals I just want a job on campus. Any advice on what I should state as career objective?

2006-08-22 15:11:29 · 11 answers · asked by Anonymous

I know for a fact that my boss is dating what used to be one of our co-workers and it is also why she got promoted. The thing is she is a ***** who constantly snitches on us. We want to send a suttle message to either one of them that we know what's going on with them two.

And no, please don't say to leave and find another job. I like this one just fine, they should leave if they want to carry on an affair and have a series of conflict of interests.

2006-08-22 15:07:06 · 4 answers · asked by Anonymous

2006-08-22 14:55:06 · 5 answers · asked by samuelcamefirst 1

What is the percentage taken off my pay check in the state of Georgia

I got a new job and I will e making somewhere around $655 wk. and I wanna know how much tax will be taken off my paycheck every 2 wks.

2006-08-22 14:52:52 · 8 answers · asked by Anonymous

i mean i've been looking for a job for the past two months and still nobody have call me back. is it like u have to know someone at a certain job to get one. i really want to work but i just don't know where to go anymore or what to do. i need money fast for my tuition

2006-08-22 14:47:14 · 6 answers · asked by taloune s 1

I was fired from my last job after barely two months. I believe I was unjustly let go, I should have never left my stable job and joined this awful company with terrible management and politics.
I am now interviewing for some good jobs and things are going quite well. I do not want to talk about the terrible experience I had and left it completely off my resume.
Can I leave this job off the employment application as well (where they ask you to list your most recent employer) and just list the job before that as the most recent?I mean I am hardworking, intelligent guy and do not want this experience to haunt me and prevent me from getting a good job. Will I be OK?

2006-08-22 14:42:14 · 18 answers · asked by Anonymous

any company that offer online free lance business.

love u all

2006-08-22 14:37:13 · 2 answers · asked by Kissoflove 2

I applied for a job online by sending them my resume. Well I just updated it to make it sound more professional. I have an interview tomorrow and I'm going to take them a copy of it. Would it be a bad idea to bring the updated one? I dont feel my current resume is enough, even though I got a call back. At the same time, if this one really isnt as good, it could hurt me. But in general, what do you think?

2006-08-22 14:02:21 · 12 answers · asked by Anonymous

I don't have any particular skills. I'm pretty new when it comes to all this. My "skills" are basically things pertaining to my personality so should I should put skills/traits(need a better word for this HELP) or what?

What are some skills I could put on?

2006-08-22 13:33:53 · 9 answers · asked by Anonymous

2006-08-22 13:06:20 · 12 answers · asked by movo03 2

2006-08-22 13:05:55 · 2 answers · asked by Anonymous

Iam a 22 year old unemployed mother who has made alot of wrong choices in the past, Iam in a relationship with the baby's daddy, but times are rough and he wants me to work or at least bring in some income. I have not been able to hold down a job for more then a feww months and havent worked in the past 2 years because my daughter was born and Ive been severly depressed. I have been thinking about going on welfare, but I think it would be best for me to go on it while living on my own with my dad, is this a good idea? I want temp help but also want to go to school so I can get a good job and gain confidence that Im lacking. my relationship is falling apart! i dont know what is the best thing for me , please help

2006-08-22 12:56:59 · 8 answers · asked by ~yAnKeE neNa~ 1

You are working and you are looking for another job. If you were to go for an interview, how do you arrange this, or how do you go about looking for a job whilte working. Usually, most offices have 8 to 5 hours, and the time they want you to come in for an interview will conflict with your hours at your current job. Also, if you don't have leave time left, what excuse do you give to your present employer for taking off to go to the interview? How do you elimiate/minmize this kind of conflict?

2006-08-22 12:36:53 · 10 answers · asked by Anonymous

Iam in search of work, i have experience in telemarketing and retail, but I have not had a steady job. I had about 15 jobs in 4 years all of them lasting a couple months at most!! I have not been working in 2 years because of severe depression and a new baby. Iam going out of my mind trying to figure out what to put as work experience!!!!!!! someone help!!!!

2006-08-22 12:22:20 · 7 answers · asked by ~yAnKeE neNa~ 1

2006-08-22 12:08:21 · 18 answers · asked by movo03 2

Im 14, and i want to save money for buying video games and to save for my car. is there ani job that i can only work like saturday and sunday.

2006-08-22 12:07:43 · 6 answers · asked by Anonymous

2006-08-22 12:07:36 · 6 answers · asked by STEPHANIE S 2

I live in the UK and i want to move to the US on a work visa. Im looking for a job that there is a shortage of in America.

2006-08-22 11:59:25 · 4 answers · asked by markedney192 1

no cost to me

2006-08-22 11:54:11 · 15 answers · asked by elmotheodd 1

I interviewed for a position at a company several months ago. At that time, the interviewer called me back to ask further questions and said his boss thinks I'll find a better job and quit very soon because I am a college graduate. The interviewer at that time said he'll call me back after reviewing other resume, but he didn't meaning he had hired someone else.

Recently, I saw the ad for same position at the same company on the paper. I re-applied. The same interviewer called me back to schedule an interview for the same position. I will be going in for this another interview after several months has elaspsed.

If you were in this situation, how would you interpret the interviewer's intention or his interest in hiring me? He seemed to have been interested the 1st time (but boss objected), and now after I re-applied, he called me back for another interview. Can you suggest right mindset or strategy to handle this another interview?

2006-08-22 11:54:05 · 8 answers · asked by Anonymous

I HAVENT WORKED FOR ABOUT 2 YEARS NOW BECAUSE I HAD A BABY AND VERY SEVERE DEPRESSION, I AM UNSURE ON HOW TO APPLY FOR JOBS BECAUSE I HAVENT WORKED IN SO LONG! WHO REALLY IS GOING TO HIRE A PERSON WHO HASNT WORKED IN 2 YEARS? WHAT DO I PUT ON MY RESUME? SHOULD I LIE? PLEASE I NEED HELP, I DONT WANT TO WASTE TIME APPLYING IF IT'S NOT GOING TO GET ME ANYWERE!!!!! (SERIOUS ANSWERS ONLY)

2006-08-22 11:47:55 · 9 answers · asked by ~yAnKeE neNa~ 1

I am looking for a Network Administrator job in IT department. Do you know anyone that would hire me? I am a hard worker and very dependable. I am a quick learner. I'm almost done with all my Microsoft classes MCSE, MCSA and also going to be taking some Cisco CCNA.

I never worked as a IT guy but I seen how they set up the networks for the printers, and share drives. Please if anyone you know is willing to give someone new to the field a chance for a hard working, honest, punctual, dependable, stable employee then I am the write person for you.

I can email you my resume. I know this is not a good way to look a job but I got to give it a try.

2006-08-22 11:44:10 · 1 answers · asked by Chris1Sig 2

I am geting my MCP, MCSE, MCSA, CCNA, A+ Certifications but I don't have the skills working in as a Network Administrator for the IT department.

2006-08-22 11:35:03 · 5 answers · asked by Chris1Sig 2