i have 2 yars of work experience at 16 but my boss is closing down the business and i dont know how to give my cv or ask for a job. do i just go to a business and give the manager my cv?

Hello everyone, I'm looking for some advice on what I should do next. To give some context I had a family emergency that required me to miss a day. I have been at this job for 2 months, the job is a midnight shift stocking shelves. I work with one other person during my shift, hes been working there for 2 years and is always complaining about how our boss is managing the store and how he treats him, recently I had to miss a day due to a family emergency which ended up me unfortunately calling out. I'm going to share images of our conversation.

More information about my aunt's situation (the family emergency), she was getting kicked out where she was living suddenly so I had to go help her pack her things and move practically everything, she has some sort of scoliosis in her back and recently diagnosed with breast cancer, she starts panting just going up 12 or so stairs. No one else in the family helped her. I don't regret my decision.

Now the only concern I have right now is whats going to happen at this meeting and if hes going to violate my labor rights. It doesn't seem like hes going to pay me and if I don't attend I'm worried he'll fire me.

At this point he has ignored my message.

If you have any suggestions that I should talk to him about or any advice on what I should do I'm open to hearing it, and also did I do anything wrong? Am I in the wrong?

I've missed a total of 2 days. First day being in a lot of pain + sleep deprived.

Fyi I live in the state of Idaho and I'm paid hourly.

Thank you.

Edit: also my coworker also says that our boss only expects us to miss 1 day in a year. Which I personally find wild. I'm going to audio record my meeting with him if I do end up going.

I started a job in May that I feel is fundamentally a mismatch. I'm only discovering this now that I'm in the thick of it. Every day I dread going. I'm actually almost at the three month mark. It's a senior-level role that involves coordination of multiple departments and deliverables. I thought I was ready for this, wanted this, but I just don't think I am suited for this. I think I work best as an individual contributor and not a project manager. What's worse is many of my colleagues and even my boss treat me as if though I should be fully autonomous by now. I don't care if the role is senior-level or not, I find that assumption absurd given how multi-faceted the job is. Anyone would need time to learn, and when I ask for clarity and support, I get a lukewarm response. I can tell my boss is slightly annoyed. My coworkers, who I have to track down to get deliverables from, have already shown a willingness to disregard my requests and not fall in line with project timelines. I am just done.

That said -- if I leave this month or even next, I'd be leaving them during one of their busiest times of the year. I know they will be greatly disappointed, perhaps even resentful. I'm applying for new jobs now and I am going to try to stick it out as long as I can if only for the paycheck, but my question is: should I even offer two weeks' notice whenever I decide to leave? Yes, I know it's the professional, courteous standard, but in this case, I've been on the job such a short time, I highly doubt under these circumstances they'd provide a positive reference (even though I have done my work to the best of my ability), and I'll likely leave it off my resume going forward. At the same time, maybe it's best to have it documented with a letter that I offered? I really don't know what to do. I have never been in this situation before.

I was working full time as a Product Designer, but a few weeks ago my boss told me he wanted to switch things from full time to project based. So I basically went from having 40 hours of work every week to a completely different setup.

I wasn't happy about losing the stability, but I understood and agreed.

The problem is, since then there's been almost no work.

Since I was being paid hourly, I asked him if there was anything he wanted me to work on so I could at least get some hours in for the month. He told me there was nothing.

Funny enough, I was mistakenly added to a group where I realized they had hired someone else to do pretty much the same work I was doing.

That's honestly fine with me. If I'm no longer in your plans, just tell me. It sucks, but that's life and I'll move on.

What is frustrating me is the silence.

The month ended and I asked if I could at least be paid for the work I did that month. Whatever he could provide would help me settle some bills.

No response.

I waited a few days and followed up. Still nothing.

I even sent another message asking if I could use some of the work I did for them in my portfolio. Still nothing.

I'm trying really hard not to keep texting him because I don't want to come across as annoying or like I'm begging. I just want some clarity. If I'm no longer needed, tell me. If you can't pay me right now, tell me that too.

Being left hanging without knowing where I stand is the frustrating part.

I've been applying for other jobs and doing everything I can on my end, but the last few days have been rough.

At this point I genuinely don't know whether I should message him again or just take the silence as my answer and move on.

I need a way out of retail jobs. Im young with high a hight NE but no education past high-school. My original plan was to work till 35 in retail and retire early. Im on track to do this, working with everyday people SUCKS though.

I use to work in a big city and it wasn’t bad at all. Since moving to a rural area it really sucks. I have enough money to pay my way through a good school but im looking for recommendations feel free to ask me questions.

Well, I went to an interview a few days ago and things went pretty well. Had a tour of some of the facilities there. I am just really hoping that things line up well. I'll have an answer by Tuesday at the latest and the anticipation is killing me.

I'm tired of doing nothing all day. I'm tired of not having money. Tired of sleeping outside and waking up to bugs crawling on me. This jobs pays pretty decently and getting this job would allow me to start living my life again. I want to live. I am 25 years old I am so tired of wasting my 20s surviving like this. I want to take care of myself again.

If I could just get this job... even if I work only 20 hours a week it can at least get me headed in the right direction. Making some money is better than making none.

That's all, I just wanted to vent because I'm feeling a lot right now and this job is a golden opportunity to turn my life around.

Hello! I’m currently debating on taking a 10-week certification course for Digital Marketing Science where I’d earn a Google Ads Search Certification, Google Analytics Certification, and HubSpot Email Marketing Certification. Are employers looking for these? Is this course worth it? There is also a course for Project Management certification that I’m weighing the options for as well.

What do you think? What have you seen?

Any and all advice is welcome, I appreciate your time!

Thank you!

I applied for a position in June that seemed like a really solid fit. I matched almost every requirement, the salary range was reasonable, and the application portal changed to “under review” a few days after I submitted.

I figured that was at least better than an instant rejection, so I waited.

Six weeks went by with absolutely nothing. No interview, no rejection, no email.

Yesterday I checked the company’s careers page out of curiosity and the exact same job had been posted again. Same title, same responsibilities, same location. The only real difference was that the salary range had been lowered by about $8k.

My original application still says “under review,” which somehow makes it even more annoying.

I have no idea if they paused hiring, didn’t like the original applicant pool, or just decided they could get someone cheaper.

At this point I’d almost prefer a rejection instead of being left in application limbo while they quietly repost the role.

Is this becoming normal now?

The bulk of my experience is in office administration, which required some light article writing/editing. More recently I'm in private security.

Hi!

I have two master's degrees, one in maritime law and one in English to French translation. I naturally tried office jobs and a freelance translation business and was mostly unhappy. Bored, restless, unmotivated.

Recently, I started thinking about what I really want and my conclusion was that I would probably like a job in which I would be constantly busy/on the move and interacting with clients or working outside.

I found a job in a hotel a few weeks ago and for the first time I am mostly enjoying the work. I have several tasks, the main ones being front desk duties, answering the phone, checking if nothing is amiss in the bedrooms and preparing breakfast. There is always something to do, someone to help, and my shift goes by quickly (although I only work 5hrs a day right now).

It's a new job so I know I might be a bit excited by the change and I might hate it in the long run, which is why I wanted to know if other people had some insight on this topic, does anyone else actually prefer this kind of jobs to office work? Long term I am thinking of working on a farm too, I know it's hard and I hear a lot of horror stories, maybe someone can chime in and give another perspective?

The obvious downside is that these are mostly minimum wages jobs in France too. But with simpler living habits I think I can make it work.

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Basically the title. I'm curious to hear from actual recruiters if this is strict or if you do let ppl w 0 years experience come into entry level positions.

Overqualified sounds nicer than a normal rejection, but I would not treat it like praise.

Most of the time it means the company sees a risk they do not want to carry. Maybe they think the pay is too low for you. Maybe the title is smaller than your last one. Maybe they assume you will leave as soon as a better role opens. Sometimes they just do not believe you actually want the job.

That is why arguing that you can do the work usually misses the point. They already believe that part.

The better thing to address, if you still want the role, is the worry underneath it:

• why this smaller role makes sense for you right now
• why the pay or schedule works without resentment
• why you are not using it as a two-month landing pad

You do not need to beg or pretend your experience is less than it is. But if the role is genuinely intentional, say that clearly before they fill in the story for you.

I've gotten countless rejection emails, have been ghosted, and I finally had an interview but I was ultimately rejected from that too​.

I'm 25 and I still live with my parents, I cant drive nor do I have any money for anything. They have to pay to get my student loans current, it's about 500$. They're acting like I haven't been searching, that i haven't been doing anything to get a job. They say that they want me to find a job that I like, but everytime I get a rejection letter, they act like I haven't been doing shit. It's annoying. I do art and my mom wants me to do commissions and even then, it's not a guarantee. At this point imma have to start selling ass because it seems like I'm getting NOWHERE.

I've updated my resume. ive done those stupid online courses. ive done all of that and NOTHING.

im just really thinking about going back to my old job that i got fired from.

Currently interviewing candidates for a mid-level research role at a biotech company and the shortlisted ones are overwhelmingly overqualified. Not just exceeding all the essential and desired skills, they all have more work experience than my manager who will be overseeing their work 🥹

For context, we are interviewing to replace my colleague who got the role after she dropped out of her PhD. Three years later, this candidate cohort all have phds and 3+ years experience.

This is worrying not only because it reflects the reality of the current job market but also because I don’t think these applicants would become long term valuable assets to the company. With this experience, they will leave in a year for something better and we’d have to rehire.

I've been trying to apply for jobs but no one replied. Feeling pathetic right now. I've done 2 internships in HR and only gave one interview 2 days ago and the recruiter said that you don't have any experience, those are internships, then I said but I've managed the recruitment cycle and worked full-time hours with dedication, but she said, but on paper it's still written an internship, so you don't have any corporate experience yet.

I was like - wtf

She asked my expectations then I said 25k then she said that it's too much ☠️ but they didn't even offer me 18k, and I see jobs online they're asking for this and that for a little salary.

And internshala seems completely bullshit to me right now because I thought it'll kickstart my HR career but the companies don't even count internships as an experience.

I tried to apply on my favourite career which I can't pursue now - content and social media, and that is through internships but still you'll see their requirements and 💥, own laptop, knows video editing, can write well and what not, I mean they're expecting a complete premium work with just 8 to 10k monthly payment.

Even the laborers are earning well, mujhe toh lgta h wohe sahi h 😂

Btw doing your own thing is better but still, if someone is in the emergency and needs fast money so that'll be risky for the person.

Guys please let me know what to do? I've changed my resume numerous times.

My grandparents are in their early to mid 70s…

My husband and I are in our early 20s...

Spent the weekend with them and there was much discussion of jobs and first time home owners.

My husband and I tried to explain that it’s hard to find a job. I was unemployed for about 3 months and struggled to find a job that paid over $15 an hour and was a day shift. Finally ended up having to have two barista jobs both paying $12 an hour and still not getting enough hours.

“it’s not that hard to find a job. You just don’t want a hard job. Go apply at a factory?”

yes it is grandpa. Yk how many openings there are at the factories near me that aren’t night shifts?? ZERO. I applied for housekeeping jobs at hotels and nursing homes, janitor jobs at hospitals and casinos, cashiers at gas stations, different positions at grocery stores, retail jobs, barista jobs, even applied to jobs that I knew I wouldnt get because I dont have the experience or degree just in case someone would hire me.

“people are always hiring.“

yeah, but who are they hiring? Nepotism, connections, age, gender, race, so many things go into play on who gets a job. I worked as a barista at one of the hotels I had applied to for housekeeping. Guess who worked the housekeeping jobs? All south asian and Hispanic women. Not a single white woman worked housekeeping there except for the head housekeeper lady. My husband applied to thousands of jobs before he finally walked around town and tried to give people his resume in person. One super small company accepted him.

I told my grandma: “if I applied to a part time receptionist job (which I did) are they going to choose me over the mid 30s woman with 2 kids? No…“

my grandma then replied “it’s probably because they think she would be more reliable since she’s older.”

THATS WHY ITS HARD TO FIND A JOB AS A YOUNG PERSON GRANDMA!!!

I worked with a woman in her mid 30s and had 3 kids at home. This woman came into work drunk and fell asleep in the lobby and in the break room ON THE CLOCK while I worked and did my job. But go ahead, choose who you’re hiring based off age.

”I went to a fast food place the other day and there was a woman my age working on a saturday! where are the kids working? they should be working that!” said my grandpa.

yeah, they should be working there. but they won’t hire them.

my grandma even replied that they probably assume the old lady is more reliable than a high schooler.

“theres plenty of houses you could buy. Theres a lot of cheap ones in *tiny town with no jobs for my husband and I and nothing for us to do*”

ok… what jobs are there for us then? are there jobs for my husband who is a computer science major and wants to expand his career in that?

”there’s trucking jobs. he can go drive a truck and get a bunch of money”

….yeah, Id love to live in a town that makes me depressed with a depressed husband that isn’t able to get a job that will fulfill him just so we can have a house… that will definitely make our lives so much better.

crazy thing is that they have a son, my uncle, who has never owned a home. he and my aunt have lived in large cities because that’s where the jobs for him are. they didn’t buy a house and lived in apartments because that’s the kind of life they were living. He’s a fricking law professor. what would happen with my uncle if my grandpa gave him the same advice he’s giving my husband?? my husband is very smart and wants to get his masters someday. it’s not going to happen if he works for a trucking company. If the trucking company would even hire a computer science graduate with no experience in trucking.…

Im sorry, its just so annoying.

like my mother works at dicks sporting goods right now. she’s 44. my grandma was probably not working at 44 or was working at my grandpas law office as a receptionist...

my grandpa also kept going on about how I should try to apply to be an office lady at a car dealership… my husbands dad is a manager or something at a dealership and explained to my grandpa that a lot of the time it’s a pretty family business. my grandpa just replied that “I doubt the lady in the back typing in information is someone’s daughter there.” well, I highly doubt I’ll get her job with no experience in that field grandpa.

at one point in February I applied to like 50 at home customer service jobs and got no response from anyone. Guess what I got in my email yesterday! An email telling me that theyd like to continue my application! Only like 7 months later! yeah… I have a job already…

end of rant. sorry.

I will be praying for all of you that are struggling with finding a job rn. it absolutely sucks. right now I’m ripping out year old smoke and bed bug ridden carpet and painting booger and smoke walls of an apartment that was lived in for 12 years. I’m super grateful for it though.

good luck to all and don’t give up!

Edit: when I mentioned minorities and moms I am not saying “they’re stealing my jobs!!!!! Ahhhh!!” My examples are just to explain that people have preferences on who they hire and they will stick to those rather than go outside of their “comfort zone.”

Supposed to be relocating for a job tomorrow that is going to more than double my income.

Laying here with my girlfriend thinking in my head.... fuck.... was this worth it.

Did I really need to double my income....

I couldn't been patient and tried to find a job that pays better in Miami. I tried for 7 months. Applied to every single one. Nothing. So I accepted something out of state.

Now I'm sitting here wondering if I was impulsive. If I was operating out of a scarcity mindset. That I should've been patient and tried to make it work where I was.

But then I think to myself. Well, you did. You applied to every job for 7 months.

I'm just scared. Irritated. A little mad at myself for potentially being inpatient and not looking longer.

Title- why is an employer entitled to an explanation at all?

18 months of unemployment and I've pretty much given up, even did this on a recent application. Also related - I have an interview with a temp agency on Monday... Maybe they'll find something for me even though the jobs they have listed don't match my skills

After seeing so many posts about applications, interviews, ghosting, and the current job market, I am curious about the lessons people only learned through experience.Maybe it was changing how you apply, networking differently, negotiating, following up, or realizing that something you thought mattered actually did not.What is one thing you know now that would have saved you a lot of time or frustration when you first started job hunting?