I’m 21 and never had a job before. I’ve tried out for many but have never been hired. (not even at fast food places @_@) I live in a small town with lots of people, so jobs are rare.
But 2 huge new stores just opened at the same time. And many left thier old jobs to work at theses places. Now they are looking for workers. I’ve never held a job so i have no refrences. What can I do land a job being 21 and not having any experience?
600 billion+ SO FAR of the “stimulus” package isWASTE
50m National Endowment for the Arts
60m Mob museum in Vegas
850mWildfire prevention in California
200m “study” electric cars for use in government
650m additional $$$ for DTV
400m NOAA to study habitat restoration
44m Repair to AG HQ in DC
276m State Department computer upgrades
600m to NASA for “global warming” research
600m “to help doctors, nurses and dentists” “prepare” for universal health care
209m maintenance upgrades to USDA research building
400m “upkeep upgrades” of “national treasures” like National Mall and
Smithsonian
…but that’s chump change compared to this:
1 bn to preserve 500 at risk salmon in CA
275bn to “refundable” tax credits (welfare checks)
30bn for “roads and bridges” (that’s about 5% of the “stimulus” being spent on
real “infrastructure”)
100bn to expand Medicaid
150bn to explore “alternative” energy
3.1bn for parks and fisheries improvements
20bn “nutritional assistance for middle income” Americans –this is an expansion
of food stamps to 400% of the poverty line!!!
1.5bn to build community health centers
1.9bn to the DOE to do …sit down…”basic research on physical sciences”!!!!
2.7bn for “rural water disposal” (this is to research how to get rural homes off
septic and on to sewer…really, it is)
2.5bn for “upgrades” and energy efficiency for government run housing
6.2bn to “weatherize” low income homes
2.4bn for “carbon capture technology”
350 m for std prevention
75m smoking cessation
870m bird flu
572m Coast Guard for job creation (translates to 460k per job created)
25m for ATV trail maintenance
1.5bn for “carbon capture contest”
the lady working there was young and pregnant, she said she already had 2 kids. My question is how do people survive? like i only make like 22K a year and I dont have kids and to me having kids would crush me cos I couldnt afford it and she works at 7-11 so I know she doesnt make more than me. So do people worry about this sort of thing…survival? I mean jobs are scarce as is she wont be able to learn more skills after she gives birth and has to stay with her new born…Does welfare “take care of you” or something?
I’m stuck here. I’m 25 and have never joined the military. I work on the railroad and I give my service to the USA as anyone would workng in the USA. Now my brother in law which I would rather call my brother is heading out to the air force to train under spec ops and some other behind enemy lines type stuff. I’m just confused why a bright boy would want to put his life on the line like that. There are plenty of other jobs that are just as important in the air force without placing yourself directly in harms way. I don’t know maybe it’s my age talking and I don’t have the edge I would of had when I was 18 but it just doesn’t seem smart to me now. When he gets out of the air force what is he going to do with these “survival/killing” skills when he has a family?
I don’t know I need some input from other people especially from people in the military who have done this.
Ok, I was employeed at a company for 5 years and it completely closed forcing me to go on unemployment. I have never been unemployeed since the day I’ve been able to work at 16. It’s been about 9 months now of trying to find a job. I apply to everything and just cannot get a job. I even went back to school to brush up my skills during this ordeal. Now I just need a job even more for survival. In sheer desperation I applied at a temp agency. Ive been offered a 2 week job that starts in a few weeks. But now Im being told of all these horrible things like I will lose unemployment and be stuck in the temp world of waiting for jobs! I am freaking out, cause although unemployment was tiny compared to what I normally made, I made it work. But if I lose all income…Im screwed. I could last a week or so if it took that much time for unemployment to start back up after the 2 week job. But if after that 2 weeks, Im faced with nothing and no job prospects, I don’t know what to do. I have kicked the job search into high gear this week, with the hope of landing a job before I sign the final paperwork for this 2 week job. The worst part is I just dont know if Im making a terrible decision because I’ve never did temp work before. Does anyone have any words of advice? Im grown but I feel so freaken confused and sad 
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