[FONT=arial,helvetica,sans-serif][B]Nationwide, the unemployment rate for veterans between 20 and 24 years old was 16 percent last year -- compared with a 9 percent unemployment rate for non-vets in that same age range. Overall, the nation's unemployment rate last year was 5.1 percent.[/FONT][/B]
http://www.veteransforcommonsense.org/index.cfm/Page/Article/ID/6981
The page layout sucks, the rest of the story is at the bottom.
I'm still jobless and my pay is up this month.
*edit* Checked the time stamp on the article and its quite old, but it still seems true. I've not heard back from anyone in the past month. If I have, its from like, three obscure places that I barely remember applying to and all of them rejections. Best bet so far is a seasonal gig at Home Depot. I'm going to be unable to pay bills soon. I have no idea what the fuck I'm supposed to do. Tera's still in school, and she doesn't have time for a full time job. Maybe I made a huge fucking mistake. So now what? I'm not even getting call backs from retail or anything like that. I can't support us on freaking minimum wage bullshit from Taco Bell or anything like that. I've talked to my dad about moving back in with him if I don't find anything soon enough...
I still haven't checked umemployment or whether I even qualify for that yet. I'm skeptical seeing as I'm drawing a reserve paycheck...but we'll see come Monday.
they want you to reenlist...
...yeah, for once I think Pryme is right.
I wish you the very best of luck, Anthony. A soldier come home from war should be able to come home to a brither future, not have the carpet pulled out from under them.
You set up computers and networkds and stuff in the army, right? You know, if it weren't for the recession, I think you could probably get people jumping over each other to get the networking guy who was trined in to do it in the military. You'd stand out because ex-mils are usually very disciplined people who can really get a job done efficiently.
Aegix Drakan wrote:...yeah, for once I think Pryme is right.I wish you the very best of luck, Anthony. A soldier come home from war should be able to come home to a brither future, not have the carpet pulled out from under them.
You set up computers and networkds and stuff in the army, right? You know, if it weren't for the recession, I think you could probably get people jumping over each other to get the networking guy who was trined in to do it in the military. You'd stand out because ex-mils are usually very disciplined people who can really get a job done efficiently.
Thats what I was counting on. Poor timing on the economy's part I guess. 😉
Good luck man! It's a shame to see someone who served all of us get the shaft like this.
well, it looks like I have an interview lined up. wish me luck
Sends you lots 'n lots of positive energy 😊 Good luck hon 😊
Very much. 😊 Where might you be applying?
I think I blew it.
I interviewed with four different people for a job at Booz Allen Hamilton today. I did great on the first three. I was told I seemed like a good fit even before the interview was over. The last guy came in and drilled me with IT questions that I know very well, but I just crumbled. I answered all his questions, and didn't BS through them at all, I just came across very unprepared and not very confident. After the interview was over, they said they'd call me tomorrow with a decision. I went over the questions he asked me in my head and answered them all right away and much more in depth. My first interview and I don't think it went well. Hopefully something else will pop up soon if this doesn't work out.
Anthony wrote:I think I blew it.I interviewed with four different people for a job at Booz Allen Hamilton today. I did great on the first three. I was told I seemed like a good fit even before the interview was over. The last guy came in and drilled me with IT questions that I know very well, but I just crumbled. I answered all his questions, and didn't BS through them at all, I just came across very unprepared and not very confident. After the interview was over, they said they'd call me tomorrow with a decision. I went over the questions he asked me in my head and answered them all right away and much more in depth. My first interview and I don't think it went well. Hopefully something else will pop up soon if this doesn't work out.
I think they're most likely looking at whether or not you know the answers. It also helped that you DID NOT bullshit your way through any of them. That would have caused them to toss you out like last weeks macaroni salad that someone forget to put back in the fridge. You know how that is, you open the cabinet only to discover that instead of putting some perishable item in the fridge you put it in the cabinet and now it's most likely sporting its own ecology?
Anyways, good luck man. I hope they give you the job. If they don't you wanna go dumb over all there garbage cans and poop on their front porch?
I can't believe it. I was the best candidate for the job.
I GOT THE MOTHERFUCKING JOB!
WOOHOOO!!! Congrats honey!!! You worried for nothin hon. Have some faith babe 😊
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Awesome Anthony! Congrats and good luck with the new job! So what exactly will you be doing?
Anthony wrote:I can't believe it. I was the best candidate for the job.I GOT THE MOTHERFUCKING JOB!
To be fair the other candidates where a watermelon and a lump of coal.
Nah, I'm just fucking with you, congratulations man.
That is totally awesome, Anthony!
Good on ya!
Good job, man! :thumbsup:
I just got a job at a dentist office... o_O yay.. i guess
Pryme8 wrote:I just got a job at a dentist office... o_O yay.. i guess
That should be interesting for you.
Be careful, dentists offices are dangerous places!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Q9T8i4FkNVo
😃
Anthony wrote:I can't believe it. I was the best candidate for the job.I GOT THE MOTHERFUCKING JOB!
Good going man!
That guy who asked the harder questions was probably pushing harder than they really wanted for the job, so that they could get a good spread on the candidates. Like how on the SATs you can miss a fair number of questions but still do pretty well because some of the questions are designed to be so hard only the very best will ever get them right. In other words, you probably did better on that part of the interview than you thought.
Thanks guys. Looks like I'll be traveling the world with this job as well. I'll be working for Booz Allen, and subcontracted out to the Air Force. We're going to be migrating Air Force users from smaller, base controlled domains to bigger regional domains. I get to go to Japan, Korea, Turkey, England, Germany, Italy, Hawaii, Alaska, and other places across the U.S. Yeah, more military work, but its as a civilian and I'll be making a lot more than I was while I was in. I'm really excited.
That sounds totally awesome Anthony!
Fuck yes! I have a friend who was in the Army, stationed in Gitmo as an Arabic interpreter. As soon as he got out, he went right back as a civilian contractor for like a year and a half. You go with what you're good at, and what you like doing; being a civilian, however, makes all the difference.
So, THREE CHEERS FOR ANTHONY!
Hip, hip...
[SIZE="5"]HOORAY!![/SIZE]
😃 Sorry, had to.
(No, no, you're supposed to.)
Hip, hip...
Dark Nation wrote:Be careful, dentists offices are dangerous places!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Q9T8i4FkNVo
😃
Yea a problem Ive noticed is I think our equipment came from this skit after they were done with it...
my doc is cheep
Had an interview last night and was offered the job today. I'm now working IT for Welsh Flatness and Lutz. I start Monday.