I have been unemployed for just a touch over 2 months now and have filled out many online applications for various jobs that I reasonably thought I could get that don't require tons of training or special education.
I am a part-time CFI and cannot live on it nor can I move for a better CFI job due to family issues.
About 45 minutes ago I got done applying to Time Warner Cable for a Field Technician position. I was a cable installer for another company in 2008-2009 so I thought I would have no issues getting hired. I spent over an hour and probably 30 mins or so doing the online application and their assessment tests. 15 mins or so after I was done I got an email saying they were not going to consider me any further and there were others more qualified. It also said it was an automated email. At 1930 hours, I am quite sure no human even looked at my app.
Rewind about a month and a half ago. I applied to the post office for a mindless sorter operator job that was even seasonal. After three or so hours of assessments, I was informed via automated email that I was not qualified and could not retake the tests for 6 months.
Every time there is some type of assessment I do not qualify and am not told why. These "tests" always say they have no right or wrong answers generally. I am not sure what I am doing wrong but each and every time I apply and get rejected this way, I feel even more devalued as a human being.
My Veteran status and Bachelor's degree don't matter either. I have a degree in Aviation Management and jobs I should be able to get into want 3-5 years of experience. I have found lately that nearly half of the entry level jobs I see in any job title want 6 months to a year of experience. So even entry-level is not entry-level.
It looks like all I can get is fast food or a crap warehouse job for the rest of my life. I was working at Fedex Express as a courier and lost my job there for stupid reasons that were my fault. I was just starting to feel some sense of security and moved out of my Mom's house and bought a new motorcycle this past summer. I guess I will be punished for this for the rest of my life. I cannot wait to checkout at the end. Even oblivion has to be better than how people treat each other in this country. I am 43 so I have a long time to suffer yet.
No this is not a suicide note, just FYI. I just need to rant some.
I cannot afford to rent my apartment after January and I will be exhausting my savings soon as I did not qualify for unemployment. I will have no choice but to move back in with my Mom for the 3rd time and quit paying certain bills and trash my credit.
Most of the last 8 years since I have been out of the Navy have been miserable going from one job to the next and going to college and flying for a living. The 2008 economy was when I got my CFI and it kept me from making it work by nearly bankrupting me.
Those of you that are well off should be thankful. There is a crowd of old pilots that I see occasionally at the airport where I teach that are so full of themselves, prejudiced and financially well-off that they take their lives for granted and ***** about everything going on in the world and that they are the solution to all the country's problems. They talk about flying their airplanes but let them sit while I have to get people to pay me to fly so that I can do so.
So far, it looks like Social Security, if it is there for me when I turn 67, will be plenty of money for me to live on based on today's dollars. But I have to suffer till then.
Done ranting now.
David
I am a part-time CFI and cannot live on it nor can I move for a better CFI job due to family issues.
About 45 minutes ago I got done applying to Time Warner Cable for a Field Technician position. I was a cable installer for another company in 2008-2009 so I thought I would have no issues getting hired. I spent over an hour and probably 30 mins or so doing the online application and their assessment tests. 15 mins or so after I was done I got an email saying they were not going to consider me any further and there were others more qualified. It also said it was an automated email. At 1930 hours, I am quite sure no human even looked at my app.
Rewind about a month and a half ago. I applied to the post office for a mindless sorter operator job that was even seasonal. After three or so hours of assessments, I was informed via automated email that I was not qualified and could not retake the tests for 6 months.
Every time there is some type of assessment I do not qualify and am not told why. These "tests" always say they have no right or wrong answers generally. I am not sure what I am doing wrong but each and every time I apply and get rejected this way, I feel even more devalued as a human being.
My Veteran status and Bachelor's degree don't matter either. I have a degree in Aviation Management and jobs I should be able to get into want 3-5 years of experience. I have found lately that nearly half of the entry level jobs I see in any job title want 6 months to a year of experience. So even entry-level is not entry-level.
It looks like all I can get is fast food or a crap warehouse job for the rest of my life. I was working at Fedex Express as a courier and lost my job there for stupid reasons that were my fault. I was just starting to feel some sense of security and moved out of my Mom's house and bought a new motorcycle this past summer. I guess I will be punished for this for the rest of my life. I cannot wait to checkout at the end. Even oblivion has to be better than how people treat each other in this country. I am 43 so I have a long time to suffer yet.
No this is not a suicide note, just FYI. I just need to rant some.
I cannot afford to rent my apartment after January and I will be exhausting my savings soon as I did not qualify for unemployment. I will have no choice but to move back in with my Mom for the 3rd time and quit paying certain bills and trash my credit.
Most of the last 8 years since I have been out of the Navy have been miserable going from one job to the next and going to college and flying for a living. The 2008 economy was when I got my CFI and it kept me from making it work by nearly bankrupting me.
Those of you that are well off should be thankful. There is a crowd of old pilots that I see occasionally at the airport where I teach that are so full of themselves, prejudiced and financially well-off that they take their lives for granted and ***** about everything going on in the world and that they are the solution to all the country's problems. They talk about flying their airplanes but let them sit while I have to get people to pay me to fly so that I can do so.
So far, it looks like Social Security, if it is there for me when I turn 67, will be plenty of money for me to live on based on today's dollars. But I have to suffer till then.
Done ranting now.
David