Can't Find A Job :(

[Living4Him03]

Today I called to see if I got a job I applied for earlier this week and it turns out they did not choose me for the job. I am really really frustrated now! I really thought that job was the one I was supposed to get! I applied for two other jobs on campus and did not get them. The time is getting short because next semester will be here soon and my financial aid will not cover food. I know God will provide, but it's so hard to accept that I can't get a job! I have a bachelor's degree, but little experience. I feel like I can't even get really low paying jobs much less ones that will allow me to eat someday. Sometimes I feel like I should have just gone to seminary and gone and done missions. Maybe God is trying to tell me I should not be in school anymore. I just don't know. I know my parents won't let me starve, but I don't want to depend on them. I have done that for too long and they expect me to pay for things...they have already been paying on my car insurance lately which is so expensive!!! I feel like a loser! Why can't I get a job? Does anyone else have a hard time getting a job? I have read everything about searching for jobs and going on interviews and all...so I should be successful, but I"m not. Why???

 

[remy]

i'll gladly give you my job (i'm a few years overdue of quitting anyway)

What B.S. degree do you hold?

 

[Living4Him03]

social work...which esp. in texas is HIGHLY competitive...you have to have a master's to really get anything, and even if you do have your master's you still have to have EXPERIENCE. Which I do not have hardly any of except a 6 month internship

 

[remy]

I've seen in my city (in VA) social workers need at least a B.S. I'm looking to start my psychology degree but I'm a bit sketchy as to what I could apply it to (right now I just want to say I majored in something, ya know?) Perhaps you could relocate...?

Seems like you're stuck in the margin of being underqualified and overqualified. I'll pray that God opens a door for you.

 

[Living4Him03]

yep you are exactly right. i am too qualified for some jobs, and not qualified enough for others! But, God has given me peace that He will take care of me. Tonight I went to a volunteer meeting at an agency I interned at and my old supervisor was telling me how much they miss me and asked me when I was going to come work for them. Also, my friend who works at the agency is having to quit her job there and I definitely qualify for it so I am going to be praying about it. Thank you for your prayers!

 

[RadG]

Social work is not the only area with this problem. With the tech layoffs a few years back those of us with computer science degrees can't find work too easily, which is why I am in Grad school and have a job for a coin dealer placing auctions up on e-bay and answering his questions about his computers in the store, but I do enjoy the job (I get to learn all about different types of coind US, and foreign, along with other things of similar collector status), however I also get a bit discouraged looking for a full-time job and not being able to find one (I start to think I would of been better off majoring in History or some other useless degree that you do not know what people use it for).


RadG

 

[Living4Him03]

I thought social work would be a degree I could use! I mean it's better than psych. degree because there are so many social service agencies that want social workers. but, the funding cuts have been big and so the hiring isnt as frequent..most agencies are way understaffed, and social workers way underpaid

 

[remy]

I mean it's better than psych. degree

I resent that!
Personally I only have my A.S., which only covered general subjects that I used to transfer over. I'm a little discouraged because I'm tired of being in the same spot and not sure what else I could do. I mean, I know I'm good for a lot more but not sure what direction to start in.

 

[Breetai]

I totally know how you feel L4H3. I hate looking for a job every summer and I hate having my parents having to help me out. I can't give you any good advice, but I can tell you that I know how you feel. *gives hug*

 

[Living4Him03]

thanks

 

[superdave]

Living4Him- I KNOW exactly how you feel- but I am in a seminary and training for Missions- and It's the same boat. Only, my parents dont want to support me- because they feel like I can work- but it's SO hard getting a job- and no one understands. I need a job that pays $10.00 an hour at least- for me to make it. And I do not have have a college degree- and the skills that I do have- they are taken by people that have BA's or MBA's... So where I am stuck? Grunt Work. But My mentor told me this week- something really, really important- He told me, "Do not go out and just look for a job. Go into the spiritual realm and claim the job." So I am claiming a job this week- that pays $10.00 an hour. And I am looking still.

If God has TRULY called you into missions- I think you need to consider it. But, it really doesn't matter what order you do it in. See I am going to a School of Ministry right now, and doing Missions stuff- because God has called this part of my life- for that. But come next year- I am going to start taking classes- and I am going to get a BA- because my Mission is to raise Missionaries. And I will be living in the states more than I will be living over in Europe, Asia or Wherever God leads me. So... God has put it in me to get a degree to help provide for my family while I am climbing up the ladder to do Ministry full time. See... God has seasons for your life... My season right now is to get grounded in my faith, and just growing up, also I believe in 2 years I am going to be married too... -- Anyway huge distraction.

OK... Sorry for the rambling... But I am going to post my prayer for you:

Dear Jesus, Thank you for dying for us... Thank you for being more than Enough in our lives. I love you my father. God I lift up, Living4Him to you- and I say that you make the paths straight for her. That YOU will give her employment. God I pray that you bring rest to her soul and bring peace to her mind. Holy Spirit, I pray that you reveal to her your plans for her life. God, I pray that you break any shame right now or any feeling of inadequacy concering her job issue. I love you Jesus, AMEN.

Be Blessed,

Superdave.

 

[Living4Him03]

aww thank you