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Why why is finding a job taking soo long in this city, jesus just the bussing is costing me a fortune…. ha I can’t even afford the jobhunt Im delerious with giddy sickness, FUCK
—portcitypirate
This article appears in Jan 21-27, 2010.
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In case your not aware, you can use your bus transfer to get on any bus, including the one you got off of, so long as your within the time frame (usually 2 hours). So 1 bus fare could get you to an interview and back.
so long as it’s not the same bus (I think… been a while)
it at least sounds like you’re pounding pavement… and not just surfing for jobs for a couple hours a day. Are your qualifications suitable to jobs in the area here?
would a McJob help you out until you can get something more permanent?
try writing up another resume, perhaps your current one’s layout isn’t quite appealing enough. little things can make or break the application.
I’ve been taking a while to find work in my field too and have turned to a (hopefully temporary) “McJob” in the meantime, which sucks, but hey, do what you gotta do. Rather than getting frustrated and more discouraged searching for work though, I have found posting on LTWWB to be an excellent way to spend my time!
But yeah, gotta keep it up, keep trying, something will come up eventually, all that bullshit, blah blah blah. Hard not to get discouraged, but the other option is to keep working the shitty McJob forever…
Try a call centre… They suck, but you can sit in a training class for like 2 months, and by then you’ll find something else…
You can also hit up a temp agency (something for a bit is better than nothing at all)
And there are job resource centre in HRM that can help you with your resume and find a job
Hope that helps 🙂
Can we get a tag for unsuccessful job hunters or something?
The transfers can now be used in any direction of travel any route in the valid transfer time . I remember reading it in the metro guide for bus times . Its only been like that for awhile – before that – you couldn’t – now you can.
OP whats your skill ? I suggest going through the yellow pages if you have a trade or something . Call up all relevant companies and ask for an interview and if they are hiring . If you want just a labor job or something – I suggest checking kijiji.com . People and small companies are always posting on there for hired help . On the other side , post one up that your looking for work . I don’t know what you do or are looking for – but a suggestion all the same .
before i moved to Halifax last aug. i did some research into cook/chef jobs and there was consistently 10-12 on the job bank;kijiji etc. still it took me a month to get a gig and i have 25 yrs exp. than it died in late dec.(typically) and they were getting like 500 visits for crappy ass line cook jobs.thank god i landed a gig for the olympics and will be staying in Vancouver because for service industry it’s brutal right now!
Yea it can be a bitch for that kinda job Martym . Keep pounding the pavement relentlessly OP !!! Only way to do it . Fuck interviews and waiting . Start knocking on doors and getting your feet into doors before the help wanted sign hits the window !!!
try the job junction on mumford the people are very helpful and they offer quite a few services
Eastlink is hiring techs and customer service. lots of them. benefits too!
Here’s a tip: companies are not interested in the people who come to interviews like all the other cookie cutter applicants. You need to stand out, and that means doing the interview differently. Instead of allowing the interviewer control the interview, you need to take control of it and turn it around on them and act as if you are interviewing the company. I learned this in Australia, worked every time, and I had ZERO problems find a job in NS when I moved here.
I would not advice “interviewing the company”. We just had a woman do that here a couple weeks ago and the managers performing the interview (and this is for a “real job” not a McJob) were totally turned off. It’s a delicate balance, and keep that in mind.
I can normally spell, I promise.
It’s hard to find a good job. Not only in NS, not only in this economy, but in general.
Especially since the vast majority of jobs are never advertised, and jobs that you see advertised are often only a formality—they already to have a candidate.
One thing that can give you a bit of an “in” is to call up places you’d like to work, set up some appointments where you can meet people in person, leave a resumé (and a business card if apropriate) and let them know who you are, what you do, and that you are available should an opportunity arise in the future.
Sometimes, you won’t hear anything back, but sometimes you will—I got several really good jobs that way, including my current one (someone left for another job and they needed someone fast so I was the first one they called.)
It’s also a good way to check places out—to find out if a place is somewhere you could work or not. (VERY important!)
Also, don’t fall into the mistake that a lot of people make: “mailing out resumés” is not the same thing as “searching for a job.” Unsolicited resumés rarely, if ever, turn into a job offer.
Hang in there, you’ll find something! And Best of luck in your search.
Everything takes forever in Halifax. What did you think.
Want work fast….Go West.
Thats good advice rubyjane . Though in my trades , it IS as easy as showing up on a site . No hassles – show your work and your in . It seems to me its alot harder to find either clerical or mcjobs then it is to work the trades.