Out of Pod Experience

Hello everyone, i currently am in a level 2 Media productions course which has just been a waste of time..

I complete 2-3 units or even whole project's worth of work and then our teachers change the name of the units/projects with marginally different criteria, and frankly i have had enough of it.

So i thought.. ''Why not go get a job?'' Which i found out is nigh impossible thanks to areas looking for experienced workers but next to nobody my age has experience in work due to nobody hiring them, not to mention the fact that college expect's me to come in the days where i have to go job hunting (which i have been doing for 5 months and not gotten a single interview).

Im only 18 but still, i want to go straight into work as soon as possible only nowhere has a job going, what can-/-should i do?

information towards my next move would be very much appreciated,

Well, my advice is to go to college and enjoy your time being more or less free (college is free where I live, so that is awesome). Expand your horizons and your mind, enjoy making new friends and seeing interesting things. Don't rush into a job. If you find current education not to your tase, move to a different one.

I got a job, but I got it out of a need for money. We are all wage slaves after all. Luckily I get to use my college degree and I work in an interesting company doing satellite communications. But still, it is just wage salvery and I would be on the street as soon as the company figures out a way to automate my function here (still many years off on this point, luckily).

As for jobs, the human population is exponentially growing, and technology is making jobs fewer. Even the service industry is getting more and more autoamted. Thus the criteria for getting a job is ever rising, and more and more people are left jobless. Some creative thinking can still get you a job, for now, but ultimatly so many people will be jobless thst the system will fail entierly.

Getting into farming and growing food locally will actually be a good idea, and if you can do that now and still make a profit from it, even better.

I'll tell you the same thing that I told my little brother, "Do what you want to do". He spent 4 years at UofI going for the Architectural Master only to realize that he didn't really want to do it. What was holding him back from changing was our mother because 1) she is footing the bill and 2) she is well known to put pressure on us and make us feel like we have to live to her standards and not ours. I helped lobby his case to her and eventually we got her to see the light and proved to her that his new course in graphics and animation can be just as rewarding, plus he will still finish in the same time because they share a lot of the same courses with drafting. He's happier and she still has her child bragging rights (yes she still brags about her mid-30's children).

For a job we can't help you much. For starters, we have no idea where you are so we have no idea just how bad the job search is in the area. I know in my area there are tons of jobs but the issue with where I live is that 95% of them don't even pay a cost of living wage, which means you either have to shack up with other people or get 2 of these worthless jobs just to make a living. There have been no requirements for the last 15 years obligating employers to match wages with the CoL of the surrounding area. But back to the point, many college students usually go for part time jobs at fast food joint or grocery stores. My little brother again just recently got a part time job as a waterboy for the football team. It's not much but at least he's got a little extra cash to play with. Usually during the summer vacation he'll come back home and pick up something local to refill the coffers.

Also there are schools that offer night courses for those of us living in the 9-5 world. I've personally have been going to ITT for the past year and a half while working my full time job. It sucks and I'm a stranger in my own home but its got be done as I've been paying my own bills for the last decade. I've forgotten what sleep or sanity means. If this school has trouble accommodating then perhaps look into one that has a little more flexibility (hopefully your credits will transfer over, I know mine won't).

Thanks for the information you guys its much appreciated ill have a look at that hyperlink later today once i have prepared my room and etc after college.

why dont you try and get an aprenticeship ?. Im sorry that your uni learning gubbins isnt working out but this is what happens when successive governments demean educational qualifacations to score brownie points in westminister .retrain as a plumber or a roofer or a sparky ... most of my pub mates are self employed tradesmen ...and they make a fkn shed load of cash .

so much so that when I need to save for a holiday they use me as a skivy for a week or weekend and they bung me roughly £100 a day to to tidy up make the tea blah blah .

and im employad full time as a systems admin ....go figure ...most of my mates have a bad year if they do clear at least £50K a year .

I'm in the same boat as you, Callista. Desperately searching for a job to no avail, despite a really good resume and a ton of (wait for it) Retail experience. Nobody is hiring right now and this economic depression isn't just in the United States.


I feel for ya.