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Holy Sloppy, Managed Poorly, No Homework Done, Questions From the Trash - Where's a Building? Thread

kwb said:
Archie, I can get you a job. It's for Xango. I'll sign you up and then when you sign some one else up, you'll get money and then when that person signs some one else up, you get even more money and so on. Plus, it cures cancer ya know.
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I hate Utah. The sad thing is, my initials are MLM. Go figure.
 
Archie Moses said:
I hate Utah. The sad thing is, my initials are MLM. Go figure.
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Good luck on finding what you are having today btw. I'm excited for another Archie Jr. to bless us with it's presence in this world with heeheepeepeecaca. Keep your fingers crossed for a boy. ; )
 
kwb said:
Good luck on finding what you are having today btw. I'm excited for another Archie Jr. to bless us with it's presence in this world with heeheepeepeecaca. Keep your fingers crossed for a boy. ; )
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I told my wife last night that if our baby's first words are hehepeepeecaca then I will be a proud dad. BTW, I think you're right about not using hehepeepeecaca during job interviews. And just to think, I thought I was presenting myself very well during my interviews.


If it's a boy I'm gonna push for the name Archie. ;)
 
LogGrad98 said:
I was unemployed for a year and a half. I worked for the census at about 1/3 of my previous salary just cuz it was more than unemployment, and it extended my unemployment some. Then I finally took a job here in reno at about 2/3 of my previous salary. It really sucks. I agree with you 100%. General Manager jobs, in the old days (like 4 years ago) would draw maybe 20 resumes max. I had a recruiter tell me he was sifting through 200 GM resumes for one job I applied for. At that point it is simply a lottery. Do they pick your out of the other 50 or so that look just like yours or not?

I feel for ya man. Keep at it. That is all you can do.
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How is that multiple even possible? If the unemployment rate is only ~ 9%, why all the extra applications for each job? Are you trying to tell me the government might be fudging that number? Like, if they did something crazy like calculate the number how they used to, it would be much higher? Kind of like they do with inflation? You're a conspiracy theorist, dude.
 
Duck Rodgers said:
How is that multiple even possible? If the unemployment rate is only ~ 9%, why all the extra applications for each job? Are you trying to tell me the government might be fudging that number? Like, if they did something crazy like calculate the number how they used to, it would be much higher? Kind of like they do with inflation? You're a conspiracy theorist, dude.
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Do you think that people who are currently working don't send in applications for other jobs?

I don't think fudging isn't happening, as you're saying.

I think that a lot of unemployed, are sending in their applications.
Those underemployed, are as well.
Those employed but interested in other jobs, are sending in their applications.

Hence, why there are so many applications being sent in today.
 
Duck Rodgers said:
How is that multiple even possible? If the unemployment rate is only ~ 9%, why all the extra applications for each job? Are you trying to tell me the government might be fudging that number? Like, if they did something crazy like calculate the number how they used to, it would be much higher? Kind of like they do with inflation? You're a conspiracy theorist, dude.
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I am now employed. I am also still looking for a job at my previous level, hence I am still applying to those jobs. The unemployment rate is only a portion of the workers affected. That only counts those that are unemployed and on the states lists as unemployed. It does not cound people that are unemployed and no longer getting unemployment, or who gave up and are no longer looking, or who took jobs to get by that were not fitting their experience or education. The last are called "under-employed", and I fall in that category. Also, it does not include people who see the writing on the wall and are trying to get out before their companies kick them out.
 
Right. U-6(16%), U-3(9%), and then you have one more stat that is non-governmental and is the computed mean by independent economists using the old government models that puts it at about 150% higher than U-3 at anywhere from 22%-26.5%. There is no reason that model ever needed to be banished except for political reasons. It's the most relevant number.
 
Beantown said:
Archie, if you don't mind what type of jobs/companies are you applying at?



Have you applied at Fidelity? I got a job offer there but I decided to pursue a second degree and couldn't swing both. They start you at 37,000 and you can move up fairly quick. I have a lot of friends there. I still may go back after I finish this degree because they will pay 90% of an MBA. Anyway just a thought.
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What position do you start at? Financial analyst? I hear the Goldman Sachs offices in SLC aren't all that hard to get offers from either , at least in comparison to NYC Goldman. And they should start you at quite a bit higher than Fidelity. Actually, I don't know about now, but at least that was the case when they went through their first round of hiring last year sometime.
 
*Hedberg

Congratulations Archie. Is this your first kid? If so, congratulations, and good luck.
 
LogGrad has an air of sophistication, breeding, intelligence, and humor that is pretty much unmatched.

Oh yeah, and humility. Can't forget humility. Of all of my awesomeness that may very well be my very best quality.
 
I basically made this exact same thread approximately 5 years ago when I was having problems finding a job while in law school. Things do get better even though they are depressing right now.

The best advice I can give having gone through this experience is to be totally openminded about the opportunities that present themselves even if they're not the opportunities that you wanted. My law school roommate really wanted to live in Charlotte after graduation and didn't get a job there, eventually moving to Milwaukee. Blessing in disguise as the Charlotte legal community promptly imploded and everyone we knew who lives there got laid off. I had no intentions of going to Northern California but my first choice law firm in Phoenix has since revealed itself to be something of a cesspool that I would not have survived in. The point of this is that sometimes the options that are handed to you are better than the ones you would have chosen for yourself.

Life will never be perfect but all indications are that you have some nice support structure and family money. This too shall pass and you're in a better position to ride it out than many of your peers. Be thankful for what you have and eagerly accept the next thing that you get.

Good luck, and congratulations on your child.
 
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