Well I’m not sure how I’d pay my bills in the meantime while I’m sweeping floors for minimum wage.
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Iconoclast@feddit.uk 2 days ago
Go to a place that seems intetesting and ask for a job. Tell them that you have no experience but are willing to start by sweeping the floors and then learn as you go. The worst thing that can happen is that they say no.
Plenty of places aren’t actively hiring but that doesn’t mean they don’t have need for an extra pair of hands. Showing up in person gives a good impression.
OneWomanCreamTeam@sh.itjust.works 2 days ago
TachyonTele@piefed.social 2 days ago
Ok boomer
Iconoclast@feddit.uk 2 days ago
Sorry that I tried to be helpful.
TachyonTele@piefed.social 2 days ago
Your “advice” hasnt worked in 30 years. No, it’s not helpful, especially when someone is serious about needing a job.
unmagical@lemmy.ml 2 days ago
There are worse things than saying “no.”
Companies aren’t hiring people without experience, and it’s cheaper to not bother upscaling your employees and just leave them trapped in their current job.
No one cares if you show up in person to ask for a job anymore, and if their hiring system is all online it can even be a bad impression because it indicates that you can’t find information from their website and follow instructions.
This seems like the kind of boomer advice my dad thinks still works and hasn’t worked in decades.
Iconoclast@feddit.uk 2 days ago
Not if you’re applying for Apple or Goldman Sachs. Different story with smaller local businesses.
HubertManne@piefed.social 2 days ago
I don’t think its worse its just that your chance of finding a job that way is such that you could be just as productive buying lottery tickets. Seriously. Have you ever worked at a place that you could do anything more than tell the person to go to such and such a place and fill out a application or more likely now go to the website and fill out an application.