SYG, I need a job
 

:( There is no work to be found. anywhere. :(

Ditto'd. 8 applications and not even a "we're sorry, but we're not interested"

"yeah, unless you want to work 40 hours a week"

yep, i hear all of that.

truth of the matter is, i can't work a straight job myself.

How about an h-job?

no, thanks, i don't need one now.

i do appreciate the thought, though.

I've been looking for work for almost a year now.

I'd be happy with any number about now.

it doesn't pay enough!

how are you surviving? I've been out of full time work for almost six months, I can't imagine another six like this... I'm running out of savings.

Leeching off my parents is how I'm surviving.

I'm so happy I have a job that I like, a boss that I don't loathe and which pays pretty well.
Phoenix, I don't believe that in a city like Melbourne there wouldn't be enough jobs for you. Just give it a time and you'll find one you like.

in my experience, work is not hard to find. there is no pay to be found anywhere.

in all seriousness, i'm not just trying to be semantic here. being unemployed sucks donkey balls. you get depressed, you have nowhere to go during the day, and no money to go out at night and pretty soon you find yourself not leaving the house for days on end... so find somewhere to go work even if they don't pay you. volunteer like a motherfucker. you'll make some new friends, and pretty soon you'll discover that money is not the only form of payment you can recieve for work.

i've been out of work for a year and a half, and i still haven't found a "job-type job" with regular hours and a paycheck. but for the last six months i've been able to mostly quit borrowing money from the parents by working on an organic farm. i don't get a whole lot in the way of cash, and sometimes none at all. but i get paid all the food i can eat (except protien) - and the best food i've had in my life at that, weed, beer, rides to places, favors, friendship and if it came down to it (which it might soon) a roof over my head. in short, most of what i wanted the cash for in the first place and couple of things you can't buy with money... most importantly, the energy to get out of bed everyday and stay positive even though i'm dead broke.

Unemployment can also be FUNemployment!

Having nothing to lose is to have everything to gain.

yes, all of the above problems you've posted. :*(

yeh, Im definately thinking of starting to do some volunteer work. My biggest problem at the moment is transport, since PT where I am pretty well sucks.. and I'm a fair way out of the city. (I've not had a car since I crashed it in late 07.. )

I guess. To be honest though, my time management is a little better when I actually have something to manage. Having nothing to do, makes me do.... nothing. :confused:

That's kind of sad.

ha! exactly. :(

I had big big plans for this year.. and it's just.. gone.

no worries, St. Helena and Tristan da Cunha nekkid photoshoots can wait.

you don't have to live near a city to work on a farm (in fact it helps not to)... although getting to the farm can still be a problem. i bike the 10 miles to the farm i work at if it's not raining even though i have a car, to save money on gas and because i no longer pay for insurance. if i remember correctly, the future where it's hot and dark is in australia... you should check out this website

http://www.wwoof.com.au/

if my memory serves me poorly, here is the general site

http://www.wwoof.org/