Posted by bleauberry on October 16, 2009, at 18:04:14
In reply to Re: Jobless. Anyone else » bleauberry, posted by Maxime on October 15, 2009, at 18:49:17
> That's all fine and well if you can find a job. I've been actively searching since March and I haven't found anything yet. I've had some interviews but they keep on hiring from within.
Yes Maxime you are unfortunately very correct. This is the worst economic disaster since the Great Depression many decades ago. With current political direction it is likely to remain deep and prolonged with random sporadic hints of improvement that don't stick.
I guess I wasn't really talking about all jobs, but more specifically WalMart jobs. There are WMs just about everywhere. They are all hiring almost all the time. Starting positions are usually cashiers and pay is not great at that level. But a job is a job. It's a start. Someone can go from cashier to department worker to department manager in less than 2 years. There are even Store Managers making $100,000 who started as cashiers 6 years ago. Obviously most of us do not have the physical or mental endurance to survive that road, but the benefit of WM is that you can set your own pace. One can choose to work 15 hours a week or 40 hours a week, have a lot of responsibility or very little, have a lot of people contact or hardly any...it is so huge there is something for everyone, even us really sick people (you would be surprised how many people at WM are like you and me).
If the question is, "Where do I stand a pretty good chance of landing a job?" The answer is WM.
That said, you have to go through a 3-stage interview process. The same generic questions are asked of everyone, looking for how you handled certain situations in other jobs and giving specific examples to back it up.
The classified ads section of the paper is very small. It used to be 6 pages. Now it is 1/2 of a page! But through it all...WM is almost always hiring. From personal experience, I actually can't think of a more suitable place for a depression patient to work. There is enough activitiy to engage the mind and keep one occupied, but not so much as to overwhelm. The place is so large that there is no worry all eyes are upon you like would be in a smaller setting, because they aren't. It is just too big. A great place to blend in and just be you as best you can at any given moment.
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