I'm sorry you feel that way, but I won't let anybody anywhere influence how I feel or express my feelings for my son.
I was going to be nice and give you free financial advice in the other thread, but now I think I'll save my time.
I wonder what this person gains, on a personal selfish level (what else) from posting on this BBS or communicating with other human beings in general. I'm half serious here.
Never say never, tough guy. I always said there was NO WAY I'd be out of a job for 9 months...but here I am sending out 10 to 15 resumes a week to companies and law firms. If you don't like what drapg has to say, I invite you to refrain from comment and move on to any one of the marvelous threads on the BBS.
I feel for you, drapg. I'm in the same boat (and if I recall, looking for a job in the same field as you). Unfortunately, I couldn't hack it and have had to move back to Houston to live with my parents. It has to be the single most embarassing moment of my life. Good luck to you.
Good luck to everyone here who is trying to find a job. I am sure that if you keep trying hard, you will find something. Fortunately for you, unemployment rates in the US are not nearly as high as in Germany.
hey, you're 25 today and you are unemployed! GO celebrate your birthday bro! don't let the system bring you down. I soon will be in your boat, a 25 year old graduate with no job. f@ck it dude, lets go bowling! HAPPY BIRTHDAY DRAGP
drapg, I have always enjoyed reading your posts here. I hope you won't let one person here cause you to quit posting (if it makes you feel any better, Behad has been an ass to me on numerous occasions, some warranted and some unwarranted ). I know you have probably tried this already, but look into doing some networking, meaning talk to any person you know that you think could help you find a job somewhere. You will be surprised at how many people you know once you get to thinking about it and writing it down. Even if they don't know of a job out there, they might know someone else they can refer you to that could know about a job. Don't give up and BTW, I hope you had a happy birthday today.
Im with Behad on this one ... I don't visit this board much these days, so i really don't know who's who anymore ... but when I hear of Drapg, I think "oh, the guy who complains he doesn't have a job" I relocated to SC on my own will, leaving a pretty nice secure job ... with only $2500 in my pocket. I "sorta" looked for a job for 3 months and I never had a friggin interview ... I had all kinds of contacts "promise" me they would find a job, but still not even a call back ... not even an interview. Keep in mind I wasn't getting unemployment benifits ... so I eventually taken a job at a grocery store ... I absolutely hate it. But it has to be done. I've been doing it for 2 months now ... and on top of that, im trying to close on a house. Right now, i can't even make all my bills ... and I've cut everything possible ... I freeze my ass off at night cutting down on the gas bill. So you ask, how should you celebrate? Grab a nice big piece of humble pie, get a full time job at mcdonalds, and cut everything out of your financial life that isn't needed ... including cable, internet, cell phones, or any other useless goody. Its hard, but the more you suffer, the harder you'll try to get out of it.
And out of character. I don't think anyone else that posts here comes across as quite so arrogant (IMHO) as Trader_Jorge.
Why not volunteer - which, although not being paid, is essentially a job - or be entrepreneurial. I know for a fact that if I got laid off, looking for a new job wouldn't be at the top of my list. I would write up one or more of the many business plans I've thought of trying in the last year. Do something positive. This seems to be what Behad is getting at.
