• LordAmplifier@pawb.socialEnglish
    4·
    9 days ago

    My job situation is starting to maybe look a little less terrible than a few weeks ago. It’s still far from good because nobody wants to give me a job, but at least my attempts to head in a different direction aren’t immediately rejected. I have a few online tests to do, and if they go well, they’ll invite me to an interview, and maybe I’ll be able to start my “career” from scratch next year :3

    • green_copper@pawb.socialOPMEnglish
      3·
      8 days ago

      I wish the best for your tests and job interviews. What is the new direction if I may ask?

      I notice the effects of the current recession, not on myself but my friends where some also are job-hunting without success for a while. The growing hopelessness is sad to witness. And not just in IT; because of the falling birth rate friends who studied in the field of daycare are also struggling right now.

      • LordAmplifier@pawb.socialEnglish
        3·
        7 days ago

        The economy definitely makes it tough to find a job at the moment! Your friends’ experience with unsuccessful job-hunting sounds very familiar. The new direction is working for a local government and basically being the person you talk to to get licences, permits, and other documents like that. It’s pretty much a dead end in terms of career (you can move horizontally but not vertically, I guess), but it sounds chill, pays well enough, has high job security, and sounds a lot better than making money for random corporations (most of my current options include some form of marketing, which I hate)

        • green_copper@pawb.socialOPMEnglish
          2·
          7 days ago

          If you are prepared for boredom interrupted by dealing with upset customers (or whatever the term for them is in government context) then it is a chill job indeed which is unlikely to get replaced by technology soon. And I think payment is adjusted to inflation now and then (well, depending on the country), so you don’t have to be good at salary negotiations, which is another plus.