Current condition job phrases I am SICK of hearing... (employed, unemployment, employers)

[brother227]

Originally Posted by brother227

The Big Three of phrases

"You need to network"
"You need to take"anything"
"You need to move out of state where the jobs are"

I swear I will take a swing at the next person who says any of those to me

I forgot one.
"You need to re-invent yourself"

[NYChistorygal]

"Google is hiring'.

(sorry if that's a repeat)

[emeraldgirl]

Oh, here is one I hear often as well:

"You need to make yourself stand out among the other 500 applicants applying for the same position."

As if I was not already aware of the competition I am up against while looking for a job.....

I guess I could do a cartwheel or some other acrobatic maneuver at then next interview!

[Charles]

Originally Posted by brother227

The Big Three of phrases

"You need to network"
"You need to take"anything"
"You need to move out of state where the jobs are"

I swear I will take a swing at the next person who says any of those to me

These are all great. They are the job seekers' equivalent of the phrases that give dieter's angst:

"You have to make wise eating decisions." (Gee, I didn't know that cheesecake had more calories than the cantaloupe. Thanks for telling me. Now it will be easy. I just never knew. I think I'll go hire a dietitian right now.)

"Instead of eating that bowl of ice cream, have 4 oz. of melon. It tastes just as good and it only has 75 calories." (You're right. In fact it tastes better and 4 oz. always satisfies me.)

"If you use just four less teaspoons of sugar every day, you'll lose a pound every 50 days." (Doesn't everybody measure their daily caloric content down to the five calorie resolution?)

"You just have to train yourself to not like chocolate."

[WestPhillyDude75]

Mt favorite of all time is

"How's the job search going?


UH DUH, if it was improving wouldn't I have told you???

[kodaka]

I'd go as far as saying that many of them probably do suffer from a god-complex.

No. Engineers suffer from a mere demi-god complex.

It's architects that think they are god.

[tban]

Originally Posted by kodaka

No. Engineers suffer from a mere demi-god complex.

It's architects that think they are god.

LOL.

I think secretly, all engineers dislike architects. For some reason, I have felt this way since college. It's like having a paint artist work in construction, not the best fit.

I do hear "have you found a job YET.." all the time from my engineering friends and classmates. A lot of them in grad school are realizing how bad the job market is now. The questions aren't as frequent anymore haha.

[Shadow Dude]

Originally Posted by annika08

There is no such thing as a recession/depression-proof job

Prostitution and Repo.

[brightdoglover]

Even prostitution is down, at least at the legal places in Nevada.

[supertrucker212]

Everyone is on here complaining about the "lucky to have a job" thing but it's true. Worldwide there is more of a labor supply than demand. The problem, at least here in the US, is that everyone wants to live the high life and think if a job doesn't pay at least 50k a year then it's not worth getting out of bed for. Part of a job and life is doing things you don't like. Our culture has been so brainwashed by Hollywood it's ****ing disgusting! Whatever happened to being tough?

Unless you really hate or despise the actual job itself then I would change