This job hunt is pissing me the fukk off now. Why doesn't anyone want to hire me?

[#1 pick]

Anything really. My previous job was as a Financial Analyst but it was a contract. My major is in Business Administration.

Everything is all good during the initial phone interview and my in person interviews are perfect. Not sure wtf the problem is but I dont ever see any faces that look like mine. Maybe it's b/c most of these jobs have been in the suburbs (Alpharetta, Mableton, etc)

@ProfessionallyTrill Your problem is you are in Atlanta. Move to DC. It is much better out here for Financial Analyst. Much better than Atlanta.

@*F*U*N*E*R*A*L* Your problem is simple. You want to be paid and get a good job but don't have the background. I had a BA degree. The only thing that I could get without my mother's connects was odd jobs and wack jobs. I literally went back to school for IT. For me, I wanted to create sites and become a webmaster for my own sites, fed up with the market. I went to tech school. The choices there are Network admin road with certs, Website Specialist where you learn some languages and graphic design. I wasn't a designer and I didn't want rebuild and take apart shyt. That bores me. I got into the Website specialist arena which didn't work for me in Atlanta, moved to DC. And while the road has been rough, I have moved up in my field and I am continuing to get closer to my goal with a few hiccups.

I will advice you to find your passion. See which one pays. Get the skills needed and take contracts and go from there. Designers get paid once proven. Do whatever it takes to get skilled at it and go the contract route. But either do it in NYC or move to SF or DC. Don't go to Pittsburgh and try to do this. Be humble and yes, ask your parents, it will hurt and as a Nigerian as well, I know how are parents can be when we ask for stuff but in order to achieve your goal, you need a break to continue. It's clear going back is a bad option and not one you are willing to take so do whatever legally it takes to do so. Going door to door ain't it.

 

[#1 pick]

been looking for a job since 16, i am now 18 and have only got 4 calls/emails for an interview in total, but no job . fukk it, finna trap

Create a goals list and talk to others who have done what you are trying to do. I kid you not, that's what I did and that's how I found my route. It was a lot of broke days and failed moments at first.

 

[#1 pick]

Yes. I am. This has been established already.

And in other news, the sky is blue and water is wet.

He's right but here is what I had to learn like all those in the IT thread. You have to find career paths that are about skill and talent and NOT your race, level with the company, filling a quota. As a Black man, we will rarely get in those non professional roles like HR, Marketing, Accounting unless you are a hot prospect, and positions like those. We generally get maintenance, warehouse, call center while we are out numbered by Black women, and professional fields like anything IT, law, medical, church, hire recruiting, politics, entertainment. So we are limited at where we can go for the most part. Our color is against us in most cases except in fields where skill and talent matters. With the barrier of entry being so high in entertainment and sports yet being so publicized, it's hard to break those arenas. Then you have the others where getting to a decent level can be very hard in the first two to three years but other that is smooth sailing.

It's all about what you want. Clearly, we need a community and what not but anything is possible but as a Black male, you have to know what fields you can and cannot get into unless you are truly exceptional.

 

[Nomad1]

I had to move from LA to Toronto after a friend hooked me up at a job (Suncor). I now work in Fort Mcmurray (got moved) and it's filled with hillbillies from Nova Scotia and drunk Native Caadians . I make $36 an hour but shyt is made stressful and depressing to live (an isolated place). What's pissing me off even more is I have an economic and political science major and im working at a fukking oil sand fields in fukking Canada. shyt is hectic but look outside of America if need be

 

[CodeBlaMeVi]

I'll say this...network and in between jobs stay busy and gain experience. on your resume state what you've achieved and not what you done. Focus on what you want to do as far as a career so apply to those jobs. highly consider moving if you must. sound confident and lie if you must. I learned all this the hard way.

 

[KOOL-AID]

Create a goals list and talk to others who have done what you are trying to do. I kid you not, that's what I did and that's how I found my route. It was a lot of broke days and failed moments at first.

aight imma try, not gonna be discourage and quit like some loser and end up 34 and broke tryna be a thug or sum shyt.

 

[#1 pick]

aight imma try, not gonna be discourage and quit like some loser and end up 34 and broke tryna be a thug or sum shyt.

No need to come up with negative comparisons to counter your list. Just create goals, focus on the positives, write everything out.

 

[#1 pick]

I had to move from LA to Toronto after a friend hooked me up at a job (Suncor). I now work in Fort Mcmurray (got moved) and it's filled with hillbillies from Nova Scotia and drunk Native Caadians . I make $36 an hour but shyt is made stressful and depressing to live (an isolated place). What's pissing me off even more is I have an economic and political science major and im working at a fukking oil sand fields in fukking Canada. shyt is hectic but look outside of America if need be

Save up so you can start what you really want to do.

 

[Nomad1]

Save up so you can start what you really want to do.

Already doing that bruh

 

[CodeBlaMeVi]

get that first gig and save conservatively. think about entrepreneurship too.

 

[Poitier]

In America, all of the livable wage jobs are being replaced by minimum wage jobs. There just aren't many grea jobs out there like Pre-2008, especially for Black men.

http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs...-turned-middle-class-jobs-into-low-wage-jobs/


What this means is... that most of us need to live with in our means, save up and start our own businesses. That or get the fukk out of America to a country that cares about it's middle class.

 

[*L*E*G*A*C*Y*]

get that first gig and save conservatively. think about entrepreneurship too.

Thanks for all of the responses in this thread. But yeah, if given the chance, this is what I want to do with my income from my job. The last thing I want to do especially going into my 30s is work for someone. I feel like I've had the same dream since high school, and that's been to start a skate brand and clothing company. It's just all about getting those initial pieces for me to display in a lookbook. I'm not even trying to put that in any store either...Im trying to use the internet following I've cultivated through my tumblr blog to propell it. ANd get it hot to the point where people are asking me to put my clothes in their stores and not vice versa.

It takes baby steps, but I've thought this out with all of this time that I've been unemployed.

 

[*L*E*G*A*C*Y*]

He's right but here is what I had to learn like all those in the IT thread. You have to find career paths that are about skill and talent and NOT your race, level with the company, filling a quota. As a Black man, we will rarely get in those non professional roles like HR, Marketing, Accounting unless you are a hot prospect, and positions like those. We generally get maintenance, warehouse, call center while we are out numbered by Black women, and professional fields like anything IT, law, medical, church, hire recruiting, politics, entertainment. So we are limited at where we can go for the most part. Our color is against us in most cases except in fields where skill and talent matters. With the barrier of entry being so high in entertainment and sports yet being so publicized, it's hard to break those arenas. Then you have the others where getting to a decent level can be very hard in the first two to three years but other that is smooth sailing.

It's all about what you want. Clearly, we need a community and what not but anything is possible but as a Black male, you have to know what fields you can and cannot get into unless you are truly exceptional.

At this point in my life, I could care less about my race being held against me. Someone like me who has skills, knowledge, charisma, foresight, and other great qualities, I have confidence that people will see that I'm an asset and eventually give me the opportunities I worked hard to obtain. It already has worked to a degree with my blog and especially working as a DJ in radio (but those shows I did on WRCT ant WPTS were more to promote myself as a DJ then be a radio DJ...my main passion is music) I even think of it like this in my life; I am who I am and nothing will change that. I've been willing to work hard to prove that I have something going on. But yeah, favoritism will get in the way. It's a harsh reality, but I refuse to let that kill my dreams.

I'm willing to build up my skill set if need be. I consider myself a very computer literate person, so learning some programming language or IT would probably benefit me. I'm just looking for that job (or jobs...I'm willing to work two honestly) that gives me enough money where I can pay bills and rent and have extra to funds towards other ventures to supplement my income.

As for the bolded...I'm already limited due to the fact I have experience...but not enough to really get hired for most promising careers. It's just all about getting experience for me. I've already had a taste of it working here in NY and I'm still hungry for more...even at my age. LOL.

 

[*L*E*G*A*C*Y*]

@ProfessionallyTrill Your problem is you are in Atlanta. Move to DC. It is much better out here for Financial Analyst. Much better than Atlanta.

@*F*U*N*E*R*A*L* Your problem is simple. You want to be paid and get a good job but don't have the background. I had a BA degree. The only thing that I could get without my mother's connects was odd jobs and wack jobs. I literally went back to school for IT. For me, I wanted to create sites and become a webmaster for my own sites, fed up with the market. I went to tech school. The choices there are Network admin road with certs, Website Specialist where you learn some languages and graphic design. I wasn't a designer and I didn't want rebuild and take apart shyt. That bores me. I got into the Website specialist arena which didn't work for me in Atlanta, moved to DC. And while the road has been rough, I have moved up in my field and I am continuing to get closer to my goal with a few hiccups.

I will advice you to find your passion. See which one pays. Get the skills needed and take contracts and go from there. Designers get paid once proven. Do whatever it takes to get skilled at it and go the contract route. But either do it in NYC or move to SF or DC. Don't go to Pittsburgh and try to do this. Be humble and yes, ask your parents, it will hurt and as a Nigerian as well, I know how are parents can be when we ask for stuff but in order to achieve your goal, you need a break to continue. It's clear going back is a bad option and not one you are willing to take so do whatever legally it takes to do so. Going door to door ain't it.

This bolded speaks to me. I don't want to be that person hitting up my parents for money at my age, but until I can find a steady job with a steady pay, I'll have to.

It hurts my pride...I don't really feel like I can admit to that and I'm ashamed of it. At this age, I imagined that I'd be somebody making money and being independent. But I spent way too much time in college and now I'm here at almost 30 feeling like that 22-24 year old that just got out of college and is looking for their first big job in the big bad city.

There were many reasons I moved here. I always wanted to live here, and I just felt after my last year of college that I really needed a challenging situation in my life to bring out the best in me. I was just sick and tired of feeling like a loser and just wanted to be that person that just stacked those Ws mayne!

I'll be dead ass honest...you wanna know who my biggest inspirations are personally? Diddy, Pharell, and Jay-Z. I just want to get to that boss status man. I wanna be that person speaking at NYU talking about success. On Ellen and the View chopping it up about the come-up. I just want to be that person who inspires people...that see me and say to me "because of you...I didn't give up."

 

[kermit da hustla]

Yes. I am. This has been established already.

And in other news, the sky is blue and water is wet.

ok, if you already acknowledge that your skin color is behind this difficulty finding a job, why are you making a thread about it?