Posted on 04/24/2010 1:55:37 AM PDT by jerry557
A bright 21-year-old killed herself after more than 200 unsuccessful job applications.
Vicky Harrison had dreamed of a career as a teacher or a television producer, but gave up hope for the future, her family said yesterday.
A day after her latest rejection, and on the eve of her fortnightly trip to sign on, she wrote heartbreaking notes to her parents and boyfriend saying 'I don't want to be me any more' and took a huge drug overdose.
Her death last month tragically highlights the human cost of the highest level of joblessness since the mid-1990s. Rising youth unemployment has led to warnings about a 'lost generation'.
Miss Harrison's devastated parents called yesterday for more help for young jobseekers, telling how the never-ending search for work had driven their daughter to despair.
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Killed by the minimum wage. May God have mercy on her.
“Killed by the minimum wage.”
EXACTLY...and probably 3% of the country have ANY CLUE what you mean - unreal.
For political reasons, to increase the Socialist vote, Britain has an open door policy to immigrants who take most entry level jobs.
If she didn’t live in the socialist bunghole of the EU she would have plentiful opportunities.
Like in the US.
oh wait
nevermind
Collateral damage of the New World Order.
KIlled herself over lack of progress in finding work. What a fool.
I hate hearing this sort of story, where evil prevails over absence or deficit of faith. Only guessing, but I'd guess that this woman was not a church-goer, nor privately faithful. Society is turning so much to human "solutions" and demands.
Sad. Young people take things way out of proportion. Whatever career, your work is a means to live, not life itself.
For the past 15 years, I've been a hiring manager and I get swamped with hundreds of resumes at a time. However, I never hire off a resume, nor do I base my hiring decision very much on the interview. Just about anybody can put together an decent resume and do well in an interview situation.
No, what impresses me is what other people have to say about the candidate. So personal references are very important in my hiring process, especially if those references are people I know personally. Almost all my hires are referred to me word of mouth and they rarely turn out to be bad hires.
Point is, networking is extremely important to land a job in today's market. It truly is who you know, not what you know. In fact, it's a little more than who you know, it's who you know who will stick out their necks and vouch for your personal character and work ethic.
If a candidate simply lists the names of companies he/she worked for and I have to get a reference from the HR department, forget about it, I'm not hiring that person.
So for those who are searching for a job, forget about those fancy resumes. I get hundreds of those every year and they don't impress me. I only give those a quick glance anyway. Instead, include a cover sheet with what you can offer as an employee and give me a list of people that worked with you that I can call. Tell me how you had perfect attendance and haven't taken a sick day in 10 years. Tell me how you went above and beyond on a certain project...quantitative things like that that I can verify with the references you provided me. Otherwise, I don't give a crap about what fancy college your parents sent you to and I couldn't care less that you like to go windsurfing on weekends (can't believe that people would put hobbies on their resumes!)
Above all, when you interview, be confident and relaxed. Don't be afraid to say "I don't know but I'm willing to learn." Encourage me to call your personal references and offer to provide me with more. That's the kind of people I'm am looking for.
It's really not that hard to find work out there. And don't hold out for the higher position. Don't be afraid to take a lesser job and work your way back up again. During a restructuring about 10 years ago, I lost my management position and took a job as a regular employee. I told my new manager that my goal was to get him promoted and take his job. Less than a year later, that's exactly what happened.
“I hate hearing this sort of story, where evil prevails over absence or deficit of faith. Only guessing, but I’d guess that this woman was not a church-goer, nor privately faithful. Society is turning so much to human “solutions” and demands. “
Well, England is basically Godless for the non-Muslims - and is in the process of disintegrating as a society, culture, and even population (along with the rest of Europe)...sad, but that is the way things are now. We could go back to a better day, but it would be one nasty fight to get there.
But, the government has no role or place in your world.
Be careful....”they” read these posts.
I recall when I left my corporate job in 2003, I woke up the next morning and told my kids that it was the first time since I was 12 that I did not have a “job.” I was 43 at the time. THAT was scary.
For twenty years I was the same person you were: Never without a job, never went for a job I was not offered, and I never hired anyone by a resume or simple interview. Except once: I was interviewing a person for an entry level position and I asked him what his greatest accomplishment was. He answered, “getting my platoon through the Gulf War ( Gulf War I) and bringing them all home.” I hired him on the spot.
But, I’ve built my own business from the ground up. One thing that I tell my kids is that at least once in their life they will be out of work, and without any immediate prospects. They need to build up a war chest that they can live off from for at least six months. They also need to know how to “do something.” People do not have basic skills: being able to build something or provide a service that others will pay for. Too many folks rely on others to provide for them. Provide for yourself and others will pay your mortgage.
As a general rule you are right, but if the hobby directly relates to the job it could give the candidate a step up over others with no experience in the field. I was once offered a job on the basis of a hobby. (I didn't take it, the initial pay cut was more than I could afford at the time.)
You have been extraordinarily lucky. Most people go through an involuntary career change at least once in their lives.
There, fixed it for ya. (You and I both know we have the same problem here......)
Well said, Cboldt. Britain has become a pagan country with no faith in anything, grasping onto the material life until that grasp becomes empty. Sadly, there are millions like that in our own country and they are in charge of our “culture.”
Well I still have another 15-20 good working years left in me so it may happen yet. I actually sometimes fantasize about being laid off. I know saying that would anger some here that have been laid off and have had trouble getting back in the game, but realize that I've been working since I was 16 and the longest vacation I've ever had since then was two weeks (once when I got married and another time when I was between jobs).
So I almost relish getting a pink slip because then for the first time in my adult life, I will wake up the next morning sort of like a kid starting his summer vacation - a long, unbroken string of workless days ahead of me. After 32 years, I kind of miss that feeling!
Of course, I'll be sure to sober up quick once the bills start piling up so that is why I'm content to only fantasize about it!
At my age (late 40s), if I ever did lose my job, I'll probably do what the previous poster did and start my own business. After all, I think I'm getting too old to start calling a man half my age "boss"!
this was on the back cover of our student handbook and we were made to analyze it in English class our freshman year. I have never been "unemployed" and it's all due to the Lord giving me a strong work ethic, my father showing me that life is "not fair" at 11 years of age and the ability to shut my cakehole and just get the job done, cause nobody " cares" about any excuse you may have . They just want the job done and done the right way, when you said you'd do it, in the manner you said it would get done.
oh and don't expect some big slap on the back for doing a good job....... " what's the big deal, you were SUPPOSED" to do it the right way", as my dad informed me. Hahahahah
"The problem with socialism is that eventually you run out of other people's money!" ---Margaret Thatcher
Its sad to hear this but its an unfortunate reality here in the US that a liberal lifestyle of investing hundreds of thousands of dollars in liberal arts won’t get you or guarantee you a job anymore.
The new Socialized Plan for America may not work in the best interest to most of these people, in a Communist country everyone must be equal.
I'm retired now but my work history was like that. I enlisted when I was 18 years old, 4 years later I got out of the service on a Friday and went to work in civilian life the Monday after and was not unemployed until I retired. That included several jobs when I was younger, until I found one to stick with.
I never let go of one job until I had another in hand. I know the job market is different nowadays but people need to stick with it and never give up like the young lady in the story.
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