My mother was exactly the same. "You're going to fail" she'd tell me "So why don't you help me?" I'd ask and she'd say "I don't know how". Well you're not much fucking use then are you?

I don't want help, I just need motivation, and that's not the best way for her to go about it. Funny thing is, I used to be the smart kid.

KC, we've been through this before... Just travel!!!

With what money?

Start by selling a kidney, then go from there!

Are you hot? Because hot girls pay for nothing...

Unfortunately, no.

KC actually knows that drinks cost money :lol:

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That video has been posted on here so many times :lol:

She was hot beforehand anyway.

I may need to invest in some more make up to be able to pull that off...

WGMG: Not knowing if I want to take a gap year next year after finishing Year 12 this year. My plan is to enroll in the course I want to do, defer it for a year, work a shit load then travel. Have no idea where I want too travel to, or where I could find a job.

your so gonna end up just working at maccas for 12 months and getting massively drunk every weekend.

May as well just go to uni, can still get drunk every weekend, and you get something like a 6 week mid year break and a 3 month end of year break, travel then.

Edited by RJL25: 15/10/2012 08:50:52 PM

Just bleach the fuck out of your hair and fall into the display cabinet in a department store.

WGMG: soccer, i fuckin hatet hat game

WGMG: Got an ambulance bill yesterday for when I broke my ankle playing football over 3 months ago, thought insurance must of covered it, they've only given me two weeks to pay it. Dang

WGMG: Job hunting.
WGMGEM: Rejection letters/emails especially when you know you have the skills for the job.

Edited by zimbos_05: 16/10/2012 04:13:22 PM

ding ding we have a Weiner

Wgmg : forgot to pay phone bill. Telstra Now is bothering me

I'd prefer rejection letters to nothing at all. It would save me ringing them up to find out I don't have a job.

I suppose its good to know that they looked at you application, supposedly, and have let you know, its just this one job i have the experience and know i have the qualities, but didnt even get to the interview stage.

WGMG: Belkin support and trying to buy a modem router. They dont tell you exactly what the router is and which one you need. All this mumbo jumbo Ng3000 4port wireless

This. I'd much rather get a rejection email than call them and have them tell me "well, you're not what we're looking for, but keep at it slugger" and hang up on me.

Ambulance membership: totally worth it.

What sort of jobs you lookin for mate?

WGMG: Absolutely woeful game from the All Whites. FMD.

Well, i know some areas require proper qualifications and such, but i know that you can get a fair few too that you do training whilst working from what ive been looking at. Kinda looking at

Communication and Media
Sports/Sports Coaching/Sports management
Airline/Airport
Writing - Journalism in any field really (sport, music, tourism anything)

Thats the main areas at the moment

What qualifications do you have?

My sister works in recruiting, and she says the single biggest mistake people make when applying for jobs is thinking that meeting most of the job requirements will be enough. It's not.

If there are 5 job requirements or pre-requisites, then they want you to meet all 5, not 4, not 4 and some of the fifth, but all 5.

If you only have 4, and another applicant has all 5, then your not even going to get an interview let alone any serious consideration for the job.

You just have to put yourself in the employers mind, yes I know that many skills can be taught on the job, but if the employer could hire someone who already knows how to do the job completely, why would they hire someone who they will have to invest time into training up?

I don't mean to sound like a know it all or anything, but I just feel bad for people applying for jobs that they never had any chance of getting. I'm not saying that thats what your doing, just wanted to put that out their in case you are.

Edited by RJL25: 16/10/2012 08:33:53 PM

The biggest problem is everywhere looking for people with "two to three years experience" for a fucking entry level position.

Yeah I know, thats super gay and annoying, but the fact remains, your still wasting your time applying for it.

Whether or not they are being unreasonable is beside the point, if they are looking for someone with 2 to 3 years experience, and you don't have that on your resume, then your not getting an interview!

Job hunting is unfair, thats just the way it is unfortuantely, but employers know what they want and thats pretty much that.

Yeah, no shit you're wasting your time. But how are you meant to get 2-3 years experience in any industry when all the entry level positions want someone with experience? Go through 2-3 years of unpaid internship to get your foot in the door? Well bad news with that one, people need money. They can't all live with their parents into their thirties.

What industry are we talking about?

Many industries. I've never had the problem personally - hospo doesn't quite work like that. But I hear it from a lot of my friends who were looking for work in 9-5's and gave up on their choice career, hung the degree in the toilet and went to TAFE to study a trade.