catbox_9's job search

SoulRat wrote:

Have some kids and be a stay at home mom like me

How hard is it to adopt one? If you adopt one can you go on welfare? Does welfare pay well?

iluvpudge7 wrote:

job search...

Me, too!

I mean I realize I'll be back at school at some point and will eventually get a real job (hopefully), but living with my younger sister who barely got through high school (actually she did the last 3 years on independent study) and watching her come home with $50-100+ cash (tip money) ever day after her 4ish hours of work plus seeing her get a check every week makes me kind of jealous. Here I wasted my life trying to be a good student, went to one of the better universities in the country, got a degree, and will probably have to settle for minimum wage working with high schoolers, high school drop-outs, and illegal immigrants who can't speak a word of English.

I'm not sure I like this world where a bachelor's degree is less useful than a high school diploma was 50 years ago. There was a time when even with a high school diploma you could get a good job and you could get a great one with a bachelor's degree. Now those degrees get you minimum wage jobs.

I applied at Hollywood Video. When it asked what position I was applying for all of the positions sounded fancy and I don't care enough about this possible job to go to the store and see which ones I'm qualified for. I went with shift leader. I don't really want this job and I probably won't get it anyways.

UCLA probably doesn't have a placement office?
Have you thought about working there?

catbox_9 wrote:

SoulRat wrote:

Have some kids and be a stay at home mom like me

How hard is it to adopt one? If you adopt one can you go on welfare? Does welfare pay well?

UCLA should have a job placement service, all colleges I know of have them, and they are free to graduates!

I still say Catbox should get an internship with an MLB or even Minor League Baseball team

He could do stats or stuff!


I know Paso Robles may not be near any pro teams


But you could always commute until you could rent an apartment or a room somewhere

Work for the Tigers! It would be a commute from here but we'll be glad to put you up if you want to live with a buncha cats and dogs!

laprimamirala wrote:

Work for the Tigers! It would be a commute from here but we'll be glad to put you up if you want to live with a buncha cats and dogs!

Catbox likes animals, too


Really he should do it!


He is young, single, no kids

Go for something like that

If it don't work; he has time to get something related to his degree of study

laprimamirala wrote:

UCLA probably doesn't have a placement office?
Have you thought about working there?

I don't live in LA anymore so that won't work.

gs78 wrote:

I still say Catbox should get an internship with an MLB or even Minor League Baseball team

He could do stats or stuff!


I know Paso Robles may not be near any pro teams


But you could always commute until you could rent an apartment or a room somewhere

The nearest minor league team is either Bakersfield, Fresno, or San Jose. They're all about a 2 hour drive away. Minor league scorekeepers make like $20 a game with free parking.

so what's the recap? how many jobs have you applied for?

laprimamirala wrote:

so what's the recap? how many jobs have you applied for?

First post has all that information. I can't remember the exact number at the moment.

catbox_9 wrote:

gs78 wrote:

I still say Catbox should get an internship with an MLB or even Minor League Baseball team

He could do stats or stuff!


I know Paso Robles may not be near any pro teams


But you could always commute until you could rent an apartment or a room somewhere

The nearest minor league team is either Bakersfield, Fresno, or San Jose. They're all about a 2 hour drive away. Minor league scorekeepers make like $20 a game with free parking.

That be a good way to get your foot in the door, though the pay isn't good. Wouldn't be a bad part time job, You could go to Grad School while being a scorekeeper


MLB Teams have internships; Maybe you could get a job working in the ticket office or something

$20 wouldn't even come close to covering the gas it takes to drive 2 hours each way though. Even though I'd get my proverbial foot in the door as far as baseball jobs go it wouldn't get my foot in the door for a health-related job. Being able to keep score at baseball won't help you in hospitals.

catbox_9 wrote:

$20 wouldn't even come close to covering the gas it takes to drive 2 hours each way though. Even though I'd get my proverbial foot in the door as far as baseball jobs go it wouldn't get my foot in the door for a health-related job. Being able to keep score at baseball won't help you in hospitals.

Perhaps a health related job in MLB?

gs78 wrote:

catbox_9 wrote:

$20 wouldn't even come close to covering the gas it takes to drive 2 hours each way though. Even though I'd get my proverbial foot in the door as far as baseball jobs go it wouldn't get my foot in the door for a health-related job. Being able to keep score at baseball won't help you in hospitals.

Perhaps a health related job in MLB?

Because there's so many :haha: I like where I live and there's no baseball teams near there. There's plenty of hospitals and such nearby, but no MLB teams. Besides, baseball season is about over and I need a job now.

catbox_9 wrote:

iluvpudge7 wrote:

job search...

Me, too!

I mean I realize I'll be back at school at some point and will eventually get a real job (hopefully), but living with my younger sister who barely got through high school (actually she did the last 3 years on independent study) and watching her come home with $50-100+ cash (tip money) ever day after her 4ish hours of work plus seeing her get a check every week makes me kind of jealous. Here I wasted my life trying to be a good student, went to one of the better universities in the country, got a degree, and will probably have to settle for minimum wage working with high schoolers, high school drop-outs, and illegal immigrants who can't speak a word of English.

I'm not sure I like this world where a bachelor's degree is less useful than a high school diploma was 50 years ago. There was a time when even with a high school diploma you could get a good job and you could get a great one with a bachelor's degree. Now those degrees get you minimum wage jobs.

Yep, the world has changed big-time that's for sure! I've applied for things other than teaching and I know I'm wasting my time with that as well, my app sits in a pile with 8 million others But at least you're young, I thought I would have been working again wayyyyy before now. And don't feel too bad if something doesn't come up right away, the economy is soooo right now. MI is a disaster, I think we're leading the way in being , but I know it's hard to get jobs anywhere right now...

iluvpudge7 wrote:

, the economy is soooo right now.

That's why when I'm totally finished with school I'll work in health care...no matter how bad the economy is people get sick. To play it extra safe I want to work at a prison - no matter how bad an economy is, people break the law (actually the worse the economy the more criminals). When I was younger I wanted to be an architect. That might be a tough job to find when the economy is bad - people don't have to have architects and what not.

catbox_9 wrote:

iluvpudge7 wrote:

, the economy is soooo right now.

That's why when I'm totally finished with school I'll work in health care...no matter how bad the economy is people get sick. To play it extra safe I want to work at a prison - no matter how bad an economy is, people break the law (actually the worse the economy the more criminals). When I was younger I wanted to be an architect. That might be a tough job to find when the economy is bad - people don't have to have architects and what not.

But if you had been an architect; you could have helped design the prisons you would be working at.

I mailed an application to be a teaching assistant at a prison today. That'll probably be the 10th job I don't get.

catbox_9 wrote:

I mailed an application to be a teaching assistant at a prison today. That'll probably be the 10th job I don't get.

:haha:

Don't worry Catbox

Either tomorrow of Friday I'm going to head over to United Staffing and see if they can get me a job. They probably can't though as I'm barely qualified to work at McDonalds.

With a college degree?
Catbox, you could get most jobs that you wanted witha degree.

gdennis59 wrote:

With a college degree?
Catbox, you could get most jobs that you wanted witha degree.

Not if said degree is in basket weaving.

catbox_9 wrote:

Either tomorrow of Friday I'm going to head over to United Staffing and see if they can get me a job. They probably can't though as I'm barely qualified to work at McDonalds.

Good Luck Catbox


I know you have pointed out why my ideas won't work;

Gas and Travel the main reasons and low pay!


But If you can't get a health related job in California

Which you will get!

But if not!

If I were in your shoes; I would apply for an internship with an MLB or Minor League Club

Even if you had to work a second job in something crappy to afford the gas to travel or renting a room somewhere near your job


You are a young guy with a college degree with a strong interest in baseball.


Who knows?


You could be the next Dave D!

The main downside to baseball jobs right now are the fact the season is about to end, the low pay, and the fact I go to school 2 nights a week to prepare for when I go back to school full-time (which will be in a year or so).

Once I get more degrees, I can easily get a job in health care. There is still a chance (albeit small) that I'll get into medical school and be a psychiatrist. The prisons in CA are so desperate for shrinks it's not even funny. If you're licensed and not a felon they'll hire you instantly at about $25,000 a month (or if you don't want benefits you can be a contracted employee for $250/hr. although you'll have to pay $50/hr. of that to the contractor who got you the job).

If I do not become a psychiatrist (which I won't) I'll be either a nurse practitioner or physician's assistant (they're the same thing*...one would require 4 extra year's of school since my bachelor's degree isn't in nursing...the other one requires a bachelor's degree in anything which I already have) which is also very easy to get a job as since they're desperate for those as well.

*They aren't actually the same. A nurse practitioner is a nurse and a physician's assistant is not. They do the exact same thing and get paid the exact same amount (down to the cent) but not every place hires physician's assistants since they aren't nurses. Places that hire both (such as the prison near here) list the position as Nurse Practitioner/Physician's Assistant since they're essentially the same job.

catbox_9 wrote:

The main downside to baseball jobs right now are the fact the season is about to end, the low pay, and the fact I go to school 2 nights a week to prepare for when I go back to school full-time (which will be in a year or so).

Once I get more degrees, I can easily get a job in health care. There is still a chance (albeit small) that I'll get into medical school and be a psychiatrist. The prisons in CA are so desperate for shrinks it's not even funny. If you're licensed and not a felon they'll hire you instantly at about $25,000 a month (or if you don't want benefits you can be a contracted employee for $250/hr. although you'll have to pay $50/hr. of that to the contractor who got you the job).

If I do not become a psychiatrist (which I won't) I'll be either a nurse practitioner or physician's assistant (they're the same thing*...one would require 4 extra year's of school since my bachelor's degree isn't in nursing...the other one requires a bachelor's degree in anything which I already have) which is also very easy to get a job as since they're desperate for those as well.

*They aren't actually the same. A nurse practitioner is a nurse and a physician's assistant is not. They do the exact same thing and get paid the exact same amount (down to the cent) but not every place hires physician's assistants since they aren't nurses. Places that hire both (such as the prison near here) list the position as Nurse Practitioner/Physician's Assistant since they're essentially the same job.

catbox_9 wrote:

gdennis59 wrote:

With a college degree?
Catbox, you could get most jobs that you wanted witha degree.

Not if said degree is in basket weaving.

Will you please stop calling it that?!
It's psychology, I mean you know that...
But I don't think that he realized you are looking for a somewhat temporary job and are going to go back to school.