>for being lucky
>implying they didnt work for it
>implying you not just suck at your job

>>7645551
DUR HUR HARD WORK IS WHAT GETS YOU AHEAD IN LIFE JUST ASK SWEATSHOP WORKERS HAR HUR HOO

Go teach english in Korea.

You will get a free apartment and 2000 a month, which is a lot there. After that, you will have a much better thing on your resume to launch from.

Or you can just keep teaching there.

If you're a guy, you will also get laid. A lot.

And they will even cover your plane ticket.

step 1: post your resume, tripfag up your name, swap email with disposable one:

step 2: shit brix

I could say you chose a pretty terrible field to work in but that wouldn't help much. Is there any skill you have that you could cash on ? I'm thinking manual skills like mechanics or plumbing. There's always work for this kind of skills. It might even be worth getting some training to acquire them rather than doing nothing and wait years for the recession to end.

>>7645591
big fucking agree.

Just finished law school but I can arc weld so I make twice what my classmates do (while fielding my resume for actual career work

hi fellow robutt,

I lost my job this past week and have filed for unemployment.
I worked hard to get the job that I had and now I feel it went to shit. I went from homeless to my first apartment and first car in 3 years, and now I have a month of living expenses and no job. Life has just given me a shitstorm.

I can't help much, but I want to say good luck. ): I wish I could stab rich people too.

No serious, english, korea, go, and then apply to state department jobs or some shit. Like seriously, get your ass employed asap by going to korea. Or japan. Or even thailand. Get some world travel.

Get paid and get a job fast.

>>7645591
i have zero blue-collar skills. i installed a ceiling fan once; it took me 3 days.

>>7645570
what is this going to do? i'm a-scurred of the 4chans infecting my life if i use a name.

>>7645637
PROTIP: Thai massage good good!

>>7645536

blame obama. all obama has to do is stop spending and cut taxes and jobs will start popping up all over the country.

you might have better luck with political media in the upcoming months because it's an election year. what kind of political media stuff did you want to do? I can tell you about my friend's experience looking for jobs in the communications department for congress critters if that's what you're into

>>7645653
this is why we can't have nice things.

scratch that, YOU are why we can't have nice things

>>7645563
suddenly i find myself wishing i had one of those degrees.

>>7645664
i wrote copy and poll questionnaires for campaign mail-ads. i also advised the candidates and their managers re: language and content. i would do this again; i'm ideally looking for HR, PR, or administrative work as i am expecting entrance into an organizational mamangement program in the fall.

>>7645653
>stop spending federal money
>state budgets fall to pieces
>unemployment money runs out
>even more people can't spend money
>economy shrinks again
>murder/suicides rate increases exponentially
>unemployment goes down thanks to smaller population
>country recovers!

OP, may I ask you how much you made from unemployment? So I know what to expect?

Seriously OP, I've given you the answer.

You can either dick around and feel pity or go on an international adventure.

this isn't the first time you've made this thread.

work at mcdonalds or something.

>>7645683
well, I don't think things are going to gear up until the summer for the most part. my friend struggled to get a job in communications despite both experience and connections in politics. the connections were able to get him some interviews, but people usually already had someone in mind they wanted to hire. perhaps more experience would help you. are there any local politicians who you could volunteer with to get some more exposure/get some connections

Graduated 09 in history/poly sci

Can't find work. Not even mcdonalds. No work at all. Shit sucks.

>>7645761
what university and what region of the country are you in?

>>7645711
in my state, it's 3/5 of what you earned at your last job up to $600 a week maximum. personally since i made $500, i'm getting $295.
>>7645717
1. are you sure? i don't remember making this thread before.
2. working at mcdonalds would throw me off of unemployment and result in less net cash per time, causing me to become homeless. on my current unemployment check, i have been getting by month-to-month with only about $40 to spare. you're suggesting that i take a hit of several hundred per month.
I'm seriously considering it. that would be an ideal way to complete the early part of my master's program. it's online.
>>7645728

>>7645558

>implying sweatshop workers are better off jobless in a shithole country than with stable work that allows them to collectively increase the value of their labor

Idiots why you are why free trade runs into so much opposition.

>>7645759
i did some volunteering for a local politician and i got a very bad taste in my mouth. i spent about a hundred hours or so doing free work for him and he both refused to use my skills to his advantage (he wouldn't let me redesign his shitty graphics / rewrite his shitty copy, he just wanted me to serve pizza at his meetings) AND he still to this day won't give me a reference. i think i've exhausted my political connections with that guy.

>>7645761
Go teach english in a foreign language, use the year of experience to apply for a job in the state department.

Jesus. It's so fucking easy.

>>7645789
that actually doesn't imply that. what you said was not based on what i said.

>>7645817
it's not that easy for everyone to just pack up and move to the other side of earth for a whole year.

>>7645808
what about the local political parties? do they have any presence in the area. perhaps you could do something with them instead of a specific person

>>7645829
not a bad idea. i'll stack that on top of the korea idea.

>>7645819

Yes it is.

Sweatshop work certainly does get its workers ahead in life relative to the extreme poverty they came from, and hard work is necessary to retain one's job in a nation with a massive unemployment rate.

>>7645828

>it's not that easy

Wow. You are a faggot.

If you want "easy", then just keep mooching off the government's titties, moron.

OP you should look for a decent paying job that isn't necessarily in your chosen field and do political podcasting/blogging on the side while looking for a job in your field.

Even if your work doesn't get really popular its a good resume builder that will let people know you are still involved in your field of study.

>>7645845
A friend's brother decided to go to korea to teach english for a year, ended up coming back, not being able to find a job, then moving back there for good. apparently got lots of cute asian chicks while he was there too

>>7645876
So easy to say when mooching off of your parents, huh?

>>7645828
You don't have a job, what's so hard? You're young as fuck and you do not have a family. This is the time that you can say HEY GOING TO KOREA BRB!!!!! and peace the fuck out and bang hotties and save up.

A friend of mine saved up 50k in 2 years teaching English over there. That's more than most Americans have in their bank account here after working 2 years. A lot more. It's a sweet gig and it makes you an international man rather than some local hick.

Do it.

www.eslcafe.com.

>>7645850
let's analyze this, shall we?
>HARD WORK IS WHAT GETS YOU AHEAD IN LIFE JUST ASK SWEATSHOP WORKERS

implying that they have a hard time advancing themselves and that working harder doesn't do that at all.

>implying sweatshop workers are better off jobless

pulled out of your stupid ass. not based on what was said.


>>7645876
i don't want "easy", but i'm not sure that what i want is "uprooting myself to a foreign culture just to get a job". i would need to want to teach and to want to see korea and actually able to leave where i am right now.

>>7645926
how hard is it to get one of those degrees that you need to go teach english in korea?

>>7645970
Right now, anyone with a 4 year degree can just go.

Or you can do a one month program to get the ESL cert. It's 2.5k and not needed. I'd pass.

>>7645943

I want to argue, but frankly, I don't care enough.

Regardless, your argument is completely fallacious because as much as you may be baaaawwwing about your current situation, it is in no way analogous to that of someone trapped in a 3rd-world country.

>>7645995
once more, i didn't make that anaolgy. you're putting words in my mouth. god, you're stupid. you're like those godfags who run around saying "YOURE JUST ATHEIST CUZ YALL WANNA SIN"

>i grad'd 2006 in communications/poli sci

Here's your problem

>>7645986

Should you be fluent in Korean before going?

I'm not OP, I'm just really interested.

To end this:

OP, you're being a whiny crybaby welfare queen who I am supporting. I'd love it if you went and did something useful. Since you aren't, enjoy fantasizing about the people who are paying for you to LIVE. You would be DEAD if it wasn't for us, or on the streets begging rather than in a sheltered area with enough food to live, electricity, and a computer to cry to us about your misfortune.

You failed hard at the career game and you have a way out. You can either take it and reclaim your life, or wait and have 2 more blank years on your resume.

Or go to more school. Because your current school helped you oh so much. Get more loans. Sounds smart.

Tough. Love.

>>7645986
yeah, about that 4 year degree... some of us had to go work after high school, if you know what i mean. is there some sort of bullshit crash course i could take instead?

>>7646040
oh boy you sure did "end this" with your infinite wisdom you dumb faggot. go read another ayn rand novel and jerk off over your trust fund.

>>7646011

Yeah, fuck 2006.

>>7646015
don't think you have to be. google around and you'll find some programs which will have more specific info.

>>7646015
Nope, no korean knowledge needed, the kids speak okay English and none of the methods require it.

Wealthy and even middle class Koreans want a real "Westerner" to teach their kids so that they get the pronunciation right.

It's an awesome gig, pay is 2kish a month with your rent and living expenses covered, cost of living well there would be around 400 a month.

So you can just save up money, teach english, and hell, splurge and enjoy really nice things too every once in awhile.

You'll live like a king. And have a ton of girlfriends if you want them.

>>7646103
OP again -- it DOES sound really good. a friend of mine went to do this in japan. he says the girls there aren't as thick as is said though. he's only hooked up with western chicks.

regardless. the money/living situation sounds awesome. I just have to make the leap to wanting to live on the freakin moon for a year.

>>7646103

This is excellent. I've been wanting to get an English degree anyway but have been hesitating due to "HURR DURR USELESS DEGREE" etc. This sounds amazing.

>>7646103
this makes no sense, too many people must be doing this since like what - 15 years already ?

>>7646052
I have no problem supporting people who are going through a hard time. However, a guy who hasn't worked in two years and isn't grasping at anything, well, what am I supposed to say?

"It's okay, we'll take care of you forever?"

Life is not easy, but he has a degree (which he is wasting) and he has some great options. Instead of taking them he is checking some boxes and getting cash.

I'm all for helping a guy get off his feet and I feel for him. But doing something really is for his own good. If you care about someone you want them to have a life they can be proud of-- right now I don't think he sounds proud at all. I think he sounds defeated, tired, and is limiting himself from living a better life.

So I am telling him what his best option is. And you know what, spending a two year vacation working 30 hours a week and playing around in a foreign country?

That's a sweet deal. And after that job he would qualify for GS9 level government jobs in the US which pay better than most private sector jobs. And have way better healthcare and benefits.

I am mad that he is not living up to his potential and that he is making excuses rather than progressing in his life. And I should be mad.

>>7646152
Nope, people are very afraid to leave the country and leave things behind, and they don't like relocating. People don't like adjusting to other cultures and having to relearn how mail, telephones, banks, etc works. People are creatures of habit for the most part.

The demand is still very high and the pay is still very good. 2.4million wong a month, and you get an apartment all set up.

They pay your ticket, pick you up, take you to the airport.

And its a hell of a life experience to have.

So, I have to go back to work now, but really, give it a go and best of luck all!

I've got fired just yesterday. After working my ass off, I just got a "lol teh economy is bad k thx bye guise" and got fired together with 49 other guys. Fuck this shit, you do good work they take a dump on your head. I'm gonna live off unemployment checks and after that I'm gonna apply for wellfare. I'm so fed up with this shit.

>>7645536
>i grad'd 2006 in communications/poli sci. i wanted to work in political media.

Then get another job in your field. You have some job experience in politics.

>>7646164
maybe you should read the thread you retard. I've been applying to several new jobs per week while unemployed. AND i've said SEVERAL times that i'm taking this suggestion seriously. you're talking - loudly - out of your stinking asshole. shut the fuck up.

>>7646208
have you tried for positions outside your field? hell i ended up working at hertz thanks to the economy. not exactly my dream job but it pays and the quarterly bonuses are nice.

>>7646202
i would say "read the fucking thread" but i guess i didn't technically specify that i have applied for dozens of jobs in politics. my aunt had a connection in the MA state department, but they had a hiring freeze. so did my local state department in CT. i applied for about 3 dozen jobs doing PR and assistant work for politicians in DC, too. the competition is too high, i need more experience to get experience, but even the unpaid internships are all full.

>>7646220
I have applied for jobs in PR, marketing, advertising, writing (speechwriting, copywriting, editing, journalism), graphic design, as congressional/senatorial staff, for various positions in nonprofits (administrative, generally) and for entry-level work in media. No callbacks.

>>7646264
>didn't read the thread
>doesn't understand what a communications degree means

>>7646262
oh and also lately in human resources as well.

>>7646225
and once you get experience, you quickly become overqualified in the field. sucks man. try to keep plugging away though. hopefully something will come along

>>7646313
really? i thought politics was an all-upward game.

>>7646374
as long as you have no soul and are willing to back-stab then any profession is upwardly mobile.

Hey everyone. I am in a similar situation to the OP, only I'm not there yet. I am currently a 3rd year Poli Sci major. My grades are so-so, and I have zero work or internship experience, but I'm attending a pretty well-regarded school (top 25-30th in the nation).

1. Do I need more experience to teach ESL? Or just the degree, basically?

2. What are the pros and cons between Korea and Japan?

3. Are there certain cities to avoid / aim for?