[rhagz]

You know.. a place can only say you are overqualified if you disclose everything. You don't have to tell the Burger King you have 7 doctorates and a Nobel prize. Just put meaningful info, such as you graduated high school and attended some college and once worked at a blah blah.

Saying you can't find a job because you are overqualified sounds like a copout frankly. And just because you did something 'years ago' doesn't mean you shouldn't try again. It's an easy rut to fall into but FFS, you are homeless.. you live in a van down by the river. Get out there and ****ing do something about it instead of browsing SV and the internet in a library all day.

[Jefe Maton]

Well Rhagz, LOL I enjoyed your post. you can almost end the thread with that post. Poor rabbit, he seems kinda screwed. Well if you are near a computer rabbit could you help me piece together a build... see fozzik's hardward section. I know it may help you ease your mind a bit. Thanks.

oh yeah rabbit im gonna send you some information on a PM.

[Choctaw]

Originally Posted by rhagz

You know.. a place can only say you are overqualified if you disclose everything. You don't have to tell the Burger King you have 7 doctorates and a Nobel prize. Just put meaningful info, such as you graduated high school and attended some college and once worked at a blah blah.

Saying you can't find a job because you are overqualified sounds like a copout frankly. And just because you did something 'years ago' doesn't mean you shouldn't try again. It's an easy rut to fall into but FFS, you are homeless.. you live in a van down by the river. Get out there and ****ing do something about it instead of browsing SV and the internet in a library all day.

Going to have to agree with Rhagz on this one. Get the menial labor job. If for no other reason than having that kind of job will at least give you money to splurge once a week and stay at a motel 6 with a bed and toilet.

I have lived in the Bay Area most of my life. I live here now. Things aren't that bad. You have a social security number and legit ID. You *can* get a job: It just won't be one you like or want to keep.

Another thing from a managers point of view. I don't like hiring people that are currently un-employed. Makes me wonder what is wrong with them that they simply won't take any job to get by. And gods, whatever you do don't tell or let prospective employers know you're homeless.

They hire the mentally handicapped as baggers at most grocery stores in this area. The pay starts at $12 an hour or so. That is a job that is relatively simplistic, but also requires hard work. Go get one. You can live in your car for another 6 months with a job like that and easily have money to get a studio that you can continue to support.

You need to stop looking at work you're *qualified* for because of your education and just plain start looking for work. If you keep waiting for that miracle job that utilizies your skill set you're going to be thinking about re-modeling your car as a home improvement project.

Forget your education and go get work. Any work.

[rabb1t]

Originally Posted by Choctaw

I don't like hiring people that are currently un-employed.

I'm not totally unemployed. I work for the city. The ad led me to believe it was 20 hours a week, but apparently that's the max they can work you, and to avoid hitting that max they only schedule you for 5 hours a week.

On the good side, they are paying about 50% more than a burger job, and they seem to only remove about 3% of my pay instead of about 13% (I don't think I'm taxed as per normal) so it's really more like a single 8 hour low-pay shift.

baggers at most grocery stores in this area. The pay starts at $12 an hour or so.

Not sure where you got that info, but back in September of 2007 I was working for Safeway. They are part of a huge conglomerate that is like 7 or 8 store chains. They started everyone at $8.50. You also had to be part of the union, or pay union dues after a few months of employment. (Which I recall was more than $50.)

[Choctaw]

Originally Posted by rabb1t

I'm not totally unemployed. I work for the city. The ad led me to believe it was 20 hours a week, but apparently that's the max they can work you, and to avoid hitting that max they only schedule you for 5 hours a week.

On the good side, they are paying about 50% more than a burger job, and they seem to only remove about 3% of my pay instead of about 13% (I don't think I'm taxed as per normal) so it's really more like a single 8 hour low-pay shift.



Not sure where you got that info, but back in September of 2007 I was working for Safeway. They are part of a huge conglomerate that is like 7 or 8 store chains. They started everyone at $8.50. You also had to be part of the union, or pay union dues after a few months of employment. (Which I recall was more than $50.)

My bad on the safeway...I used it because I know there a lot of them in the area. One of my friends kids just got a job at whole foods market that paid that for stocking and bagging. I just assumed (yeah I know the old adage) that the pay was the same across the industry.

[rabb1t]

Yeah Whole Foods is better I think. It actually shocked me it was so low at Safeway. I'd heard, back in the day, that they 'paid well' and took care of their peeps. I guess that really isn't the case so much anymore.