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Is it true that some people never get hired no matter how hard they try? What's the real reason for not getting hired besides no jobs available?

This is not about me. I am just asking because I read some people move or don't get hired.
 
I am not quite sure on how to answer that question. I know a very few friends that struggle on finding jobs that they want. Sometimes they will just forget about what they want and go ahead with another types of jobs that they are not interested in. I do know someone that decided not to get a job but she thinks it would be too much work thinking that no one wants her because of her deafness. Your question, is it directly to people with deafness, disabilities, or in general?
 
It's general. You can talk about deafness if that's what you know, but I do also want to know about general.

There's also the thing that it's hard to get hired when you're over a certain age. Is that true? How can it be if you have a lot of experience than a college grad. Even if college grad have new information, still...older experienced people probably have great skills.
 
For some, not all, some companies prefer college grads or someone younger as compared to older, experienced because younger/inexperienced are cheaper. I would think it is harder for some people in general for many different factors - the things that makes it hard for them to get job such as mental illness, they don't know how to do well in interviews, not finding the right employers, or limited job opportunities that they want to be employed in. Maybe their motivation is not high enough to push themselves to go out and find job. I believe there is something out there for them, it's the matter of timing, what job, the right employer, the state of mind the person is in, etc. what is your two cents?
 
Maybe it's not trying hard enough. Maybe it's time to further their education. Maybe they just need to move to another place.

Why does it take 6 months for some people to find a job?
 
It is common for the people who have a hard time finding jobs in general. For example, a person wants a higher pay job, but his skills are limited due to lack of english comphrension. His english grammar is just horrible. He just sets an unrealistic goal for himself. Sighs.
 
I think it's an excuse of many. so they, in general can feel sorry for them. hearing or deaf, I am sure they can find SOMETHING. but unfortunately, having a welfare such as SSI, medicare, etc. encouraged some to whine so they have a 'good' reason collecting money for free. unless they are phyiscally incapabled, or being discriminated.

why I'm so negative about this? one, there are plenty of odd jobs out there. two, many are not granted; selfish. three, I've been sonically challenged since I was baby and got my first job at age fifteen. then have had over 15 different jobs since that...it was easy. always a job after a job, I don't count those years where I didn't look for. needless to say, without any degree! surprise surprise. not like that I didn't work my tail off. :roll: no one can afford a life or a baby financially anyway. unless they think money is a happiness like those who would steal, cheat and lie. I've seen enough.

like you said, clearsky, it depends on how hard they try. I'm sick of their excuses. don't complain, DO SOMETHING THEN!! sue them if any deeds done wrongful, get classes if required, move to a new place if you think it's better there, work on a degree if needed while working an odd job (the more experience on your resume, the better), or whine if you must.

end of discussion. and I thank those people who did their darnest hardest.
 
It's a big problem nowadays.

With the gas prices going up, more people suing each other, ADA problems, etc... it makes more companies hesitate when it comes to hiring people. Sometimes, they don't even hire anyone. They just accept applications and don't say whether they're hiring.
 
sure resume does help people to get job but it may help them to get their foot in the doors but it's up to the employers to give a second look at the resume or application if they want to meet with you for interview
 
i had hard search jobs and at store says no available for jobs position! but im still hard find one very much!
 
More and more employers are running credit checks and "thinning the herd" based on credit to help them decide who they further want to hire. My next door neighbor has been looking forever but still cannot get a job. So she's having to clean up her credit to boost her future chances.
 
Also people out there with a felony conviction, makes it harder for them to find jobs. makes it harder to find employers who are willing to hire felons to work for their companies
 
In my local, they'll hire felons to do the maintence work around the city with probation. I have met few felons to do the work and they changed. Rare.
 
In my area, there is an agency called Safer Foundation, I believe. They help with felons in finding jobs in the community, by working with employers who are willing to try by putting their faith in felons knowing that they can do the job that they can do. There has been some success.
 
People with technical educations might need to look hard if they live in a rural area for the companies around them that they might not already know about. I graduated from RIT in 07 and the nearest city to my parents' has less than 15,000 people. There were several technical companies around so I sent my resume to those and they didn't have positions at the time.

Lucky, my father knew some people who were working almost 100 miles away in another state at a company that was a better fit for my degree. It's funny how my degree can apply to many areas, yet is so specialized. They didn't have open positions that matched exactly, so I just went in and did an interview for a position that I didn't exactly fit in. Don't be afraid to do that. The person hired by VR to help me find a job told me to do that because they might have another position more suitable for me.

That way, they learned about me and ended up offering me a temporary job similar to the RIT one. I did very good work there, so they decided to keep that position and I ended up getting interviewed for and then offered that job just yesterday (Friday). So I'll accept it on Monday.

The reasons I got that job are:

networking:
My father heard about his friends from long ago working there. I have the ice age to thank for carving out the lake that apparently caused my father to know those people. I also listed references like my boss for my RIT job.

past experience:
They liked my experience from the job I had at RIT. I got the RIT one because I walked into my department after they sent out an email to people in my major asking for people to do measurements for them. So it's a good thing I changed my major from one I didn't like to one that was better for me. The people at my first interview, at where I work now, were impressed by what I knew. On my resume, I included the RIT job and what I learned at RIT, high school and from hobbies.

doing a good job:
I did a lot of work with the best care I could. I also worked well with other people to communicate information and solve problems. Being motivated to do stuff helps. I work alone for a long time each day and motivate myself to do lots of good work. I also don't mind doing work that others might get bored doing because I'm nutty about counting and arranging little things. I once counted out several hundred little objects to determine how many we had. At the end of that, I wasn't bored, but happy to have organized them.

It's both luck and hard work that got me this particular job. If you're not lucky to get one you want, there could be others you could find if you looked in the right places and knew the right people. So keep meeting people who could know of places you could apply to or be your references.

I was very happy when I got offered the position. The paper about their benefits is enough to give me an heart attack. :shock: That should be covered by the 100% health coverage. :lol:

I was slowed in my job search because I was also learning to drive at the same time. It was a good thing that I got my license. The company was nice enough to wait a while for me to get my road test, which was in a snow storm in February. I passed that then the first time I drove alone, it was to work in another state. :eek3: My position is full-time, effective Monday, around 13 months after I graduated. Guess 13 should be my lucky number. :giggle:

I'm happy to be off of SSI, the wage I got during my temp work and my new one give much more money than the monthly SSI check. I wonder why people who don't try to find a job sit around collecting SSI when they could make three to four times as much.
 
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