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If you were to give career advices to your younger selves, your kids, or to kids that are graduating from high school, what would you tell them?

Especially advice in how they should choose a career path that best fit their character, how to tell if a job post is worth applying to, signs a company show that screams you should avoid them, pitfalls you learned to avoid who you can teach to your next generation, etc...
 
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my best advices to little you that i would we're to give wood be 2 leearn onglish better.
 
Don't go to uni, it's a waste of time.
Stop listening to your family members and friends.
Follow the things you're already good at and passionate about, you will end up doing it anyway so don't waste time on doing jobs you hate surrounded by people you hate.
 
Look at the employment rates for whatever field you're training for, then train for a field that has the highest combined score of employment + enjoyment for you + suitable to your abilities. Don't go to uni and then pick a major and think about what you'll do with it later, ever.
 
1. Whatever these blogs would say about the fastest growing jobs, they are very competitive fields and harder to get into. More often than not your job application will be rejected. Try getting into a lower position, and if accepted, work your way up the ranks by showing exceptional work and ethic. Once your boss notices this, he may give you a raise or even promote you. (This is common in construction or manufacturing vacanies.)

2. When looking for a position, DO NOT APPLY ON A THIRD PARTY, such as Indeed or tarta.ai. Apply directly on the company's website or in person if you can. Then ask for a follow up within a week. If the position has been filled, politely ask if there are other vacanies open.

That's all I can think of.
 
1. If you have good business sense, go and start up something. It doesn't have to be a super corporation or whatever.

2. If you don't, keep searching for opportunities and sell/show your skills, and if you land something, keep it as long as you can.

3. There is no such thing as infinite growth. Money is but a tool and although we all want to get rich, you do lose yourself if you decide to try to keep your place up in the upper crust. Unless you actually give a shit about keeping the status quo or starting legitimately something that changes the world, your greed will become your undoing.

4. Life is too short to do stuff you have no obligation to do.
 
Don't do AP classes for your planned major. I guess AP English and other generalities are fine but you really don't have that much time to network or socialize, and there's the chance you'll hate your major at the school and be behind.
 
Think about what you really want to do for a living, then actually look up how many positions there are and how well those positions are paying right now to get an idea of how realistic getting that job would be. See something you like? Try to shadow that position for a day or read documentaries highlighting the day-to-day living of those jobs if you can. Don't just go to college because people want you to; do it because the position you want actually requires a Bachelors+0-2yrs of experience, and features enough upward mobility for you to pay off that degree in the next 1-10yrs. Federal loans are gorilla-glued to you for life thanks to that faggot Biden so make it count.
 
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Think about what you really want to do for a living, then actually look up how many positions there are and how well those positions are paying right now to get an idea of how realistic getting that job would be. See something you like? Try to shadow that position for a day or read documentaries highlighting the day-to-day living of those jobs if you can. Don't just go to college because people want you to; do it because the position you want actually requires a Bachelors+0-2yrs of experience, and features enough upward mobility for you to pay off that degree in the next 1-10yrs. Federal loans are gorilla-glued to you for life thanks to that faggot Biden so make it count.
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KojimaBinLaden said:
2. When looking for a position, DO NOT APPLY ON A THIRD PARTY, such as Indeed or tarta.ai. Apply directly on the company's website or in person if you can. Then ask for a follow up within a week. If the position has been filled, politely ask if there are other vacanies open.
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A lot of companies just take you to Indeed now. For smaller businesses at least. We're still using our candidate management software that barely works.

If this is a possibility though I'd definitely do it. Anything we open up to Indeed gets a lot of very very weird applicants that looks like someone made their resume with a Markov chain generator.
 
This is frustrating. I can't even get menial jobs.

The cheesecake factory has given me two unrelated interviews for server and dishwasher.

The server interview ended because I had no server experience.

The dishwasher interview resulted in a ghosting.

I got another automated text about the cashier role but I feel the company is a waste of time.
 
Jesse Nicholas Radin said:
Indeed has a new AI feature that edits a resume to fit a posting. I think it makes things worse for all.
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It really does suck. I have years of previous IT experience but because I recently drove for another company it thinks that I am a trucker. I don't even have a commercial license what is this bullshit?
 
realize that 90% of the people in the world, including those giving you advice don't know what they're fucking talking about
think through all your decisions and stand by them
stop wasting time on stupid shit, focus on getting finances in order
and one i learned very recently: you may be smarter than most people, but you are not as smart as you think.
 
Jesse Nicholas Radin said:
This is frustrating. I can't even get menial jobs.

The cheesecake factory has given me two unrelated interviews for server and dishwasher.

The server interview ended because I had no server experience.

The dishwasher interview resulted in a ghosting.

I got another automated text about the cashier role but I feel the company is a waste of time.
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Cheesecake Factory has some retarded long “course” on menu memorization (250 items) that’s an absolute pain in the ass. I wouldn’t feel too bad about it. If you have certifications in food and drink handling you can get a job at a smaller non-chain place fairly easily.
 
r/oldpeoplefacebook said:
Cheesecake Factory has some retarded long “course” on menu memorization (250 items) that’s an absolute pain in the ass. I wouldn’t feel too bad about it. If you have certifications in food and drink handling you can get a job at a smaller non-chain place fairly easily.
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Those certifications are way too simplified. Any 12-year-old could get 100% with minimal effort.
 
I would have gone in to electrical engineering or computers if I'd known then what I know now. Getting a degree was a mistake
 
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