Author Topic: Just got laid off, still hasn't sunk in yet... (Read 20295 times)

devilsmile · « **Reply #76 on:** January 26, 2012, 05:29:23 AM »

new job = filling job applications.

fill em... 20 a day, first make a perfectly polished job application and then just apply and change it here and there depending on the job you're applying to. Go online to search how to do it properly.

Don't lose your sleep and don't start watching blueray rips throughout the night and wake up at afternoon, but wake up early in the morning, coffee and then just send job applications all the way and if it's possible to call to the company you're tending the better, and allways call in the last day if they haven't called you.

when the time of dismissal is closing in and you haven't got a job from your field then start looking for simpler jobs, I mean, depending what you've been working. And it's better to search jobs from your field while actually in work, so don't have the "I ain't working there" attitude if you're not getting money anywhere.

Keep your head up, worst thing for you to do now is to start feeling self pity and get depressed and lazy. Everything changes, this is time for a new beginning, you can do it.

affeman · « **Reply #77 on:** January 26, 2012, 05:34:00 AM »

Quote from: devilsmile on January 26, 2012, 05:29:23 AM

new job = filling job applications.

fill em... 20 a day, first make a perfectly polished job application and then just apply and change it here and there depending on the job you're applying to. Go online to search how to do it properly.

Don't lose your sleep and don't start watching blueray rips throughout the night and wake up at afternoon, but wake up early in the morning, coffee and then just send job applications all the way and if it's possible to call to the company you're tending the better, and allways call in the last day if they haven't called you.

when the time of dismissal is closing in and you haven't got a job from your field then start looking for simpler jobs, I mean, depending what you've been working.

Keep your head up, worst thing for you to do now is to start feeling self pity and get depressed and lazy. Everything changes, this is time for a new beginning, you can do it.

Ehm, YOU giving other people advice on how to get a job?

What's next? Swede telling him how to get a job.

Natural Man · « **Reply #78 on:** January 26, 2012, 05:34:53 AM »

You can ask swede who s never worked a day in his life since he left school what to do with your free time. The only prerequesite is that your mom has to be paying for eveything tho.

Leatherneck · « **Reply #79 on:** January 26, 2012, 05:35:27 AM »

Did you get a severance package?

Natural Man · « **Reply #80 on:** January 26, 2012, 05:36:04 AM »

Quote from: affeman on January 26, 2012, 05:34:00 AM

Ehm, YOU giving other people advice on how to get a job?

What's next? Swede telling him how to get a job.

are you implying devilslime might have been playing xbox 360 all day long with swede for the last 5 years?

devilsmile · « **Reply #81 on:** January 26, 2012, 05:40:12 AM »

Quote from: affeman on January 26, 2012, 05:34:00 AM

Ehm, YOU giving other people advice on how to get a job?

What's next? Swede telling him how to get a job.

so tell us all what's a better way to get a job after getting laid off

not all of us are dreamers who want big fast money by sucking other mens dicks like you.

affeman · « **Reply #82 on:** January 26, 2012, 05:42:37 AM »

Quote from: devilsmile on January 26, 2012, 05:40:12 AM

so tell us all what's a better way to get a job after getting laid off

not all of us are dreamers who want big fast money by sucking other mens dicks like you.

Did I hit a nerve Analsmile? Now hurry up, your XBox feels lonely.

devilsmile · « **Reply #83 on:** January 26, 2012, 05:45:49 AM »

Quote from: affeman on January 26, 2012, 05:42:37 AM

Did I hit a nerve Analsmile? Now hurry up, your XBox feels lonely.

you're so last year, man

K-1 · « **Reply #84 on:** January 26, 2012, 05:52:02 AM »

Your new job is finding a new job basically. Like another poster suggested, get your resume and everything up to speed and start applying everywhere that fits your trade.

get hr contract numbers, call and ask questions about the position you applied for. It may be filled already. Don't waste time. Leave voice mails and follow up the same day. Drive there in person. Be aggressive.

You need to seperate yourself from the hundreds that have applied basically. Your goal is to create an impression on somebody. Be extra nice especially receptionist.

I hit it hard when I got laid off. Woke up, got dressed as if I was going to get a call for an interview, I followed up on calls from the previous day, drive to job sites just to put a face to name...etc.

Go get it man.

lovemonkey · « **Reply #85 on:** January 26, 2012, 05:54:12 AM »

The waking up in the morning part is CRUCIAL. Your whole being, self confidence and productivity depends on it. Start waking up after noon more than a couple of times in a row and you're already halfway to becoming a pathetic slob.

Tapeworm · « **Reply #86 on:** January 26, 2012, 06:03:24 AM »

Quote from: chaos on January 25, 2012, 08:36:28 PM

Geezus........one burger flipper gets let go and getbig cradles his nuts.....f'ing place has lost it.

Lmao!

Run your own show, N. It's not like there's more security in wages/salary.

affeman · « **Reply #87 on:** January 26, 2012, 06:04:35 AM »

Quote from: lovemonkey on January 26, 2012, 05:54:12 AM

The waking up in the morning part is CRUCIAL. Your whole being, self confidence and productivity depends on it. Start waking up after noon more than a couple of times in a row and you're already halfway to becoming a pathetic slob.

devilsmile · « **Reply #88 on:** January 26, 2012, 06:28:01 AM »

Quote from: affeman on January 26, 2012, 06:04:35 AM

swede was great in the mechanic movie with statham... ironicly his character had a small man complex aswell

240 is Back · « **Reply #89 on:** January 26, 2012, 06:36:34 AM »

random ideas...

lift like crazy. turn off the tv. stay sober. start a business. you'll find some hobby to fill the time, make sure its a good one. Start 3 businesses. See what works.

Get the unemployment. Stay happy. try to keep a similar schedule (getting up at same time, getting dressed, staying active 9-5 with your work shoes on instead of your pajamas. Talk to old friends on facebook. invent a job for yourseelf. "Oh, you sell widgets? Heck, you should pay me 20% of all the widgets I can sell for you..."

I've spent unemployed months in a funk, staying up til 4 am and feeling like a bum. It got better when i started pretending I had a job, and spent all day 'at work' even though I didn't have a job. Starting businesses, applying places, talking to people, just being seen.

che · « **Reply #90 on:** January 26, 2012, 06:42:41 AM »

I just got laid off, Booooooooooom

Ron · « **Reply #91 on:** January 26, 2012, 06:53:17 AM »

Sucks to be laid off. Not knowing where your next income will be. But also look at it as a new oppurtunity for the future.

Learn something new every day. Get things done you couldnt before. Definately start looking via the internet and anywhere else for job openings. Talk to friends who might know. Look at various competitors and other companies who are similar. Enjoy a week of gettings things done.

You never know when you can get a job. An email to friends, an email to different people in the industry. Put down your skills on what you can do. Etc.

Sorry, it definately is a tough time now.

che · « **Reply #92 on:** January 26, 2012, 06:54:20 AM »

Thanks Ron.

K-1 · « **Reply #93 on:** January 26, 2012, 06:56:52 AM »

Quote from: che on January 26, 2012, 06:42:41 AM

I just got laid off, Booooooooooom

Seriously? Damn bruh.

This shit happens in threes so whose next?

Tito24 · « **Reply #94 on:** January 26, 2012, 07:02:37 AM »

youre welcome

che · « **Reply #95 on:** January 26, 2012, 07:06:13 AM »

Quote from: K-1 on January 26, 2012, 06:56:52 AM

Seriously? Damn bruh.

This shit happens in threes so whose next?

It's OK brother , we are starting a new project Feb 6.

Swede! · « **Reply #96 on:** January 26, 2012, 07:09:35 AM »

Quote from: affeman on January 26, 2012, 06:04:35 AM

haha. I actually have a rule. Always before noon.

BayGBM · « **Reply #97 on:** January 26, 2012, 07:15:42 AM »

Quote from: Kwon_2 on January 26, 2012, 12:32:10 AM

I'm amazed how eloquent and well-spoken BayBGM is...

Sound advice and well-written!

Lots of intellect, experience and education in that limp-wristed colored gentleman.

Quote from: _bruce_ on January 26, 2012, 04:13:28 AM

Bay is upper class.

Swede! · « **Reply #98 on:** January 26, 2012, 07:18:53 AM »

*awkward silence after realising baygm saves all the threads about himself*

K-1 · « **Reply #99 on:** January 26, 2012, 07:35:31 AM »

Quote from: che on January 26, 2012, 07:06:13 AM

It's OK brother , we are starting a new project Feb 6.

Cool.