Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:My law firm is actively hiring associates. We brought on a new junior partner last month to our team.

OP says she is applying to retail and fast food. She is not a lawyer or a junior partner with a book.

OP here, I have an MPH and have worked as a government contractor in Project Management for 12 years. I applied to retail and fast food since I haven’t had any luck anywhere else. People always tell you, McDonald’s is always hiring, they’ll hire anyone. That’s not true.

Yup. It really pisses me off when posters here tell laid-off white collar workers to just apply to fast food and retail jobs.

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:My law firm is actively hiring associates. We brought on a new junior partner last month to our team.

OP says she is applying to retail and fast food. She is not a lawyer or a junior partner with a book.

OP here, I have an MPH and have worked as a government contractor in Project Management for 12 years. I applied to retail and fast food since I haven’t had any luck anywhere else. People always tell you, McDonald’s is always hiring, they’ll hire anyone. That’s not true.

Reach out where you got your MPH. Ask to be connected to alumni who are hiring

Look at universities that have public health programs and apply to work at those universities. Northeastern has a Program Manager job for their public health program online.

Check out idealist.

Contact former coworkers and see if anyone is hiring. Use your network.

I am a recruiter at a large company. I hire about 5 people a week. It has not slowed down all year.

Thankfully yes. Age 51, 18 years in. Just missed VERA and could not FORK, became I was “mission critical”. Elon came at our agency early and fast, and it was so toxic and stressful.

Theoretically, I was a low RIF risk. But, I looked at the big picture and decided that even if I avoided a RIF, I wasn’t going to make it 3.5 more years, given the level of stress, chaos and ever increasing productivity demands. Plus, they gave up the lease on our office in 2022, so RTO was a 1.5 hour commute each way (vs 30-45 minutes 2x a week from 2010 to COVID).

In my job as a Fed. I was subject matter expert and did training and mentoring and practicing in a niche area of law. I love what I do, and avoided applying for management jobs like the plague. I’m highly qualified in my very technical area of expertise. But, there just aren’t that many private sector jobs that use my legal skillset is valuable. And, I’m too old to start over. I felt so trapped

I started sending out feelers to people I knew in early May, and by Memorial Day, had an offer to go into a boutique firm as a partner. Without ever starting a formal job search or doing more than networking/ letting friends in the legal community know I wanted out. Sure enough, a friend had a friend who pose firm needed my skillset. I fill a slot the firm really needs— they had been referring the caseload I am responsible for out. It’s lucrative if done well, so they were really looking for someone who could do it in house. I’ve been there 5 weeks (selling the house and moving took time) and it’s proving to be a great move. Especially considering the shutdown/ mass firing of Fed idiocy.

I got lucky, because the private sector jobs in my area are few and far between (but so are the people like me who have the knowledge to fill them). Also because I am double barred in VA and another state. This offer took us back to our home state. DH and I had been discussing moving back when we could and retiring in the city where I now work, his job is 100% remote, and we have one kid who is out of college and one kid who is a senior. My job was the only thing keeping us in the DMV.

Peace Out.

7:36 here, one of the positions we hired was for a management position, not entry level

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:My law firm is actively hiring associates. We brought on a new junior partner last month to our team.

OP says she is applying to retail and fast food. She is not a lawyer or a junior partner with a book.

OP here, I have an MPH and have worked as a government contractor in Project Management for 12 years. I applied to retail and fast food since I haven’t had any luck anywhere else. People always tell you, McDonald’s is always hiring, they’ll hire anyone. That’s not true.

Anonymous wrote:I’m a Government contractor with a clearance, working as a management analyst (generalist). I was laid off in July and had 2 job offers one month later.

That’s awesome! Another government contract?

I got hired in consulting in April. Laid off last week. These are difficult times OP. Hope you find something good soon.

As an employer I've hired several, but I'm putting an emphasis on experience. So unfortunately people that don't fit the bill exactly aren't getting the job.

Anonymous wrote:My law firm is actively hiring associates. We brought on a new junior partner last month to our team.

OP says she is applying to retail and fast food. She is not a lawyer or a junior partner with a book.

NP. From reading the responses on this thread, it seems like the majority, if not all, the hires were entry level employees. What about hiring of experienced employees?

^^ with better benefits and slightly higher pay!

I’m a Government contractor with a clearance, working as a management analyst (generalist). I was laid off in July and had 2 job offers one month later.

Anonymous wrote:Yes, constantly Higher Ed.

Many colleges and universities are laying off or having a hiring freeze in place.

Anonymous wrote:DC restaurants are hiring. I got a friend a job and about to get him his second job. He needs two as one is only night time.
My 18- year old just applied to be a busboy in Virginia and got hired on the spot. He canceled his Wegman's and Crumble cookie interviews.
I'm looking for replacement for myself as I'm hoping to retire this weekend. Lots of work out there.

Tell me friend, what area of work are you on? Where is there lots of work?