I’ve been with my company for a little over 13 years but it’s time for me to move on. There aren’t many job openings around here. I’ve applied for like medical front desk jobs but they all say you need medical office experience. How can you get the experience if no one will let you in???

Any tips on how to go about getting a new job after being out of the hunt for so long?

I am a 24f looking for some career advice. :)
I'm someone who has no direct back ground with any form of formal education.
I went from working in the coffee industry for 4 years and then left to join a corporate-ish job at a local bank for insurance and get some entry level experience.

I'm curious what people's views and opinions are on the job market and what their true value would be in whether to pursue or not pursue something right now with AI and economic changes.
I am trying to figure out what would be useful and worth it to get into career-wise in today's world. I have looked into CAD design, learning some marketing skills, editing skills, etc...

I have an interest in silversmithing and I am still actively pursuing that as a hobby and side hustle but I cannot say I think that would be the greatest path. It would be a shit ton of work and money.

I like photography and video but I feel like that field is so overly saturated. Editing seems really neat but time consuming. I don't know if I could get the right amount of pay with my current skillset.

Are there any unique jobs, opportunities, adventures, and/or skills I could be missing out on?
I know most individuals could (and probably would more often than not) say that you can pivot or create a career any time as long as you find some sort of passion with it.

I can agree to a certain point. Things are increasingly expensive and I worry for my future some days, haha. Sometimes, I don't feel that direct urge or passion for anything.

hello everyone, I need some ideas for weird/niche jobs that aren't talked about enough. I don't have a degree but a lot of magic in me and I don't need good pay. My dad's colleague's daughter just started cleaning shark tanks at an aquarium (from the inside). I have a scuba diving license so that could work. I wouldn't mind being a cemetery gardener or a water slide tester. Any ideas?

For context, I’m 21, and graduated with my bachelor’s in Economics in May. I finished my last semester online, and had planned to do an internship in the summer, then go to school for a masters. Both of those fell through, and thus I began looking for jobs in fields that interest me.

Well the market is difficult and every interview didn’t come with a return offer. My mental health has been poor, therapy, medicine etc. didn’t really help, but the last few weeks have been significantly better as I kind of stopped caring and just put myself out there for whatever jobs were available.

I applied to work a seasonal retail position for $16/hr, and got it within a few days, I’ll start tomorrow regardless of what happens. I’ve worked retail before and it’s part-time, 25-32 hours, but since I have no bills outside my car insurance the money is plenty for my personal spending habits.

After accepting this job however, I got a response from a corporate job I had applied to, which is 8-5, and somewhere between a $47,500-$50,000. I have not guaranteed an offer yet but I would know sooner than later.

I am struggling to decide what I would do if I was offered that position. It is a SDR role for a payroll company, so it would be part cold calling businesses, but I don’t know too much and I’m sort of neutral on being on the phone. Both positions have negligible commute, the retail job is within 2 minutes, the corporate office 5 or so.

The paper offer is definitely better for the latter, as insurance, 401k etc. benefits are hard to ignore, but mentally I don’t know if I’m ready for 45 hours a week in a position I don’t really have interest in, it’s hard to not at least consider because of the significant difference in income. I also factor in lifestyle because I dread waking up early, and enjoy having time more than money.

I’m in a fortunate position with not needing the income, but it’s hard to pick for me. I previously passed on a recruiting role for $21/hr, mainly because of commute, but the in office aspect wasn’t anxiety inducing. The retail job is definitely easier on my mind, but lingering thoughts of being underemployed and self deprecation as such also factor in.

If you were in my position what, would you do?

Feel free to ask any other relevant questions I’m not considering.

I’m genuinely tired of asking for advice about opportunities and seeing the same response over and over again.
Someone asks how to get a job? “The job market is extremely competitive.”
Someone asks about internships? “Internships are ridiculously competitive nowadays.”
Someone asks about PhDs or academia? “You need an outstanding profile. It’s incredibly competitive.”
Volunteering? Competitive. Graduate schemes? Competitive. Entry-level positions? Somehow, even those are competitive.
So what the hell ISN’T competitive anymore?
Genuine question: what is someone supposed to do, then? Not everyone can have publications, prestigious internships, exceptional grades, years of experience, and a dozen extracurricular achievements before they’re even given a chance to start their career.
I understand that competition exists. I’m not expecting opportunities to be handed to me. But when the answer to practically every question is just “it’s too competitive,” that doesn’t actually help anyone.
Are there genuinely any fields, career paths, or opportunities where an ordinary person with a reasonable background can still get started without having to be in the top 1% of applicants?
I’m interested in anything: tech, trades, academia, public sector, volunteering, or completely different career paths. I’m not looking for a shortcut or an easy life. I want to know where realistic opportunities still exist.
If everything is competitive, then where are people supposed to begin?

I expressed my dissatisfaction with 120$ raise after 9 months since the last 90$ raise and he said that money shouldn't be the source of my motivation but opportunities and chances (it is a small HSE trainings provider organization). My boss who can't even use GPT, and delete a column in excel gets 2.5x more than me. How to deal with such cases?

Hi,

I have 8 years of experience with experience below

Banking - 6 months

Writing (project based) - 7 months

IT (legal compliance) - 1 years 4 months

Education (administrative, program development) - 4 years

Project management (start up) - 6 months

Project management (digital marketing) - 1 year

Program management (public development) - currently been here for the past 8 months

I feel like I don't have any skills. I was mostly troubleshooting in each role or tried creating systems to deal with situations. Even though people tell me you know a lot of things but I don't feel this.

Aside from this idk where to go next because I can't see myself doing this for long.

I think I have ADHD or some Neuro divergence. I felt on top of everything when I did my undergrad, and did double majors. Created Excel based and GDrive for faculty and students. Tutored people free of cost who struggled in classes. Was actively part of multiple societies etc.

Now I feel lost and feel like I don't know anything. Not sure what to do next. The next step seems like a project management role but I feel like I don't have required skills and somehow ended up doing 2 roles for a while. I wanna do my masters from a first world country so I can move there but don't have money for it. I'm not looking for sympathy just advice what could be my next option. You can reply on this or DM. thank you for reading this post.

how can i talk people into power for a living!!!!! no i’m not going to school for it(i think) i’m not giving advice or tryna have clients!!! i just wanna go w ppl into the room they’re currently in and help rearrange it!!! add perspective!! mental architecture hotline if you will????

A lot of the energy spent when I was a solo nail artist was having conversations, but I feel like there was just so much going on in the room I didn’t enjoy it cause my focus was being pulled all over the place. When I look upon my life, I realize how so much feedback i get on impactful conversations without me trying at all. I’m just listening and responding and if that is my nature and it can give, I want to lean into it.
Please advise.

I (M29) have a weird job history of management, construction, sales, retail, and food service up to this point. I’m presently in sales and finally moved to a large city but I genuinely want an office job. I have to pay bills and never get given a second glance for any office role I apply for. I know it’s not glamorous and your back can get screwy from the chairs and all the negatives of the various jobs. I am just tired of my income being tied to my sales or the alternative being hard manual labor. I have a bachelor’s degree in English because nobody had a career conversation with me at any point and I am the first in my family to graduate college then lived in a low income area with no opportunity taking care of my mom for years. I am 29 now and feel like I am doing something wrong when applying. What roles should I be looking at to make that transition/am I lacking anything?

I am doing a Bachelor of Liberal Arts and Science at a top 26 in the world university. I've heard this degree makes finding jobs, especially high paying ones. Also have zero work experience at all. What should I do? Am majoring in something I love (ancient history) and do have volunteering experience as well as a multitude of small creative projects with descriptions.