I don't think I can successfully work at any job now other than maybe cleaning or working in a warehouse maybe, or driving a van.

I wouldn't mind the last two, but they don't exactly excite me either.

And I don't think I could get a job in a warehouse or driving a van. i don't present well and I fail at interviews.

So really it's down to cleaning.

Anyone else depressed at their job prospects?

I think mine are affected by both lack of education or training, and my shyness.

I am 35.

[unaluna]

Nothing wrong with cleaning. I used to clean the beauty shop i did nails at, on the days we were closed. I was slow because im heavy and i would get out of breath, but i found spots to clean that hadnt been vacuumed or wiped out EVAHHH!!! The hairdressers even liked how i figured out how clean the floors. And the men said the boys bathroom never smelled so fresh. They thought i had opened the creaky old windows! I guess im still proud of the work i did there. No, its not what i went to college for, but it was honest hard work and i did it the best i could, and i had a fair amount of independence.

I'm depressed at my job prospects. I have a law degree but don't want to practice law anymore. With my current clinical depression, I'm not sure I could work more than part time. I'm not sure what I want to do but would also be qualified to work as an administrative assistant. Many prospective employers will view me as overqualified and wonder why I would even want to be an administrative assistant.

I've been working with a couple of staffing agencies, but nothing has come up so far. Bad time of the year to be looking for a job. I hate being unemployed. I am meeting today with a big wig businessman/friend in town to see if he might have something for me at his company, or if I could just network via him. Maybe with his numerous business contacts, he could hook me up with someone in a hiring position if he hears of anything.

Anyway, I'm with ya on the poor job prospects thing.

[ladytiger]

very disappointed in the job prospects as i have a degree in computers, no certs (too expensive), and no IT work history just a retail history barely even a work history. i do volunteer been there for 9 mos has nothing to do with my degree. however, staffing agencies are a huge waste of time. they offer nothing and i get tired of them calling me. i spoken to a staffing agency in MN and i am in AZ, they had a good opportunity in Tempe, AZ but it was given to someone else.

staffing agencies told me they only want experienced professionals not someone who doesnt have much experience, then why do they still email me about different opportunities?

I should also mention that I can do data entry as well.

I spoke to my employment consultant today about shift work . . . it's like the idea never occurred to me before today that it might be easier for me to work at odd hours due to my social anxiety and all . . .

I just thought of it as after hours work or before hours work, didn't really concentrate enough to think that there is that name for it, shift work.