Can use some advice

[totach]

Hi evreybody so i have a issue im hoping you guys can give me some advice.

So after fucking up getting clean many times i went to tx in Florida on may 3.

I have now completed and am currently living in a halfway house in Boca Raton FL.

So basically i really need to find a job and i have no clue how to go about it.

I have never worked for anyone but my father or myself in the past.

When i came here i told myself id b willing to work any job but now that im actually here im becoming really picky with what job im willing to do.

Most people out here like me work in call centers and i refuse to sit on my ass all day let alone b on the phone all day.

Now i am a strong believer in god and believe that if u do the right thing god will always take care of u.

But is me being picky mean that i am being lazy because i dont think i am a lazy person if anything what i really would want is a hard labor job.

This is really bothering me im so used to being co dependent on my family but eventho ive bin clean now going on two months me and my family do not speak.

Anyways i dont talk to anybody about how i feel im not really working a program im just going with the wind.

Any advice would be much appreciated i guess my ? is should i just settle and take a job i know i would hate or do i hold out til i can get something id b willing to do happily?

 

[T. Calderone]

I've worked in a few call centers that turned out to be phone solicitation and I hated cold calling people. I'm not sure what it's like in Boca but when I lived in Broward, it's really hard to get work in the public sector if you're not bilingual. What type of work experience do you have?

You may have to start an entry level job somewhere, like cashier or restaurant work. Where is your family and why don't you speak anymore?

 

[totach]

The only experience i have is working for my father running a electronics store in NYC.

And trading stocks i worked for two different firms on Wall ST but i really dont wanna trade anymore. I had a offer here to trade for a hedge fund but i dont want the stress of that right now.

So i am very limited with my work history. I also have a problem with asking for ajob for some reason it makes me nervous and shy and i am not a nervous nor shy person.

Its weird i dont know what im afraid of but i just cant bring myself to ask a place if they are hiring or ask for a job app ive nevr done it before n i guess maybe im scared of rejection.

Me and my family dont speak anymore after i came back from Costa Rica last summer after doing Ibogaine tx when i relapsed they said that was it n that im gonna die a junkie so i left and we havent spoken since.

This past tx i was in i got here all by myself i sold my car to get down here and with the last few dollars i had left from the sale i paid to get into a halfway house but that money is running low and i will have to pay rent again in a week n if i dont find a job i will not have the money to pay.

That is why i am so stressed about this whole job thing.

 

[T. Calderone]

Many employers nowadays use the online job application process. I've gotten calls for interviews using sites like Monster or Indeed. Trouble is, even if you did apply, get an interview and get hired this week it takes a couple weeks to actually get paid. You should speak to the person who runs the house and let them know that your rent is going to be late.

 

[THECATINTHEHAT]

Sometimes you gotta do what you gotta do to pay the bills.

'Worked at a call centre because I was eager to get back in to work and pay my way' also looks an awful lot better on a CV than 'I've been unemployed because I'm picky abou what job I will take'.

Certainly if I was doing the hiring and firing I would look at the first person and think there's a good down to earth person who is willing to work hard and do what they have to to get where they want to be whereas I would look at the second person and think they're not so motivated.

 

[totach]

So ya guys I worked at a moving job yesterday from 730am till 9pm I can't really feel my legs today but I felt really good about putting in a hard days work and coming home tired

I got the best sleep last night ive gotten since I've bin clean from may 3rd I got a good solid 6 hours which is amazing for me

The good news is I don't have to do the moving anymore I got a new office job starting on Monday so ya I'm excited I was so stressed n then got two jobs in 24 hours life is so weird sometimes

This makes me realize that all I have to do is stay sober and things will work its self out.

Thanx for the support guys much appreciated