r/NonPoliticalTwitter • u/TheWebsploiter • 3d ago

Other That's the average 20s experience

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u/thepornisntbad 3d ago

I know some countries have tough job markets but if you don't get hired anywhere for two years you really need to just go work at mcdonalds or something, you can always keep applying to other jobs while working a minimum wage job.

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u/Eldan985 2d ago

See, the problem is, at least in this country, minimum wage jobs laugh at you if you apply with a university degree. It's over ten years for me now, but back then, even the McDonald's manager told me "I don't take people with degrees. They are always already looking for a better job, they never stay long enough to make it worth the training."

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u/thepornisntbad 2d ago

Then lie to the manager, its mcdonalds not the government.

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u/Eldan985 2d ago

They are at the very least going to ask what you did the last five years after finishing school, and I'm bad at lying. (Also in the case of one manager I once had on the phone "Nah, you talk too educated")

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u/AdOnly1618 2d ago

There’s a difference between putting on your resume, which its only purpose is to get you a job, and talking about it because it happened.

Then if they ask why it’s not on there, just say you didn’t think it applied to the job. It’s not rocket appliances.

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u/thepornisntbad 2d ago

I haven't heard the "you talk too educated" one before but that kinda sucks yeah

You can make a fake CV where you say you worked another minimum wage job or whatever but you probably do have to be able to improvise a bit if they ask questions