TheTechnician27@lemmy.world to Lemmy Shitpost@lemmy.worldEnglish · 1 month agoYour boomer parents after giving you the most outdated job-seeking advice of your fucking life [Day 86]lemmy.worldimagemessage-square35fedilinkarrow-up15arrow-down10
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minus-squareCaptDust@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkarrow-up0·1 month agoBack when I needed a job I showed up on a construction site, asked politely, and they put me right straight into operating a crane. Just get out there, pound the pavement, shake some hands. You’ll be hired in no time.
minus-squareIlovethebomb@lemm.eelinkfedilinkarrow-up0·1 month agoShowing up and asking would probably work on a lot of construction sites though.
minus-squareHollowNaught@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·1 month agoAs a guy who works on construction sites, yeah no you’ll be thrown out before you ask that question
minus-squareAeonFelis@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up0·1 month agoDid… did you have a crane operation license?
minus-squareCaptDust@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkarrow-up1·edit-21 month agoNo! See, that’s the problem these days - too much regulation! /s
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Back when I needed a job I showed up on a construction site, asked politely, and they put me right straight into operating a crane. Just get out there, pound the pavement, shake some hands. You’ll be hired in no time.
Showing up and asking would probably work on a lot of construction sites though.
As a guy who works on construction sites, yeah no you’ll be thrown out before you ask that question
Did… did you have a crane operation license?
No! See, that’s the problem these days - too much regulation!
/s