What To Do Now

[MastuhWaffles]

So my dad found out today and told me to go get an apartment or find out how to get my aid back. But of course I have to fix my grades in order to do that. Well I'm still looking for a job.

 

[tmcalavy]

Show a little "lesson learned" humility and first work on fixing your grades...that will also require some humility but is definitely easier than going out on your own if you aren't ready. Let your Dad know you are working on it...the grades...and ask for a little time to make that work. If the grades thing doesn't work though, don't sweat it...there are worse things than working and going to school. You just have to take things as they come, after you set your priorities....mine would be grades, job (of some kind), then living arrangements...unless your Dad tees off on you and just literally tosses you out on your ear. Been there, done that, too....and still alive and kicking.

 

[SenorNoob]

I can second dressing nice when you go into a prospective place of employment. I'm 98% sure that I got my job on the stock crew at a grocery store because I showed up for my interview in a suit.

I've put in a little hard work in the year and half since and just got a promotion that went effective on the check I got yesterday. Now making almost a dollar more an hour as a PT Pricing Coordinator. Still have to stock truck though.

As for whether or not school (or at least this one) is really for you or not only you can answer. Don't try to go somewhere or take certain classes because that's what people expect from you. I had people expecting me to go to some "top ranked" college for electrical engineering/computer science. I guess they were pretty let down when I told them all I didn't want to take more math, science, english, and history. Especially after getting an IT "diploma" from the local vocational school then realizing all of the potential jobs were in places I didn't want to be.

 

[SenorNoob]

So my dad found out today...

Just noticed this and had to ask: How did your dad find out? If he's like mine you'd have been best to tell him the moment you even thought you might have this problem.

 

[Karbuster]

Same with mine, he would have known how my schooling was going from day one, and if things start going downhill he tries to help

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[MastuhWaffles]

Just noticed this and had to ask: How did your dad find out? If he's like mine you'd have been best to tell him the moment you even thought you might have this problem.

He got an email.
But my plan is at the moment fix my grades next semester and get my aid back.

 

[Jim Oaks]

If you completed a year you have to push on for at least an associates so you don't waste all the credit hours you've earned.

My daughter just finished her second semester of college, and the money aspect is very stressful. I cosigned a $10,000 loan for the last semester, and if she drops out and defaults, it will come back on me.

It's frustrating when you're a parent because you want your kids to succeed, their is stress in feeling like you should help them pay for it, and then stress of going in debt and them not even using their education.

To little information to give advise on, but you need to really commit yourself. Maybe your dad doesn't think you're trying hard enough to be a responsible adult because you failed a college course and haven't found a job.

I'm guessing school is over until fall right? You need to find a job, work on getting money for your fall classes, and get your GPA back up.

Follow others advise about following up on applications. The job won't come to you. You have to go out and get it. It seems nobody has a good work ethic, and people just want to show up and get paid, or younger people are getting jobs because their parents told them to. An employer wants to hire someone that will actually work, and someone they won't have to replace anytime soon. If you're persistent about getting the job, you'll get it because you've shown that you're motivated to work.

Maybe this fall I'll put a notice at the top that only you can see when you're logged in telling you to get your ass back to the books and study.

Honestly though. You can do anything and accomplish anything if you really want it. The greatest achievements are the ones you work the hardest for. The only person holding you back is you. You're 18. This is a minor set back and a learning experience. Now show us what you're really made of.

 

[shane96ranger]

It seems nobody has a good work ethic, and people just want to show up and get paid, or younger people are getting jobs because their parents told them to. An employer wants to hire someone that will actually work, and someone they won't have to replace anytime soon. If you're persistent about getting the job, you'll get it because you've shown that you're motivated to work.

THIS!


For 2014, we've started to try a temp service to test the work ethics of individuals prior to hiring them. It is such a huge PITA to fire someone you've made the mistake of hiring because they have a poor work ethic. I hate doing the temp thing, but it beats the pants off training someone you have hired for 60 days, nursing them along, trying to instill some common sense and establish a work ethic in their repertoire.... then having to start the process all over. You can usually see an employees true colors in 2 weeks. The only thing I like is with a temp service is; you just call your rep and they replace the employee.

It is really the pits, but the iPod generation just might be the ultimate decline of this country. I just had a 19 year old kid that after 2 weeks couldn't use a pallet jack.... on his last day, he damn near lost a whole skid of product he was trying to put on the skid wrapper. That was the proverbial straw that sent the camel to the chiropractor.

I'll also just say that I will probably do the same thing with my 3 kids that my parents did with me. My Dad told me I could stay in their home as long as I was going to school and/or had a job. If I only had a job, I pitched in somewhere - usually buying groceries or the power bill. I also paid for cable and internet for them. It worked out good, zero complaints....

Wait - my Dad did get pissed when I paid to have an ISDN line (pre-DSL days at a blazing 128kbps) put in, and Qwest butchered the hell out of the lawn in the back yard. He was fully justified though... and it did look horrible.

 

[6.2]

See what you guys are talking about a lot where I work.

Fast turnaround of employees.
They don't like the bottom of the totem pole job, so they all quit.

I had that job for a year. Worked my ass off and got promoted. Did that job for a year, and I've been promoted again.

Work for the things you want. Don't complain, don't slack off, and you will do well.


I am probably going to end up quitting, due to my department shutting down in august. Which sucks. But that's the way it is.

My parents let me live at home for no rent during college, after that I paid rent and helped out.

And I plan on staying at home till they get sick of me hahaha

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[bmerr98]

When job hunting, get your head geared ti the idea that you are not above any kind of work. Humility as a way of life, especially when dealing with disappointed/ticked off parents, can take you a long way. Don't be holding out for Management!

 

[tmcalavy]

Spent yesterday morning and some of the afternoon cleaning gutters and trimming tree limbs away from the roof so I can clean gutters again this morning...the kinda work I used to do when I was working my way through college. Roof pitch was steep and I just had a pole saw, so the tree trimming kinda kicked my ass...cause the old legs that support my arse aren't as strong and flexible as they used to be. Sitting up there cutting, I got to wondering what trimmers charge these days for the work I was doing...then I realized it's probably pretty cheap cause all that kinda work these days is done by illegals. Back then I worked with a few of them, but La Migre would send 'em back home when they caught them...and they actively did just that...look, find and then deport. 30 years down the road the difference I see between my generation back then and today's young folks is entitlement thinking...I knew I had to have a job and start contributing as soon as I hit 12, and actually started helping way before that...like driving tractors and grain trucks at harvest. Today, people you hire want to get there, plug in to their smart phone, hang out and answer texts, etc., and only occasionally hit a lick at the work at hand...or wonder off to find a cutie to talk to instead of hitting a lick. Technology makes us lazy...no wonder people are streaming across our borders to fill jobs that we're too lazy to take and do something with. Sorry for the rant.
Mastuh: Hope you find a good job...hang in there and keep looking. Talk to your counselor and history prof...maybe they can help you bring your grades back up, but don't worry about being a 4.0 student...lots of us make it through college with 3.0 or less, me included. Your Dad will chill out, just takes time. It's stressful being a college parent...just got through seeing my daughter graduate with her bachelor's degree. I was lucky enough to pay for it out of pocket by working my tail off through two periods of unemployment caused by the Depression II (notice I will not call it a recession), cause my daughter had a scholarship that helped out a lot with the cost. She has a leg up on life, good prospects for jobs, and all my old stuff still fits and works so I can't complain about doing without to fund college during the past four years. You will do well, just watch your topknot.

 

[shane96ranger]

Yeah, to echo what these guys are saying above, my Dad told me one thing I will always remember. That is to "Make Yourself into an employee that will leave them hurting when you depart from the company". I started as a bottom feeder, and now been there almost two decades - so I'd like to think I did well in taking his advice.

 

[shane96ranger]

By the way, I have a list of interview questions that I can send you if you'd like to practice. PM me your email if you would like them.

 

[Mark_88]

I used to list "Building my Ranger" as a hobby on my resume...but since it started to look like a pile of rusty parts on mismatched wheels I decided to change that in case a potential employer actually looks out the window and sees me driving in or out of their parking lot...some do have a sense of humour...but the joke was on me.

So...make sure your resume is tuned up...

 

[shane96ranger]

Lol Mark.... that's funny.