Help Wanted

[GrandpaBlaze]

A friend of mine who knows I'm a Blazer fan asked if I know anyone who can help his son find a job.

He is originally from the piss-and-purple part of the country but is now in Portland and his dad is worried about him finding regular work.

He has not attended university - has no interest in higher ed, but works well with people and worked a Radio Shack for a while (til they closed the store), and then did political canvassing/fund raising for a while but that, was a limited time thing.

His Dad says he is a nice, smart young man (21) who loves to write - but who also has a somewhat scruffy beard (dad's words) that he said he would likely be willing to shave for the right job.

If anyone has connections or suggestions, send 'em my way.

Thanks.

Gramps...

 

[bodyman5000 and 1]

Sounds like a real go getter. From the sound of it he is more worried about getting full time weed.

 

[OneLifeToLive]

With all the shuffling, have we lost the ability to PM?

 

[bodyman5000 and 1]

PM what?

 

[GrandpaBlaze]

With all the shuffling, have we lost the ability to PM?

I believe PM's have become conversations. Go to your inbox or profile and then conversations go get there.

Gramps...

 

[SlyPokerDog]

With all the shuffling, have we lost the ability to PM?

Only you. People complained about your multilevel marketing "opportunities".

 

[OneLifeToLive]

Only you. People complained about your multilevel marketing "opportunities".

lmao

 

[EL PRESIDENTE]

He needs to find a way to make money outside of a job. With his mindset, motivation, etc., he'd be extremely lucky to make $10-15 an hour for the rest of his life.

He has:
No valuable work experience
No higher education
No real skills (writing is not a skill)

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I mean, unless you were really asking if anyone knew how he could get a job at Best Buy or something.

 

[EL PRESIDENTE]

Otherwise, he should just go to a staffing agency. Start off in an office job or something, beats working in retail as far as real work experience goes.

 

[3RA1N1AC]

Basically, he should just shack up with a chick in the projects with a few kids already, easy living. Sell weed on the side for beer money.

 

[JfizzleBlazer]

His best bet is to go to trade school. My wife became a dental assistant in a year and makes pretty good money. Have him look at doing something like that. It's like a year at a community college, and tbh, most cc classes are no harder than high school classes.

 

[DaLincolnJones]

Even with all of the down sizing, I would have to believe that there are opportunities available in the armed forces.

 

[MARIS61]

"he is a nice, smart young man (21) who loves to write".

He has lived the last 3 years in the real world rather than in an isolated college setting, which makes him more valuable for most real entry-level job openings. Much easier to teach your employee a skill than to teach him how to interact with people in everyday situations.

He's nice, which puts him above much of his competition and is an asset in any job.

He loves to write, which at least implies he's probably well-read and a creative thinker.

He's young, which is huge, as age discrimination is the largest category of discrimination in employment.

He moved here from California, proving he's smarter than 39 million who haven't yet made the move.

Oregon is somewhat famous for producing great authors, so I think he'll do just fine in the long run.