Today, after three and a half years of working dead-end jobs with a bachelor's degree, I got a call from a potential employer in my degree field, who wanted to set up an interview. The problem: the interview is across the country, and I'm too broke to pay the travel expenses. FML
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Fall
Dead leaves, the first cold of the season and an umbrella flipped inside out: fall, the season of grace.
Today, after months of searching I finally got a job interview. Too bad I didn't have enough money to buy a bus ticket to get there. FML
Today, I got a call from a job I had applied for. Everything went great until I realized I had applied to the wrong location, across town. I'm so broke, I went to the interview anyway. It will cost me more to pay for the gas to drive there to work, than what I will actually make. FML
Today, I had my very first interview and pretty much got hired right away. Then I found out I have to drive 2 hours away for training. I don't have a car, license, or money. FML
Today, my mental state went down another 2 levels when after 2 years of unemployment, I finally got offered a great job abroad. However, I probably won't even be able to go because I've reached the point where I'm too broke to even apply to get my passport made. FML
Today, after being jobless for 2 years, I got a call back for an interview. I was ecstatic until I saw the date. It's the same day I leave for a weeklong, nonrefundable vacation. I applied for the job 6 weeks ago, and since not hearing anything bought the vacation 2 weeks ago. FML
Today, after years of hard work, I had an interview at the highest ranking university in the world 800 miles from where I live. It snowed heavily for the last 2 days closing every road, railway, and airport causing me to miss the interview. There is no rescheduling. FML
Today, I went on my 56th job interview since graduating from college 3 months ago. I am 31 years old and I spent 11 years in college. I only graduated with a Bachelor's Degree after all those years, but I am still not qualified for anything due to how long it took me to complete my degree. FML
Today, I travelled cross-country to interview for my dream job. The team seemed to love me and I had a lot of fun. In the airport on the way home I saw a news report that the company is closing. FML
Today, I drove two and a half hours to a job interview. The interviewer never showed up or called. I sat in the hotel lobby waiting for an hour and a half. Even the hotel staff said they felt sorry for me. FML
Today, I had my first job interview since graduating from university. The person who interviewed me informed me that not using my degree after two years practically makes it null and void. I guess instead of being a financial advisor at the company, I could always be a janitor there. FML
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Capt_Oblivious 10
Skype interview. Much cheaper.
Loopulk 9
All I can say, is that's tragic.
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kiroarous 9
Airlines also will give u a discount (big one) If u agree to put in on a credit cards of theirs and pay it off 3 months later
yzzami 17
A thousand dollars to get to an interview for a job you might not get. You may have been saved from an expensive letdown
noobsteven 3
Request a telephone interview. You should not have to travel a long distance just for a job interview. They should be pretty understanding about that. If not, they are assholes so you should not work for them. My most recent job was the result of a telephone interview
CoyoteOldOne 17
My company has been using Google Hangouts for doing long-distance interviews. It's free and very easy to use with multiple people (we usually have several people from our company take part in interviews).
erin37 27
Video conference bro
Brandon243 6
But hey what if you went across country and they didn't hire you, then it would've sucked more. But still i feel bad for you
willowgrl 8
I know exactly how that feels... Sometimes I wonder y I got my degree in the first place
pete9913 23
We do phone interviews all the time. It doesn't really put the pressure on the interviewee, but very helpful for circumstances like these.