Mackay Members! Whats Does Everyone Do For A Job?

[Rb Liner25]

hey all,

I moved to mackay a month ago in hope that i could find some work but im having great difficulty,

im only 17 which could be a factor, if anyone can help it would be muchly appreciated.

Cheers

[89CAL]

What do you want to do?

[Rb Liner25]

callan im pretty desperate at the momemt, ill do anything thats not a shit kicker job. What do you do for a job?

[Rb Liner25]

?

[Traditimeour]

Tried SEEK

[Rb Liner25]

yeah nothing really ticks the boxes for me, just trying to see what mackay members are doing for jobs and yeah

[warps]

Well as a 17 year old you can either be like so many others and tell prospective employers you're fussy and don't want to do shit kicker jobs, or take on anything you can, put your heart and soul into it and show that you're a hard worker willing to do what it takes to get somewhere in the world. The second category will always get ahead in life, regardless of education and qualifications. The first category will spend the next 40 years blaming everyong else for their own failures

Which category do you want to belong to?

Until you get some runs on the board, you might have to accept the shit kicker stuff just to prove your worth.

I'd rather hire an uneducated, unqualified person who has a great work ethic, than a lazy selfsh job snob with 3 uni degrees and 4 trades under their belt.

[jaxt]

is going back home (I'm assuming you moved out of home to mackay) and studying something an option?

as warps alluded to....change your mindset...accept the 'lower class' jobs till you get more experience and eventually know what you want to do.

look after each job you do to your utmost and most likely than not your career will look after itself.

[89CAL]

Nothing wrong with being a TA and getting payed $26+ an hour I reakon.

I'm a Forth year diesel fitter. Operators at the mines are payed well as are TA's even in town. I dont know why your so worried about being a 'shit kicker'

as above, put in the effort and someone will notice then if one day you say "hey I want to be an electrician" or whatever, they will put you on an apprenticeship straight away.

[KING87]

There are heaps of jobs in mackay as long as your not fussy just check out the job thing in saturdays paper.

Try not to get focused on making the big dollars early on and try and get an apprentiship, or something like that. Even though you will be on less money straight up it will be worth it in the end. Then you can be 'picky' on what job you want.

Cheers

Kingy

[89CAL]

Do you have any idea at all what you want to do?

[astrotristan]

callan im pretty desperate at the momemt, ill do anything thats not a shit kicker job. What do you do for a job?

LOL!

I argue that this is the reason why most unemployed people are unemployed, the typical "it's not worth my time to clean floors/flip burgers/deliver pizzas/drive a taxi/etc etc for under $50,000+ a year"

At the end of the day, a job is a job, any cash is better than no cash. Finally future employees will see such jobs on your resume and be like "yo this guy has done the hard yards, not sat at home chilling on the net and taking hand outs from the government"

My 2cents

[Nur33]

In my opinion try get and apprenticeship as a diesel fitter or a electrician, if that is unsuccessful you can try become an operator, it might cost you a bit to get your tickets and training but that money will be made up pretty quickly with the pay rates around the bowen basin. I done the hard yards with tafe courses and an apprenticeship and so on, but has well and truly paid off and now as there is a massive shortage of tradesman in the area. Majority of my mates are all tradesman.

[89CAL]

I'm not far off lol

OP. It's hard for us to suggest a job when we dont know what your interests are. Tell us what you like etc

Edited January 19, 2011 by 89CAL

[jaxt]

There are heaps of jobs in mackay as long as your not fussy just check out the job thing in saturdays paper.

Try not to get focused on making the big dollars early on and try and get an apprentiship, or something like that. Even though you will be on less money straight up it will be worth it in the end. Then you can be 'picky' on what job you want.

Cheers

Kingy

^^ this.

when I was living in airlie beach (3 years) i thought I'd struggle to get a job....I was wrong...there were heaps and I noticed mackay had heaps too...

the point is that region should have enough jobs to sustain you.

heck even if you go do window cleaning ...

[33GTRV]

Hi, im a pretentious little flamin mongrel and i am looking for work. I will not accept anything less than 140k p.a. and will not do any physical, mental or well, i wont do anything but get regular twitter and fagbook updates during work hours. Because im simply better than you, i also will not go out and look for this job, you will come to me. I have great grades in phys ed and shit grades at everything else at school. I have absolutely no qualifications, but i know more than any of you combined, and then some. Please contact me at imalazylittlespoiltflamin [email protected]

Seriously, what the f**k. Is it me or are kids these days getting worse and worse. I regularly sack these little pricks because they dont know how to shut thier traps, they are 17 going on 45 and think they can recite every skill known to humanity from thier f**king iphone. Take some advice kid, loose the act, swallow the ego and go get a real f**king job.

[33GTRV]

PS. We, the general working public, are sick and tired of paying your centrelink payments. Hurry the f**k up will you

[Ty1]

PS. We, the general working public, are sick and tired of paying your centrelink payments. Hurry the f**k up will you

couldn't of put it better myself lol

[Robi33]

I'm a Tradesman Sheetmetal Fabricator and Boilermaker... It's worth doing an Apprenticeship, dude. I'm never on any less than $30.00 an hour now.

But there are other options too, I guess. Most of Callan and my mates are apprentices, tradesmen or general labourers.

[Rb Liner25]

as for you 33GTRV,

SIMPLY GET f**kED, YOUR THE f**kING LITTLE PRICK. AND JUST SO YOU KNOW IM NOT ON f**kING CENTRELINK ASSHOLE, IM CURRENTLY LIVING OFF MY SAVINGS WHICH I SAVED BEING AND EXCAVATOR AND BOBCAT OPERATOR I WAS ON $60k per year SO NOW f**kING WAY AM I GOING TO TAKE A JOB UNDER $50K A YEAR. So all you stuck up dream boats on the forum get f**ked, no need to critisise every person who asks a simple question. How dissapointing that some people are such a f**king hypocrites, just because Im chasing the big dollars and i want to be somebody. No matter what anyone says money f**king pays for your happiness you sad f**ks. 33GTRV have a good life f**king asshole