Dad Did A Job On You

I love my dad, but he thinks that holding the same job for over twenty years and then retiring has made him an expert on the modern job market. Some of the tips he’s given me on how to find a job in 2025:

1. You need to spend forty hours / week on job searching. If you’re not spending the equivalent of a full-time job on job searching, you don’t really want a job.

2. You get your forty hours in by walking into places and handing them your resume. It doesn’t matter what their online portal says, in person is the only way to go.

Funnily enough, I have actually taken my resume in-store to places before, but I call ahead and ask if that’s something they’re willing to take! I don’t just take them in, unsolicited.

And the last “helpful” tip I’m going to share:

3. If you find a company you want to work for that isn’t hiring, go in and tell them that you just believe in their mission so much that you’re willing to work for free. Do this for a couple of months (MONTHS) and then tell them that you can’t afford to keep volunteering & ask if they’d be willing to hire you.

Just do those three things and you’ll definitely get a job in 2025. I promise. Sigh.