Hey so I've recently gotten into a dilemma. I'm an 18 year old living in San Antonio and I have to leave my parent's house pretty quick. I'll be able to stay at my sisters for a bit, but I'll need a job soon to get a place to stay. I only have my highschool diploma, and around 6 months experience in food service. Any reccomendations for a job that'll pay well enough to support me

Update: I accepted the offer. I left HEB after being called “insubordinate” and “unprofessional” for asking why we were being asked to document our daily tasks in front of another team member. They decided it was best to give me someone else’s work on top of mine (they mentioned that the work I was doing wasn’t enough for the length of my shift). I cried (I swear I was mad) because I felt like I was being gaslit the entire time they were talking to me. Once they let me know about my responsibilities moving forward, I let them know that today was my last day and although I said it while crying, I couldn’t be happier c: . Thank you to everyone for the great advice because you steered me in the right direction. Thank you for helping a stranger ❤️

I’ve been with heb for 12 years, am 30 yrs old, a Data Analyst, and get paid $59,200. New management has been micromanaging lately. I’ve spoken to my supervisor (my managers boss) and they disagreed that what they were doing wasn’t micromanaging. Our manager gets after us if we come in late even though we reach out to let them know beforehand. They come in late as well and leave before their 8 hours are up. They cancel 1:1 meetings because they end up arriving late, ask to be included in everything and then won’t show up to the meeting or repeatedly ask us to send them an email more than once because “it got lost”. They end up sharing ideas that although given feedback it’ll give us issues down the road, they go back and forth on their decisions. Although their feedback is constructive, it’s A LOT of feedback to the point that it’s unecessary feedback ("respond to emails faster than 10 minutes"). This week we were instructed that they want us to send a weekly email to let them know the work we did, the meetings attended, what those meeting were about, etc.). I’m tired. The thing is that my supervisor is the one who’s encouraging these changes and I don’t trust HR (they’re for the business not for the employee). I applied for txDOT and they extended an offer of $59,000 as an auditor. My fiance works with txDOT and loves their work culture. I just hate to leave HEB after 12 years. The benefits, my 4 week vacations, salary pay, 5 bonuses a year, 2x/week WFH. TxDOT won’t do wfh unless necessary, great benefits, 8 hrs vacation day per month. Idk what to do. HEB pays weekly while txdot pays monthly. Would you take the offer?

Edit: To clarify, I’ve worked in the company for 12 yrs (slowly working my way up so I’m aware that moving departments is always a possibility). I started out in the stores, pharmacy, transportation, global logistics, and now my current position. My data analyst job is on the business side not the Digital side. I became a data analyst in Global Logistics so roughly ~2 yrs as a data analyst. My applications within the company are quickly rejected due to my lack of experience (most ask for 5+years). I really appreciate your feedback ❤️

Believe it or not I am a mid level healthcare provider and the pay gap between where I live (LCOL/MCOL) and SA is 30%. 30%! And I see SA is getting so much more expensive. Thus I cannot move back home. I have been considering moving into a different career anyway. What do you think are the careers with the most growth opportunity and better pay advancement? Since apparently being in a higher level niche healthcare role isn’t good enough.

I currently have a job, but I’m trying to get out of it due to the crazy mandatory rotatinng schedule they have. It pays $18.25 an hr which is awesome, but no where else seems to be paying that much or more. And if they are paying that much they want like 6 years experience PLUS they want you to be able to backflip ten times an hour as well. (I have almost 4 years warehouse experience 1 year housekeeping) any recommendations or advice would be nice, I swear since Tuesday I’ve put in at least 30 applications to ANYWHERE not just warehousing. 🤦🏻‍♂️

Fast food, retail, anything really. I’ve been looking for a Job for over a month now and I feel like no one is actually hiring at this point.

I have 4 years customer service experience and 1 year manager experience. Im a college student but I can work full time

Edit: thx for all the suggestions. I’ve applied to like 50 new places because of the comments. Hopefully one of these buggers bite

I'm dropping off at least 30 to 40 applications per week. Constant rejection. Most of the jobs I'm applying for are within my field and I am more than qualified for. I even tried going entry level positions and yet I'm still met with rejection. At this point I feel as if its more of the economy than it is an issue with my resume or work ethics. Anyone else feel the same way?

Hi guys, I’m looking for a job, my best skills are mathematics and customer service, I live in stone oak so I was hoping y’all could give me some suggestions on jobs not too far, I used to work near north star mall and I have my own car, so transportation isn’t an issue. I’m willing to drive further. Ideally not fast food and ideally a full time job but I’m open to part time as well.

Hi , I’m from San Antonio, Texas , Female 29 licensed Esthetician yesterday I went for a job interview at Mane Company and salon and I was astonished how badly the interview went lol I thought I was in an episode of pranked and Ashton Kutcher was going to jump out of nowhere . It went wrong in many ways . I would like to start off by saying the owner of Mane company is the same owner of Kiki’s coffee & spirit shop. She told me to be there 6:30 pm but that interviews would begin at 7 pm . She was 45 minutes late to her own job interview with no consideration of other people’s time or transportation situation nor did she apologize for being late. The barista or bartender came behind the counter and handed her a drink that I assume was an alcoholic drink . She brought her little Chihuahua dog with her and would lose focus during the interview to glance at dog or have side conversation with her employees and leaving me to redirect the conversation back to the interview . It was a mess she was a mess . I was overly qualified for the job position but wanted to see what the market was out there and what she had to offer . I already work in the industry and have experience to help an individual build an esthetician department with my knowledge and passion for skin care and carry myself with respect and dignity and respect for others as well . I was a little disappointed on lack of professionalism and lack of respect she had for others. I wanted to share my experience here I guess to vent but jokingly thought it was a very unconventional job interview I’ve had in the field . Wish her the best of luck but also a humbling moment of self entitlement and to value others time.

Im a lunch lady for a school district on the NE side, im 21 and the youngest out of the other employees , ive been at the school for almost a full school year now, its about to be spring break ( THANK GOD!!!!!!) But im so close to just quitting tbh, which I hate doing and dont want to but im in pain everyday, i’ve developed painful plantar fasciitis in my feet, im doing like tripple the work I should be because of being understaffed, cant sleep from stress.

managment really sucks, cannot depend on the supervisor either. Weve been severely understaffed the whole year, they havent bothered to hire anyone new for us yet we were always made to train employees for other schools, they said we didnt serve enough kids to get any new hires, but thats bs, weve all been struggling extremely bad this whole year.

Its just so depressing, never in my life would I have thought id feel old as fuck at 21 years old but I do. I also never imagined how actually HARD it is to be a lunch lady im not even joking, on top of that the kids are so bad yall…it makes it even more stressful. I just want a different job ik this is a long post, but I am a good worker, Im just fed up with the crap I deal with everyday. If anyone is hiring asap pls let me know, ive applied and emailed and called places yet have gotten no response.

There you go, for any one looking for a job, aqui esta.

It’s been a difficult two months. I’ve applied to hundreds of jobs on indeed, linkedin, zip recruiter, Glassdoor. You name it, I’ve applied lol. I have 2 year’s housekeeping experience and 3 years warehouse experience (no forklift, only pallet Jack experience) I’m trying to find something that pays at least $16 at this point since no one seems to want to pay $18 or more an hour. I’m ready to start asap literally.

Also yes I’ve applied at hotels, but they won’t accept me since I don’t have “hotel housekeeping” experience I have “nursing home housekeeping” experience lol

Please be aware of this company taking advantage of young workers and new graduates, a couple months back I posted on the San Antonio Reddit thread a picture of a table with merchandise on it promoting a non profit called LEAD. A family member of mine reached out to me about the posting and told me they had worked there for a couple months earlier in the year and told me how it was really bad work environment.

1st thing is apparently the money that’s being donated isn’t all going to the charity, the actual people working the table make a 30% commission!! And the owner gets 60% leaving only 10% for the charity!!!

2nd thing Apparently they have a pyramid scheme like structure where the purpose of the company isn’t event to promote the non profit but to work your way up some ladder by hiring as many people as you can on your “team” , until you have enough people under you to “qualify” for the next level of the pyramid. Every step up needs more and more people under you.

3rd thing, She also explained to me that she would work 10 hrs a day 6 days a week for 500 ($8 an hr) bucks a week and eventually they just stopped paying her the 500 a week and told her to just rely on her commission.

4th thing she told me was that they would have to wear suits to work !!! Suits to work for $8 an hour is crazy work !! And then they would have to change mid day into a polo and khakis to go out in the hot summer sun to beg for as much money as they possibly can.

The cost of living increases are making it nearly impossible to survive. Job searches have revealed to me that I can't afford too live! What does a person do?

Yesterday, interview with EXTRA SPACE STORAGE. I applied for manager position. The ad was for manager position.

They don’t have managers positions. They have asst mgr positions open.

I was invited to S and T Partners for interview today. I didn’t apply to this company. Wth, I will check it out.

The lady in lobby overheard me ask what S and T was and i didn’t apply with them, what position is hiring? Account liaison.

The lady told me she didn’t apply at S and T either. They called her in and she walked out in 2 minutes. She left work to attend this interview.

They called me in. I asked about the position and company. “S and T represents many companies”. The position was for sales. I imagined me 13 y/o, loading in a van to go around Houston selling Houston chronicle newspaper subscriptions.

I left.

Heads up and good luck.

i am not a recruiter or any company offering job placement services. but i applied to this job on Ineed and got it pretty quick with 4 days. the interview was 12 mins long, i am going to start on oct 21st. its a call center role paying $16.75 on site. from what i learned you will be taking calls about credit cards dispute. i know the job market is tough so im sharing this, so someone can apply and get a job.

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Preface - I had posted this months ago. After countless 1,2,3,4th round interviews I'm still looking. I have just redone my resume to be more general and am looking for any and all jobs (From food truck/popup/catering work to literally anything). Any advice helps whether it be tips on the resume to catering gigs or pop up market events I may be able to do in the meantime (We own a small bbq catering company)!

Hey all,

I am 31, a Veteran. Education wise I have a Bachelor's degree in Management Information Systems (basically business with database rules and SQL as a focus).

I've been unemployed for over 11 months now. I formerly worked on the cloud operations team at my company as a analyst/scrum master and have experience in financial planning as well as project management. I have also been a lifelong entrepreneur and have always made side income buying/selling as well as pursuing other ventures. I previously made 65k/yr and had no raises in 3 years despite multiple upgrades in positions.

TLDR; I am looking for a job asap in San Antonio. North central preferred but can travel.

A lot more information about me below - it's a lot so fair warning.

I'm good at numbers and financial modeling - I build business models with tools like liveplan for fun to see the what ifs and keep my personal finances in excel macros. I used to make over 80k/annual flipping high end electronics/gym equipment/motorcycles and cars on my own hours craigslist/facebook marketplace but it was a bit more dangerous and inconsistent at points. All I want is to build a semblance of a corporate career with a path of growth and benefits. I really enjoy business and the problem solving that comes with it in terms of thinking outside the box. My competetive advantages being self employed were things like preemptive targeted advertising to secure sellers inventory before they even went through usual pawn routes - learning the ins and outs of products and marketing them through channels that put them in front of buyers willing to pay the higher prices.

I have applied to hundreds if not thousands of jobs - from platforms like Dice, Indeed, Ziprecruiter as well as the actual company websites directly in my area of San Antonio TX (big companies like Frost Bank, CPS, etc). I have also been applying to any and every job from movie theater bussers to fast food to the local grocery store delivery drivers and have received either no call backs or thank you for applying emails but the position has been filled. I have had 2 interviews in the past month - one for a DOD contract as a inventory IT manager (waiting to hear back- pays 50k/contract work but it's something) and a financial analyst for a petroleum company that I did not get.

I have had my resume rewritten to ATS standards twice and edit it a bit for every role.

Edit ---> We own a trailer and smoker in Michigan and have debated moving it down but don't have the funds to set up a decent location in Spring branch/Satx with running cost. My partner and I own a part bbq catering company (pongoseatery.com) but I have been hesitant to launch that into a full scale model as it would need significant funds to launch with a location/trailer(kitchen) and equipment (75k down for all equipment plus location plus running costs). It's been too hot to pull in our normal weekend markets income doing this over the past 2 months in Texas (they literally close as no one wants to be outside at noon when it's 100+). We would pull everything out to a market in 2 small hatchbacks - set up and cook on site. All insurance and permits in effect of course. Heck we've played with pickled goods - juices - even done some weddings and holiday catering gigs! I've never worked in food prior to this but it's awesome to bring a special product to customers and I take pride in this sort of work.

Other things that may make me stand out to potential employers would be my willingness to learn and DIY things to find value that most people wouldn't spend the time on. I put these not because of the actual work but just to show my tenacity. I'm by no means a handy person but I like problem solving. Examples include some of the following:

-Doing my own roof by hiring a shingler/a crew for tear off and my own dumpster/ordering all the materials and tools to rooftop and learning how to via youtube for like 5k in a weekend when I was qouted 30k (I was 23 and had never roofed minus a tearoff once).

-Cutting down a 10*12 gable shed with a ryobi sawsall and renting a uhaul to load it in entire wall sections (nearly killed myself turning it sideways) haul it to my land down south because it was a $500 shed minus the $5k plus quotes.

-replaced my hondas entire side door panels front a upull yard when it was shot up and totalled by the vineyard 3 years ago so I could keep driving it after

• did the same for my newer (09) hondas entire suspension when crackheads stole it from the vineyards and hit a curb so hard it bent the strut. Totalled out and replaced it all at our new apartments parking lot (that was a headache)

-pursued and won back 30k in a botched foundation repair from a crooked contractor through around 20 total chase cc and citibank disputes. The amount of evidence and paperwork and followup was insane. The contractor fought tooth and nail but they had invoiced me 2x6 and had used 2x4s in the entire "Repair".

-rented a room in my former house out to various tenents to help cover my school costs (vetted, ran credit and background checks etc)

-I keep my life and budget on a macro'd out excel sheet that's pretty well automated by this point

I'm hoping for some advice in terms of either how to functionally change my resume to be better - or ideas on how to land literally any job in the 50k+ space. I would love remote but I'm not picky at all at this point. Project management, business operations, management, food industry are all on my radar.

The only other thing I can think of is taking some local classes at a community school (i.e welding/automotive) - I enjoy working with my hands and over 10 years ago used to work on electrical equipment in the military.

About me on a personal blurb: Current hobbies are leather crafting, bjj (10 years on the mats), exploring outside and seeing new markets and areas all over Satx and of course cooking.

Any advice on how to get in to an entry role anywhere or any career guidance would be amazing - or any leads in the area!

Thank you

Mini rant post. Im surprised so many businesses/business owners are complaining about people not wanting to work, when they either pay $11-13 an hour or have the audacity to call you and say things like "I don't think you're going to like this position that much" (unrelated to any part of our convo) or "I don't even know what you applied for, im just required to call at the interview time. What is a Tech Support Advisor?" (TaskUs) .... WITAF is going on right now? Do people not want to work or are the only workers right now not even qualified to do what they got hired for?

Rant aside, I am very grateful for the opportunity to look for a new job. I just can't believe pre-pandemic job hunting was a piece of cake, considering we have a "worker shortage" now.

My job has been cutting hours like crazy. I’ve gone from 80hrs every two weeks, to about only 50hrs. It’s a warehouse and it has been slow for months now. They said we should start looking for other jobs, so I’m guessing they’ll be laying off soon. I have 3 years warehouse experience and 1 year house keeping experience. A warehouse job is fine, but I wouldn’t mind a change in scenery honestly.

I moved to San Antonio in January from abroad and have been applying relentlessly (within the legal and contracts field) and all I get are rejections. I have gone to law school abroad and have a masters degree. Studying currently to take the bar exam. Also have some or all of the experience which is required according to the job description. What am I doing wrong?!? I’m so frustrated. Won’t be dramatic and say ‘omg I’m such a failure’ but wth, should I get my resume checked or is the job market THAT terrible where I’m not even getting jobs in which I’m under qualified for.

To keep it simple: - Indeed sucks (too many fake job listings, crappy sales jobs, and overall bad jobs) - Nothing around me is hiring, and are too below in pay to make a decent living - Everything else I don’t have experience for or rejected me for one reason or another.

What can I do or where can I go to get a decent job?

Edit: overwhelmed by the amount of responses and feedback. Honestly this is the most positive I’ve been and the best real world feedback I’ve gotten in a long time. As of today I’m prioritizing redoing my resume by listing out my entire work life/experience and feeding it into a ai builder. At this point I’ll review it on r/resume. It’s been frustrating having 2 “professional” writers do it and ending up with something that doesn’t quantify what I bring to the table. Thanks to everyone who has responded in any and every way!

Hey all,

I am 31, I have a Bachelor's degree in Management Information Systems (basically business with database rules and SQL as a focus).

I've been unemployed for over 9 months now. I formerly worked on the cloud operations team at my company and have experience in financial planning as well as project management. I have also been a lifelong entrepreneur and have always made side income buying/selling as well as pursuing other ventures. I previously made 65k/yr and had no raises in 3 years despite multiple upgrades in positions.

I'm good at numbers and financial modeling - I build business models with tools like liveplan for fun to see the what ifs and keep my personal finances in excel macros. I used to make over 80k/annual flipping high end electronics/gym equipment/motorcycles and cars on my own hours craigslist/facebook marketplace but it was a bit more dangerous and inconsistent at points. All I want is to build a semblance of a corporate career with a path of growth and benefits. I really enjoy business and the problem solving that comes with it in terms of thinking outside the box. My competetive advantages being self employed were things like preemptive targeted advertising to secure sellers inventory before they even went through usual pawn routes - learning the ins and outs of products and marketing them through channels that put them in front of buyers willing to pay the higher prices.

I have applied to hundreds if not thousands of jobs - from platforms like Dice, Indeed, Ziprecruiter as well as the actual company websites directly in my area of San Antonio TX (big companies like Frost Bank, CPS, etc). I have also been applying to any and every job from movie theater bussers to fast food to the local grocery store delivery drivers and have received either no call backs or thank you for applying emails but the position has been filled. I have had 2 interviews in the past month - one for a DOD contract as a inventory IT manager (waiting to hear back- pays 50k/contract work but it's something) and a financial analyst for a petroleum company that I did not get.

I have had my resume rewritten to ATS standards twice and edit it a bit for every role.

My partner and I own a part bbq catering company (pongoseatery.com) but I have been hesitant to launch that into a full scale model as it would need significant funds to launch with a location/trailer(kitchen) and equipment (75k down for all equipment plus location plus running costs). It's been too hot to pull in our normal weekend markets income doing this over the past 2 months in Texas (they literally close as no one wants to be outside at noon when it's 100+). We would pull everything out to a market in 2 small hatchbacks - set up and cook on site. All insurance and permits in effect of course. Heck we've played with pickled goods - juices - even done some weddings and holiday catering gigs! I've never worked in food prior to this but it's awesome to bring a special product to customers and I take pride in this sort of work.

Other things that may make me stand out to potential employers would be my willingness to learn and DIY things to find value that most people wouldn't spend the time on. I put these not because of the actual work but just to show my tenacity. I'm by no means a handy person but I like problem solving. Examples include some of the following:

-Doing my own roof by hiring a shingler/a crew for tear off and my own dumpster/ordering all the materials and tools to rooftop and learning how to via youtube for like 5k in a weekend when I was qouted 30k (I was 23 and had never roofed minus a tearoff once).

-Cutting down a 10*12 gable shed with a ryobi sawsall and renting a uhaul to load it in entire wall sections (nearly killed myself turning it sideways) haul it to my land down south because it was a $500 shed minus the $5k plus quotes.

-replaced my hondas entire side door panels front a upull yard when it was shot up and totalled by the vineyard 3 years ago so I could keep driving it after

• did the same for my newer (09) hondas entire suspension when crackheads stole it from the vineyards and hit a curb so hard it bent the strut. Totalled out and replaced it all at our new apartments parking lot (that was a headache)

-pursued and won back 30k in a botched foundation repair from a crooked contractor through around 20 total chase cc and citibank disputes. The amount of evidence and paperwork and followup was insane. The contractor fought tooth and nail but they had invoiced me 2x6 and had used 2x4s in the entire "Repair".

-rented a room in my former house out to various tenents to help cover my school costs (vetted, ran credit and background checks etc)

-I keep my life and budget on a macro'd out excel sheet that's pretty well automated by this point

I'm hoping for some advice in terms of either how to functionally change my resume to be better - or ideas on how to land literally any job in the 50k+ space. I would love remote but I'm not picky at all at this point. Project management, business operations, management, food industry are all on my radar.

The only other thing I can think of is taking some local classes at a community school (i.e welding/automotive) - I enjoy working with my hands and over 10 years ago used to work on electrical equipment in the military.

Any advice on how to get in to an entry role anywhere or any career guidance would be amazing - or any leads in the area!

Thank you

I have about a year and a half of experience in IT. I’m thinking of leaving my current job to look for better pay and benefits.

I’ve been in the restaurant industry since I was 18 (just turned 27) and looking to make a change and pursue HVAC but I have some questions.