I've been out of the work force since the holocough. Back in my day, you'd get an interview, meet with the manager and he'd pretty much hire you on the spot. Before the corona bullshit, I only ever failed 2 interviews out of about 9 and it was because I was high as fuck. Wish I never touched the shit.
Now I've been looking for a job for months and can't get one. Applications are all online. You can't just go and say whats up to the manager and get hired. In fact, managers don't even do the fucking hiring. They tell you to go fill out the application on indeed or whatever. 9/10 times this goes completely unanswered. In the rare occasion that it does not go unanswered, the first step is a "phone interview." This consists of some fuckwit on the other end reading off borderline incoherent questions.
"Tell me of a time when you dropped your work to do anything else, and this could be with your friends, family or other."
The fuck kind of question is that? Physically dropped? Like on the floor? Dropped as in the slang for "stopped what you were doing?" Fucking morons write this shit. Of course I fail these phone interviews every single time even though I give precise and excellent answers to this drivel.
In person interviews are no better. You meet with some dumb 20 year old girl who asks you the same questions, but you get to see what goes on behind the scenes.
"Tell me of a time when you left your work incomplete, but had to work harder to finish your work" is one I got yesterday.
That question doesn't even make fucking sense. If I left the work incomplete... then is was left INCOMPLETE! Of course I answered by saying there is no time in recent memory that I left my work incomplete.
This dumb little bitch writes "did not answer."
So... the process is this.. You meet with some stupid little whore who asks you questions written by a pajeet on SSRI's, paraphrases your answers, then hands them off to some dumb fat bitch ("hiring manager") you've never met who glances over the paper the first bitch filled out for you.
JOB INTERVIEWS LITERALLY DON'T EVEN EXIST ANYMORE. This must be hell.
Oh yeah, and one job asked me 2 questions only through an email link. What is my race and gender? They denied me within 15 minutes of me answering those.
How do you deal with stuff that you aren't able to fix? I ran into a few jobs over the summer that I got stalled on and it fucked everything up. I did a rear differential regear, and what should've been a two day job took two weeks, I had to re-do it 3 times and then it started humming again after about 100 miles anyway. Do you just turn down those types of jobs? Do you learn on the customer's vehicle at a discount? Do you sub it out to someone else? I offered to do the labor of replacing the entire rear axle for free if he bought the axle, but ultimately I wasted two weeks for $1100 of pay, so I couldn't afford to give him a refund. I originally wanted to replace the axle anyway instead of fucking with the gears. In comparison, a normal 8-10 hour day of skid steer or mini ex work will earn me about $1200 typically when there is work.
I also have the same thing happen on my own stuff all the time. For example, I work on the skid and it still doesn't run right after I attempt to fix it. The mechanic shops around here charge at least $160/hr for equipment and will rip you off at any chance they can get. I can't afford the gamble and the psychology of knowing that I'm capable of doing it myself but just can't seem to figure it out right now, so instead it'll just trigger anxiety and I'll just let it sit in the shop for months until I either have an epiphany or have a helper that knows more than I do on it.
I've had employees come and go, and typically they're useful for a month or two and then decide they don't like working hard and get a different job or just stop showing up (I pay them $20-30/hr, and on up to $40/hr if it's an extra shitty job, cash at the end of the day). How do you find your helpers?
Some guy asked me to do a sheetrock repair. Can I do it? Yes. Can I do it good and fast? No.
Also do the less risky jobs. I can make $30-$50 per hour doing hard work on ladders or that require lots of tools.
But if I can make $30-$50 per hour just digging or burying wire or planting trees or pulling weeds, that is far less risky and less can go wrong and it requires less tools
Know when to turn down jobs if you know they are risky or if you know you are opening a can of worms.
A woman wants me to redo her roof but I know the sub-structure is probably rotted out so do I really want to do it?
If people are cheap or picky or look over your shoulder then I don't want to deal with them. I like customers who aren't worried about cost and just want it done right.
You have to stand by your work. So if you admittedly fucked something up you have to try to make it right or salvage what you can. Depends on the customer. Can you reason with them? I've had customers who probably would have criticized some of my work but they saw how absolutely hard I worked and that was good enough for them seeing that I put in a harder day of work than they normally do
Opening a gear box is a can of worms. That's not the kind of work I like to do because it is hard to estimate jobs like that and sometimes you have to weigh repair vs replacement. Let the factory deal with a complicated proprietary gear box. Might be better to just remove it, ship it to factory as a core price for a certified refurbished one.
Do jobs you like. That you find easy but others hate to do. Be smart. Know when to charge by the hour and when it is better to charge by the job. If I know I can do a job a lot faster than a normie, then I charge by the job. If I am uncertain how long a job may take me l I charge by the hour
Also customers usually think a job is easier than it really is. They don't understand how thorough and tedious some jobs are
When it is summer and someone home HVAC stops working, they will pay almost anything to get it fixed.
I saw some guy driving a truck yesterday called doody pickup. Lol. This guy rides around in a truck and scoops up dog shit out of people's back yards. Literally a shitty job but he probably makes a lot more than slaving away at jew corporate 9-5.
I see people spray for bugs. Now I don't want to be near those chemicals but the job is pretty fucking easy. Pump pump spray spray 10 minutes later that will be $80 ma'am for 10 minutes work and $5 worth of chemicals.
Fencing? Everyone needs fences repaired or built. Or you can be a windows and doors installer. Or the guy who mounts tvs to walls. Maybe you're the guy who installs custom home and business surveillance systems. Maybe you're the guy people call to setup small secure local business networks. Maybe you like to fix copy machines and you lease copy machines to small businesses because dumb women clog them up and jam them all the time. Maybe you pour concrete driveways. Maybe you just have a large dump truck and haul shit. Maybe you bought the large F-350 tow truck and you tow vehicles for $250 a pop or you contract with AAA and let them do the dispatching. I know a guy who makes $2k or more per week just moving people's stuff from house to house. A moving company. And they don't even have their own trucks. They rent the trucks and hire college guys as laborers.
Skid steer? I used to drive one half the day for only $20 per hour. I want one of my own. Would help on my farm.
This couple at my church paid $3000 to wallpaper their master bedroom. And that was just for the labor. It only took the guy one day to make $3000! And they were happy to pay it! The guy was really good at matching up the designs and making it look seamless.
Office work is a drag. They are going to pigeon hole you into a cubicle and not be so good at gauging your value because other dolts are sitting at computers pretending to work. But if you can find a niche then it can be a cake job. IT workers often have a niche and can make lots of money doing something that is quite easy to them.
There's an endless amount of work to be done and people with money they want to blow to pay someone else to do work. All you have to do is be somewhat professional and cut out the middle men. Look people in the eyes, discuss things thoroughly, clarification, expectations. Don't deal with people who you sense might try to screw you. I refuse to work for jews or for people too cost conscious. I prefer word of mouth recommendations. If someone calls me because their good friend positively recommended me then they already have a good impression and are less likely to quarrel with me when the person who referred them to me highly vouched for my work and integrity
I don't like helpers or people moving around me at a job. I prefer do it myself. I avoid crowded job sites or places where I think people might try to steal my tools.
Also, if you are careful how much you spend, then you don't have to make as much. Other guys blow $20 on lunch every day. I pack my own. Peanut butter, peanuts, boiled eggs, canteens of coffee and water, cranberries, bananas, pickles, leftovers, etc. I also eat but breakfast before work so that I won't be too hungry until dinner time. That way I can make short break out of lunch and get back to work without wasting time driving around to overpay for goyslop somewhere
I drive an old truck. I maintain it myself. One of the door locks doesnt work. The key cylinder is ripped out. There's some scratches and dents. Sometimes it doesn't want to properly go into park. It has an oil leak. Who cares. It pulls weight is loaded with tools the dash is covered with measuring tapes and safety glasses and gloves and a Bible. There's spilled coffee stains everywhere. That old truck gets errr done though. I can charge less or make less because unlike the competition I don't have a $500 truck payment every month with extra $200 per month comprehensive insurance.
Stop bleeding so much money out your ass end and you won't have to make as much on the front end.